SAPPHIRE
This report covers a regional workshop on cooperation in preparedness and response to marine pollution incidents in Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean, held from 3 to 5 March 2020 in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
This report supports the preparatory work for a regional workshop on cooperation in preparedness and response to marine spills in Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean, held from 3 to 5 March 2020 in the Republic of Tanzania. The context of current oil spill preparedness in the region is that significant work has been undertaken, primarily under the aegis of international projects and donor agency programmes.
The Nairobi Convention Secretariat in executing the SAPPHIRE project organized the third SAPPHIRE Project Steering Committee (PSC) held virtually on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 16 March 2021 from 15h00 – 17h00 East African Time.This was following a request for the Project Management Unit to host a third PSC meeting to present the project workplan and budget for 2021.
The objective of the third PSC meeting was to:
i) review the project progress from the fourth quarter of 2020,
ii) discuss and approve the workplan and budget for 2021,
