International Workshop on Continental Shelf
Delineation
Arendal, Norway
30 March –2 April 2003
Programme
Friday and Saturday, 28th and 29th March
Arrival and check in at Arendal Maritime Hotel
Sunday, 30th March
1200
Boat trip along Nidelv (river) and other attractions around
the skerries.
o
1500
lunch on board
Return to Arendal
Monday, 31st March
0850
Pick up from the hotel
Session 1: Introduction
Chair: Morten Sørensen, Programme Manager,
GRID-Arendal
0900
Welcome to GRID-Arendal
Svein Tveitdal, Managing Director, GRID-Arendal
0930
Introduction to UNCLOS
Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist, Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate
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1030
Article 76
Other provisions regarding the continental shelf
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Provisions regarding marine research data
Break
1100
Submissions to the CLCS
Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist, Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate
1200
Lunch
1300
Data requirements and the Scientific and Technical
Guidelines of CLCS
Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist, Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate
1430
Break
1500
Background for the request to consider the
establishment of a UNEP-GRID Data Centre for
Continental Shelf Research Geo-Data
Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist, Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate
Global resource Information Database and GRID-Arendal
Lars Kullerud, Senior Advisor, GRID-Arendal
Transport to the hotel
Tuesday, 1st April
0850
Pick up from the hotel
Session 2: Country presentations
Chair: Lars Kullerud, Senior Advisor, GRID-Arendal
0900
General outline of continental shelf delineation projects
experience
Sri Lanka
Nanayakkarawasam Pallege Wijayananda, Director,
Bureau of Geological Survey and Mines
The Seychelles
Patrick Joseph, Acting Managing Director, Seychelles
National Oil Co. Ltd. and Raymond F. Change Tave,
Technical Adviser, Ministry of Land Use and Habitat
Norway
Morten Sand, Senior Geologist, Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate
1200
Discussion and identification of main challenges
1230
Lunch
1330
Status, plans and needs for assistance from countries
represented
Angola
Maria Luisa Campos, Legal Department, Ministry of
Petroleum
Cape Verde
Carlos Alberto Evora Rocha, Gabinet do MAAP
Madagascar
Pascal Ratovonjanahary, Head, Merchant Marine
Department, Ministry of Transport
Mozambique
Mussa Achimo, Instituto Nationale de Hidrografia e
Navigacao
Transport to the hotel
Wednesday, 2nd April
0850
Transport from the hotel
Session 2: Country presentations (continued)
0900
Status, plans and needs for assistance from countries
represented (continued)
The Philippines
Jason Jude Villegas, Department of Energy
Senegal
Baidy Diene, Agence de Gestion et De Cooperation
Entre Le Senegal et La Guinee Bissau
Session 3: Role of a UN Centre
Chair: Harald Brekke, Senior Geologist, Norwegian
Petroleum Directorate
1030
Discussion on role of a UN data centre, e.g.:
o How can a UN data centre best serve the needs of
developing states?
o On which tasks, functions and deliveries should a data
centre concentrate?
o How will the individual state make use of the data centre?
o Which institutions within a state will be involved?
o Implications for national legislation
o Funding
1230
Lunch
13.30
Summary and wrap-up
 Workshop follow-up
Transport to the hotel
19.00
Dinner at Arendal Town Hall