Information
| Countries invited | Togo |
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| Activity | National exercise, National workshop |
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| Topic | Contingency Planning |
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| Host | Beinese authorities in cooperation with GoGIN and the Yaounde architecture |
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Objectives
This training should enable participants to:
- To acquire essential knowledge on oil spill preparedness and response;
- Clarify the roles of stakeholders and the organization and management of oil spill response;
- Identify recommendations to improve the institutional framework for pollution response in Benin;
- To understand the issues involved in the characterization of an oil spill at sea;
- To prepare, conduct and record the minutes of an air reconnaissance operation;
- To understand the steps involved in the chemical characterization of hydrocarbons from sea sampling to laboratory analysis; and
- To understand the framework for the implementation of international compensation regimes.
