Activities | GI WACAF

Sierra Leone: Shoreline Clean-up training and the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) table top exercise

Invory Coast - National Exercise POLLUMAR 2024

Liberia: Technical assistance to strengthen the national accidental spill response system through the improvement of the National Spill Contingency Plan and the support of the development of tactical an operational maps

Sierra Leone: National Oil Spill Contigency Plan Assessement

Mauritania - Technical assistance to Mauritania to update the POLMAR plan and develop a policy for the use of dispersants

Sub-regional Workshop on dispersant use policy

Namibia - National workshop on role and responsibilities between government and industry in case of an oil spill

Congo - National workshop ofr the update of the national contingency plan

The Gambia - National Workshop on Oil Spill Contigency Plan

Nigeria - Oiled Wildlife Contingency Plan

The Gambia - Shoreline risks assessment and stakeholder meetings

Legal assistance on the ratification, transposition and effective implementation of IMO conventions

Guinea-Bissau. Pursuit of initiated work for the set-up of a national spill response system

Real scale exercise in Senegal (SAMAREX / POLMAREX 2022)

Namibia: National Workshop on Oil Dispersant Use Policy

The 9th Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI WACAF) will take place in Accra (Ghana), 7th to 10th November, 2022

Guinea-Bissau. Technical assistance for the set-up of a national spill response system

Sao Tomé E Principe. Technical assistance for the set-up of a national spill response system and development of a National Spill Contingency Plan

Togo. Technical assistance for the procurement of oil spill response equipment and development of a training & exercise program.

GI WACAF end of 2020-2021 biennium webinar

Critical review of the draft Coastal and Marine Sensitivity Map of Liberia

Critical review of the draft Shoreline Response Plan of Senegal

Joint industry/government IMS 300 training and exercise

Online training on liability and compensation in case of oil spill pollution

Preparatory study on the development of a sub-regional agreement for oil spill preparedness and response in Central Africa

Critical review of the draft National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP)

Remote legal assistance to Liberia on the effective implementation of IMO conventions

Remote legal assistance to Namibia on the effective implementation of IMO conventions

Remote legal assistance to The Gambia on the effective implementation of IMO conventions

Remote legal assistance to Nigeria on the effective implementation of IMO conventions

Real scale exercise in Senegal (SAMAREX 2019)

IMS 300 Training and 3rd Joint industry – government exercise

8th GI WACAF Regional Conference

National workshop on liability and compensation in case of oil spill

Transboundary oil spill response exercise between Angola and Namibia

Transboundary oil spill response exercise between Namibia and Angola

National workshop on contingency planning and on the update of the NOSCP

Training on the key elements of pollution response in the case of oil spill

National exercise to test the NOSCP of Cote d'Ivoire

National training workshop on Incident Management System (IMS)

Sub-regional workshop on the transposition and effective implementation of conventions relating to preparedness, response, liability and compensation in the event of oil spillage

National workshop on shoreline response to oil spills

National Workshop on contingency planning and the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) of Benin

National workshop for the development of a national system for prevention, preparedness and response to oil spills

Sub-regional workshop on shoreline response to oil spills

National OPRC Level 2 Training Course

National workshop on contingency planning

National workshop and training on Incident Management System 300

National workshop on waste management

7th GI WACAF Regional Conference

Sub-regional workshop on the Use of Dispersant and Net Environmental Benefit Analysis

Table top exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan with elements of IMS and NEBA

National Workshop on Waste Management

National Exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National Workshop and Exercise to test the newly developed NOSCP

National workshop on Oil Spill Modelling

Sub-regional workshop on the use of Incident Management System (IMS) and Net Environmental Benefit Analysis (NEBA) in oil spill preparedness and response

National workshop on Contingency Planning and Sensitivity Mapping

National workshop to review the Oil Spill Contingency Plan and develop national legislation related to OPRC 90

National workshop and exercise on Contingency Planning and Incident Management System

National workshop to strengthen the National system for the prevention of, preparedness for and response to oil spills

National Workshop on Contingency Planning and Liability and Compensation in case of an oil spill

National workshop on Contingency Planning

6th GI WACAF Regional Conference

Sub-regional workshop on the challenges related to Shoreline Clean-up and Waste Management in case of an oil spill

Trans-boundary exercise to test the lines of communication in case of an oil spill

National Workshop on Waste Management

National workshop on Incident Management System (IMS)

National workshop on Sensitivity Mapping and Shoreline Clean-up

Trans-boundary exercise to test the lines of communication in case of an oil spill

National workshop on Dispersant

Sub-regional workshop on Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Techniques (SCAT) and waste management

National workshop to develop the Sensitivity maps of Côte d’Ivoire

Sub-regional workshop on liability and compensation

National workshop to develop the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop on dispersants and in-situ burning

Sub-Regional workshop on Incident Management System

National workshop to update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop to update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan and develop an atlas of sensitivity maps

National workshop and exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National exercise “Eagle” to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

5th GI WACAF Regional Conference

Sub-regional workshop on Liability and Compensation

National workshop to review the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Preparatory mission for the joint government industry exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop and exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop on the implementation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop on the finalisation of Sensitivity Maps

Preparatory mission for the organisation of a national workshop on the finalisation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Preparatory mission for the exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Sub-regional workshop on International cooperation and Incident Management System

National workshop to update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop to develop the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Sub-regional workshop on Liability and Compensation

National workshop to update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop and exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop to develop the national sensitivity maps

National workshop to update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop on the use of dispersant and local contingency planning

4th GI WACAF Regional Conference

National exercise to test the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Sub-regional workshop on Dispersant use policies

Joint government-industry exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop and exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Sub-regional workshop on the revision of the Emergency protocol to the Abidjan Convention and on the Regional Contingency Plan and its related documents

National workshop on the use of dispersant and the development of local contingency plans

National workshop on the development of sensitivity maps

National Workshop on Oil Spill Trajectory Modelling and National Dispersant Use Policy

National workshop for the testing and updating of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan and National workshop on the development of national Oil Spill Sensitivity maps

National Workshop for the finalisation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan and the development of oil spill sensitivity maps

National Workshop for the validation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National Workshop to Launch the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop for the test and update of the National Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan And National workshop on the development of national Oil Spill Sensitivity maps

National workshop on the development of the National Oil Spill / HNS Incident Contingency Plan

National workshop on the development of national Oil Spill Sensitivity maps

National Workshop for the Development of the National Contingency Plan

National workshop on the development of oil spill sensitivity maps and test of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop on the Benin National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) and the development of oil spill sensitivity map

National workshop on claims and compensation for oil pollution damage caused by oil spills from tanker

National Workshop on OPRC Level 3 Training Course and Review of National Oil Spill Response System

Regional meeting of national legal and technical experts on the Emergency Protocol to the Abidjan Convention

GI WACAF Regional Conference 2009

National workshop for the developement of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop and exercise to test and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop to launch the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan Training of national experts on sensitivity mapping

National workshop for the development of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National Workshop for the Test and the Validation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Course OPRC level 1 and trajectory modeling first responder

National Workshop on oil spill response and Exercise

National workshop for the development of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop to test, review and update the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National Workshop on Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Mapping for Nigeria and dispersant use policy

Ghana’s off-shore Oil Production: Building partnership for the prevention of marine pollution and effective oil spill response

National Workshop to test and update the reviewed NOSCP, to train on technical aspects of oil spill response and to raise awareness on IOPC Funds mechanisms

National training workshop on coastal sensitivity mapping and oil spill contingency planning

Regional meeting for the development of an Action Plan for the GI WACAF Project – Regional workshop on the OPRC-HNS Protocol and on the IOPC Funds mechanisms

National workshop for the finalization and implementation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

National workshop for the Development of a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Launch of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan and establishment of the way forward for preparedness

First Meeting on the Revised Emergency Protocol to the Abidjan Convention

Second Meeting of the IMO/IPIECA/IGCC Technical Advisory Group on Development of sub-regional contingency plan and sub-regional agreement for co-operation in cases of major marine pollution incidents

Introduction to National Oil Spill Response Plans and Relevant International Conventions

National workshop for the development of a National Marine, river and lake Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Workshop for the development on the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

Regional Workshop for the development and the harmonisation of environmental sensitivity mapping in West and Central Africa

National workshop on Contingency Planning

National workshop on the Review and Update of the National Contingency Plan

National workshop on Contingency Planning

GI WACAF Project Launch