West MOPoCo is drawing to an end.

The Secretariat general for the sea of France organised a closure event on 14th April 2021 from 14:00 to 16:00 CET, to present the latest results of the project in preparedness to chemical pollution events and to discuss, with the project partners, about their experience implementing of this cooperation project funded under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM 2021) and its results in beneficiary countries.

Event agenda

Opening Session

• Opening address, M. Denis Robin, Secretary general for the sea
• M. Stéphane Doll, Director of CEDRE
• Presentation of the West MOPoCo project by Ms. Mathilde Kraft, project manager, SGMer - Presentation

Enhancing Hazardous and Noxious Substances Preparedness and Response

Marine HNS Response Manual

• Presentation by Mr William Giraud, Research Department, CEDRE
• Participation of the Secretariat of the Bonn agreement, by Ms. Laura de la Torre, Deputy Secretary general - Presentation
• Participation of the Helsinki Commission - HELCOM, by Mr Markus Helavuori,  Professional Secretary

Demonstration of the decision-support tool MIDSIS TROCS 4.0

• Ms Phyllis Therdros, Junior Programme Officer, REMPEC - Presentation
  

Presentation of the MANIFEST project

• Stéphane Le Floch, Head of Research Department, CEDRE - Presentation

Roundtable – Feedback on the implementation of the West MOPoCo project

Discussants:

• Mr Malek Smaoui, Programme officer (OPRC), REMPEC - Presentation
  
• Mr Franck Laruelle, Technical Team Leader, ITOPF - Presentation
  
• Dott. Ezio Amato, Technical Director, ISPRA - Presentation
• Ms Nesrine Delmi, Head of Unit Planning, Commissariat National du Littoral, Algeria
• Mr Mevric Zammit, Deputy Head, Marine Operations, Transport Malta - Presentation
• Ms Naoual Zoubair, Head of Coastal Unit, Environment Department of Morocco
• Mr Pablo Pedrosa Rey, Head of Unit Maritime Pollution, Directorate General of the Merchant Navy, Spain - Presentation
• Mr. Samir Khedira, National Environnent Protection Agency, Tunisia
• Ms Anne Vissio, Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the RAMOGE Agreement - Presentation

Closing session

• Commissaire général Thierry Duchesne, Préfecture Maritime de la Méditerranée
• Ms Asta Mackeviciute, Policy Officer, DG ECHO
• M. Gabino Gonzales, Head of Office, REMPEC