REPORT INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION Mr Colin P Young

REPORT INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION Mr. Colin P. Young Regional Maritime Adviser, Caribbean Technical Cooperation Division, IMO

CONTENTS • IMO Member State Audit Scheme • High-Level Symposium • Senior Maritime Administrators Workshop 2

DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUDIT SCHEME • In 2002, Member States proposed: • FSI Sub-Committee to review resolution A. 847(20) – Guidelines on Implementation of Mandatory instruments to make it a Flag State Code; and • Council to develop an IMO Model Audit Scheme • In November 2003, the Assembly adopted Resolution A. 946(23) – the Voluntary IMO Member State Audit Scheme (VIMSAS) 3

OUTLINE OF EVOLUTION OF IMO AUDIT SCHEME IMSAS Transitional arrangements Code for the implementation of IMO instruments (from res. A 973(24) to 1054(27)) Framework and Procedures - res. A. 974(24) Institutionalization of the Scheme - res. A. 1018(26) Dec 2013 – 2015 IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code Framework and Procedures - res. A. 1067(28) Non-exhaustive list of obligations –res. A. 1105(29) 4 IMSAS Resolution A. 1070(28) 2006 – 2013 Resolution A. 1070(28) VIMSAS 2016 – … IMO Instruments Implementation (III) Code Framework and Procedures - res. A. 1067(28) Non-exhaustive list of obligations – Res. A. 1105(29)

STRUCTURE OF IMO Assembly 7 Sub-Committees 174 Member Governments SHIP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (SDC) SHIP SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT (SSE) Council 40 Member Governments HUMAN ELEMENT, TRAINING AND WATCHKEEPING (HTW) Facilitation Committee NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATION AND SEARCH AND RESCUE (NCSR) Technical Cooperation Committee 5 Committees Legal Committee IMPLEMENTATION OF IMO INSTRUMENTS (III) Maritime Safety Committee CARRIAGE OF CARGOES AND CONTAINERS (CCC) Marine Environment Protection Committee POLLUTION PREVENTION AND RESPONSE (PPR) 5

IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) • Provides a comprehensive and objective assessment • • • SOLAS 1974 SOLAS PROTOCOL 1988 MARPOL 73/78 MARPOL PROTOCOL 1997 STCW 1978 LOAD LINES 1966 (LL 66) LL 66 PROT 1988 TONNAGE 1969 COLREG 1972 6

IMO Member State Audit Scheme (IMSAS) • Identifies where capacity-building activities would have the greatest effect • Valuable feedback to Member States • Generic lessons learnt from audits could be provided to all Member States so that the benefits could be widely shared • Results could be systematically fed back into the regulatory process • Addresses issues such as: • • conformance in enacting appropriate legislation for the IMO instruments implementation and enforcement of the applicable laws and regulations delegation of authority to ROs control and monitoring mechanism of the survey and certification processes 7

FRAMEWORK FOR IMSAS Adoption of international maritime standards (IMO) Effective implementation and enforcement Evaluation of IMO standards (Member States) Better targeting of technical assistance to Member States Outcome from audits – Consolidated Audit Summary Reports (CASRs); analysis of CASRs Verification of compliance (audit scheme) 8

FEEDBACK FROM AUDITS INTO REGULATORY PROCESS 9

FEEDBACK FROM AUDITS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER STATES 10

STATUS OF IMSAS Country Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belize Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador France Audit Date 2022 June 2018 2022 July 2021 2022 November 2018 September 2017 April 2010 2022 September 2021 11 Status Audited/Reports completed Audit confirmed Audited/Reports being finalized Audited/Reports completed Audit confirmed To respond

STATUS OF IMSAS Country Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua Panama Audit Date November 2018 October 2019 February 2018 2022 January 2021 June 2017 May 2021 12 Status Audited/Reports being finalized Audit confirmed Audited/Reports completed Postponed To respond Audited/Reports completed To respond

STATUS OF IMSAS Country Saint Lucia St Kitts and Nevis St. Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom United States of America Venezuela Audit Date May 2018 2022 March 2018 December 2017 September 2020 March 2021 April 2017 13 Status Audited/Reports being finalized Audited/Reports completed Audit confirmed Audited/Reports completed

HIGH LEVEL SYMPOSIUM 14

Providing, as far as reasonably possible, the necessary means and support at the national and regional levels for adequate marine environmental research, monitoring and evaluation, in order to maintain the ecological integrity of the marine and coastal waters of the Caribbean Sea given its critical socio-economic, and environmental importance to Member States Recognized the importance of giving full and complete effect to IMO and ILO Instruments and Regional Safety Codes by the timely promulgation of national maritime legislation Endorsed the creation of a working group of maritime administrators that will support the development of the blue economy High Level Symposium – Ministers Committed to: 15

SENIOR MARITIME ADMINISTRATORS 16

SENIOR MARITIME ADMINISTRATORS • Invited IMO to consider: • facilitating the increased delivery of national or regional workshops and/or training courses for legal drafters as well as their inclusion in such activities 17

SENIOR MARITIME ADMINISTRATORS • Invited CARICOM to: • consider the implementation of appropriate legal mechanisms and resources to ensure national maritime legislation remains current taking into consideration the rapid amendment of international maritime instruments to which States are party • advise the terms of reference for Directors of Maritime Affairs of each Member State to meet frequently with the intention of coordinating and presenting a holistic approach to addressing the maritime safety and security issues of the Community 18

Senior Maritime Administrators • Invited Caribbean States to: • urge policy makers in the region to place a higher priority on the implementation of IMO Instruments, to which they are party, in their national legislation with particular reference to MARPOL and the Liability and Compensation Instruments • continue the development of a Regional Maritime Transport Plan to ensure more effective compliance with, and enforcement of, international rules throughout the region taking into account IMO's support for the development of such plans and the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas 19

Senior Maritime Administrators • Invited Caribbean States to: • request the IHO to assist in the establishment of a national framework for hydrographic services in order to meet the mandatory obligations of SOLAS Chapter V - Regulation 9 • research the feasibility of the establishment of a regional hydrographic office 20

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