1998 International Year of the Ocean
Activities & Events - Conferences
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'98 IOC-KMI International Workshop on ICM

16-18 April 1998, Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Challenges and Strategies for Achieving Integrated Management of Coasts and Oceans: Examining Experiences in the Implementation of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21

Introduction

This international workshop is aimed at high-level officials from national and sub-national authorities who are involved in preparing integrated coastal management (ICM) laws, institutions and plans at national and sub national governments. The workshop will examine national experiences in implementing the prescriptions of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21. The venue of the workshop is especially appropriate since Korea has created a new Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF), which incorporates a number of marine-related functions previously found in different ministries: ports, shipping, fisheries, coastal management, marine environment conservation and ocean sciences. MOMAF is presently playing a key role in institutionalizing the ICM concept at the national level such as enacting a ICM law and formulating ICM plans.

Goal of the Workshop

The goals of the workshop are to share the experiences obtained from implementation of the institutional prescriptions found in Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 relating to oceans and coasts and to identify strategies for:

National context

  • Implementation of the chapter 17 recommendations for the creation of national coordination mechanisms to achieve integrated coastal and ocean management and the creation of similar mechanisms at sub-national levels (provincial, local)
  • Establishment of effective mechanism for linking the actions of national and sub-national levels of governments on ocean and coastal management
  • Implementation of the principles of transparency and participation in decision-making about oceans and coasts at all levels of governments

International context

Coordination and harmonization of the ICM activities being carried out through the separate processes of implementation of Agenda 21: the Framework Convention on Climate Change; the Convention on Biological Diversity; the Global Programme of Action on Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities; the International Coral Reef Initiative; and the Programme of Action on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.


For more information

Ms Charity Mijin Lee
Division of Marine Policy, KMI
154-10, Yoong-Jeon Bldg, Samsung-Dong, Kang Nam-Gu, Seoul, Korea
Tel: 82 2 34531217, Fax: 82 2 5581858, E-mail: cmlee@suji.kmi.re.kr,