Main Activities of Emergency Response

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By Capt. Tavana,
Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Main Activities of Emergency Response

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Caspian Regional Oil Spill Preparedness and
  Response workshop, Almaty, 10-12 Dec 1998.
• 1st meeting of the Emergency Response Working
  Group (ERWG.1) Tehran 6-7 Oct 1999.
• Nov. 2000 March 2001, National country reports
  on status of oil spill response and data gaps on
  sensitive areas were prepared by nationally
  appointed experts.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• August 2001, CEP signed an agreement with IMO for
  development of the regional plan of cooperation
  in case of a major oil spill incident.
• ERWG 2 was held at Tehran 29-30 May 2002.
• 1st Iranian National Workshop Teh. 16-18 July
  2001.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Assisting DNV in development of Mutual Aid
  Programme.
• Meeting with responsible governmental and NGO
  authorities of the region, seeking funds and
  technical support for the CRTC.
• March 2001 March 2002, development of Draft
  Caspian Regional Emergency Response Profile.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• 9-21 Nov. 2001 Azerbaijan National workshop was
  held at Baku.
• 22-23 Nov. 2001 all Nationally Appointed Experts
  of the Caspian Sea littoral countries took part
  in 2 days workshop organized by DNV at Baku.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Holding the 1st Regional workshop on the
  development of a Draft Caspian Sea, Regional
  Plan on Co-operation in Cases of Major Oil
  Spills, Baku, 26-30 Nov 2001.
• Development of a draft protocol concerning
  cooperation in combating pollution in cases of
  Emergency as an annex to the draft framework
  convention for the protection of the
  MarineEnvironment of the Caspian Sea.
• Development of a draft Caspian Sea Regional Plan
  to provide the practical modalities of regional
  cooperation.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Holding the 2nd Regional workshop on the
  development of Caspian Sea Regional Plan on
  Co-operation in cases of major Oil Spill, Tehran
  23-26 April 2002.
• Accession to the 1992 Civil Liability Convention
  and 1992 Fund Convention could provide
  substantial compensation to state parties
  affected by major oil pollution incidents was
  emphasized.
• The workshop accepted an MoU as the practical way
  forward to maintain momentum of progress achieved.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Holding the 3rd Regional workshop on the
  development of Caspian Sea Regional Plan on
  Co-operation in cases of major Oil Spill, Baku
  5-7 NOV. 2002
• Holding the 4th Regional workshop on the
  development of Caspian Sea Regional Plan on
  Co-operation in cases of major Oil Spill, Baku
  9-10 Oct. 2003

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• On 20 Dec. 2001, a project document was singed
  for development of Ecological Sensitivity
  Mapping system of Iranian coastal area.
• As part of the ESM Project, a dispersant
  workshop was held in Tehran with Mr. Alun Lewis
  (International Consultant on Dispersants) as the
  lecturer.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Data Collection on Oil Spill
• Reporting of oil spills is frequently a sensitive
  issue. There may sometimes be an innate
  reluctance to report incidents, as both
  individuals and organizations can take the view
  that publicizing their mishaps will generate
  adverse impressions.
• Establishing an efficient communication link
  between regional center, the nationally
  responsible organizations and the oil companies
  is essential but not an easy task.

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Interim E - RAG / P - RAG meeting TEH 13-15
Oct.04

• Lessons learnt
• Increasing the individual and organizational
  "culture" through public awareness by making the
  people to realize "it should be generally
  accepted that everyone can learn from unfortunate
  incidents and hence prevent future occurrences".
• Well known and clear lines of communications with
  a solution to language barrier for reporting
  incidents is a key element for successful oil
  spill response in the region.