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World Maritime Day ConferenceCozumel, Mexico

Jorge DuranChief, Secretariat of the Inter-American Committe on Ports (CIP)Organization of American States (OAS)jduran@oas.org

Collaboration and Cooperation on Protecting Maritime Assets

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OAS is a POLITICAL organization with four main pillars:

• Democracy• Human Rights• Multidimensional Security• Integral Development

OAS Pillars

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OAS’s Member States

1. Antigua and Barbuda

2. Argentina3. Bahamas4. Barbados5. Belize6. Bolivia7. Brazil8. Canada9. Chile10. Colombia11. Costa Rica12. Cuba13. Dominica14. Ecuador15. El Salvador 16. Grenada17. Guatemala18. Guyana

19. Haiti20. Honduras21. Jamaica22. Mexico23. Nicaragua24. Panama25. Paraguay26. Peru27. Dominicana Republic28. St. Kitts and Nevis29. St. Vincent and the

Grenadines 30. St. Lucia31. Suriname32. Trinidad and Tobago33. United States34. Uruguay35. Venezuela

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Comisión Interamericana de Puertos

SEDI Structure

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Inter-American Committee onPorts (CIP)

CIP Secretariat:CIP Secretariat:

• To become a pertinent, relevant and efficient body that facilitates a productive political dialogue and cooperation activities with the private sector with concrete results for the benefit of CIP members.

The CIP is the Inter-American Governmental Port forum at the Highest Level that promotes development and hemispheric cooperation in the port sector with the active collaboration of the private sector working towards a more competitive, strong and sustainable port sector in the Americas.

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CIP: Objectives and Priority Areas

Comisión Interamericana de Puertos

1. Strengthen Inter-American Port dialogue.

2. Capacity Building to promote and improve technical and managerial skills of port officials.

3. Technical Assistance, Regional Cooperation and Associate members.

4. Dissemination and promotion of the Ports of the Americas and the CIP.

A. Logistics, Innovation and Competitiveness

B. Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection

C. Port Protection and Safety

D. Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation

E. Tourism, Inland Ports and Waterways, Ship Services and Navigation Safety

F. Corporate Social Responsibility and Women in Ports

Objectives of the CIP Secretariat Thematic Priority Areas

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CIP: New Structure

Mexico Venezuela

USAUruguay

Argentina

Panama

INTER-AMERICAN COMMITTEE ON

PORTS

SECRETARIAT

EXECUTIVE BOARD(CECIP)

Logistics, Innovation

and Competitive

ness

Sustainable Port Management

and Environmental

Protection

Port Protection and Safety

Public Policy, Legislation

and Regulation

Tourism, Inland Ports and

Waterways, Ship Services

and Navigation Safety

Corporate Social Responsibility and Women in

Ports

Inter-American Committe on Ports

Chair: Uruguay

Vice Chairs:Barbados

Colombia

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Ninth Regular Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP)

• Extended the Action Plan of Cartagena until 2016 on "Innovative and Competitive Ports for Sustainable Economic Development with Social Inclusion in the Americas“.

• Elected the Executive Board’s (CECIP) authorities for 2014-2016. Uruguay, Chair;  Barbados First Vice-Chair and Colombia Second Vice-Chair.

POLICY DIALOGUE DIALOGUE

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TAGs and their members

TAG on Tourism, Inland Ports, Waterways, Service to Ships and Navigation

Chair: Argentina

Member States: Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Suriname and the

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

TAG on Logistics, Innovation and Competitiveness

Chair: MexicoMember States: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, Panama, Peru, United States, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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TAGs and their members

TAG on Sustainable Management and Environmental Port Protection

Chair: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Member States: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, United States and Uruguay.

TAG on Social Coprotate Responsibility and Women in Ports

Chair: Panama

Member States: Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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TAGs and their members

TAG on Port Protection and Security Chair: United States

Member States: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

TAG on Public Policy, Legislation and Regulation Chair: Uruguay

Member States: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Working Group

Members:Members: 1. Antigua and

Barbuda 2. Bahamas 3. Barbados 4. Belize 5. Bolivia 6. Colombia 7. Dominica8. United States9. Grenada 10.Guyana

11. Haiti12. Jamaica 13. Mexico14. Saint Kitts and

Nevis 15. Saint Lucia 16. Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines17. Suriname 18. Trinidad and

Tobago 19. Uruguay

Chair:Chair: Barbados

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Eventos hemisféricos de la CIP • American Association of Port

Authorities (AAPA) • Cruise Lines International Association

(CLIA)• Customs Brokers Association of

Uruguay (ADAU) • Global Institute of Logistics (GIL)• Instituto Nacional de Logística, Uruguay

(INALOG) • International Association of Dredging

Companies (IADC)• International Road Transport Union

(IRU)• North American Marine Environment

Protection Association (NAMEPA)• RightShip• Terminal Internacional del Sur S.A.

(TISUR)• Western Dredging Association (WEDA)• World Ocean Council (WOC)

• Port of Arica, Chile• Port of Bahía Blanca,

Argentina• Port of Busan, Corea del Sur• Port of Miami, EEUU• SWIC, California

• AAPA• Puertos del Estado, España• Port of L’Havre, Francia• PIANC, EEUU

New Associate MembersMemoranda of Understanding

Strategic Alliances

CIP New Associate Members and Strategic Agreements

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TAG on Sustainable Management and Environmental Port Protection

Chair: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Member States: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, United States

and Uruguay.

Associate Members: American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) (AAPA), International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), North American Marine

Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), RightShip, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Ocean Pollution Control (Panama).

Inter-American Committe on Ports

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TAG on Sustainable Management and Environmental Port Protection

ACTIVITY OBJECTIVE DATE

Producing an online course on Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection

To provide technical and academic skills to port officials of the Americas in areas such as sustainable port management and

environmental protection, raising the technical and managerial levels of port staff to cope with the challenges of

modernization in ports.

Jan-May 2015

Gathering the ports’ environmental profiles and contingency plans

To underline the importance and necessity of Environmental profiles and Contingency Plans for ports within the region.

Jan-May 2015

Producing a Pilot Plan for the implementation of Annex V of the MARPOL Convention.

To gather information related to Annex V of the MARPOL Convention, including:

a) Procedures conducted for the reception of waste originated by ships.

b) Availability of reception facilities. c) Final destination or treatment on the ports’ hinterland .

Jan-May 2015

Organizing the IV Hemispheric Convention on Environmental Port Protection

To spread the status of standards and international norms related to environmental port protection on a global scale.

To highlight the improvements on Sustainable Development carried out by the Member States at a

governmental level. To identify frequent issues while providing a solution,

based on experiences and best practices implemented on the Hemisphere.

TDB 2015

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Port Incentive ProgramDriving Cleaner Air through Financial Incentives:

The A to G of GHG Emissions Ratings

Port Incentive Programs reward shipowners who are going beyond

environmental compliance and significantly reducing CO2 emissions.

Global non-profit, Carbon War Room and RightShip are providing a common

platform for Port Incentive Programs.

Contact the CIP to obtain The A to G Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG)

Rating/Benchmarking – available at www.shippingefficiency.org.

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Dissemination and Promotion of Ports in the America’s and the CIP

CIP and NAMEPAIn support of the CIP activities on environmental protection, the Secretariat and the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) produced and distributed, in English and Spanish, posters and brochures of the "Save Our Seas" campaign regarding the negative impact of litter to the marine environment.

750 copies distributed to the Permanent Missions (21,000 copies in total)

Digital Distribution to all CIP Members and Associate members. http://www.oas.org/cip/english/docs/2014%20Litter%20POSTER.pdf   http://www.oas.org/cip/english/docs/2014Litter%20Poster%20BROCHURE.pdf

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Categories and Winning Entries:

1. Award for Environmental Waste Management in : (a) Commercial Shipping: Transport Desgagnes Inc. - Canada

(b) Cruise Lines: Royal Caribbean Cruises - U.S.

(c) Ports:(i) Waste management: National Ports Administration- Uruguay (ii) Environmental protection: Port Company of Arica - Chile

2. Award for Sustainable Tourism Port Destination : Regional Port Society of Cartagena - Colombia.

3. Award for Corporate Social Responsibility in Ports : Port Authority of Santa Marta- Colombia

MARITIME AWARD OF THE AMERICAS

Dissemination and Promotion of Ports in the America’s and the CIP

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Final Remarks

• Tasks too big for any one government or private sector actor.

• Requires coordinated efforts, multi-stakeholder with an objective goal.

• CIP/OAS facilitator for hemispherical regional cooperation projects.

• Hemisphere exchange of best practices implemented on Collaboration and Cooperation on Protecting Maritime Assets.

• Dissemination and promotion of Sustainable Port Management and Environmental Protection.

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Thank you!

Jorge DuranChief of the Secretariat

Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP)jduran@oas.org

Inter-American Committe on Ports