Glo Ballast Partnerships Fredrik Haag and Jose Matheickal

Glo. Ballast Partnerships Fredrik Haag and Jose Matheickal International Maritime Organization

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Introduction of the Project • Reducing the transfer of Invasive Alien Species by ships • Promotion of harmonized ballast water management • Supporting national level legal, policy and institutional reforms in developing countries

Process Results • The Ballast Water Management Convention GEF intervenes through GEF-IMO-UNDP Glo. Ballast Pilot Project GEF intervenes through GEF -UNDP-IMO Glo. Ballast Partnerships Project Adoption of International Convention 1980 2004 Expected Entry into Force of Coinvention • Ballast water technologies 2008 • Ratifications 70% of ratifications are by developing Countries involved in the Glo. Ballast interventions 2013

Process Results • National LPIR processes • Regional strategies and global harmonization • Global Industry Alliance

The Mediterranean Region • Regional capacity building • Regional strategy • National progress -ratification by 75% of LPCs

Conclusions Catalytic impact of GEF intervention · Glo. Ballast Pilot (2000 -2004) · 6 Pilot Countries Join as Pilots in Accelerating BWM Convention process · GBP Catalyze International Convention on BWM · GBP Raising Awareness – e. g. , BBC documentary · GBP Capacity Building · GBP LPIR Tools 2000 · Glo. Ballast Partnerships starts in 2008 · 70 countries Join as LPC or PC in 2008 Global and National Legal, Policy and Institutional Reforms Environmental Financing by Public and Private sector (> 35 billion USD) · · · · GBP Treatment Standards workshops 2002 Glo. Ballast Technology Seed Projects – 2002 -04 GBP Technology Conferences – 2001, 03, 05, 08, 10 GBP Test Facility Forums, 2010 GBP Global Industry Alliance 2009 GBP R&D Forums 2000, 2002, 2010 GBP on Alternative BWM Systems GBP R&D Directory

GEF may replicate the success in addressing the next important vector