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The Bonn Agreement 1969 and BE-AWARE Project Alexander von Buxhoeveden Representing the Bonn Agreement HELCOM OpenRisk Workshop June 2017 History of the Bonn-Agreement The Bonn Agreement is the oldest regional agreement established by


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The Bonn Agreement 1969 and BE-AWARE Project

Alexander von Buxhoeveden Representing the Bonn Agreement HELCOM OpenRisk Workshop June 2017

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History of the Bonn-Agreement

  • The Bonn Agreement is the oldest regional agreement established

by governments for responding to pollution incidents.

  • The first "Agreement for Cooperation in Dealing with Pollution of

the North Sea by Oil" was signed in 1969.

  • The original 1969 agreement was replaced in 1983 by a new Bonn

Agreement covering "other harmful substances”.

  • In 1989 the text of the Bonn Agreement was amended to include

within its remit aerial surveillance for the detection of operational and illegal spills.

  • In 2001, Bonn Agreement Contracting Parties adopted a Decision

providing for the accession of Ireland to the Bonn Agreement.

  • In 2010, the Bonn Agreement Ministerial Meeting was held in

Dublin on 24 November.

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  • Surveillance for threats of marine pollution
  • Alerting Contracting Parties to pollution threats
  • Development of common operational

approaches (e.g. Counter Pollution Manual)

  • Response operations
  • Carrying out joint exercises
  • Sharing research and development

Obligations for Contracting Parties

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48 years of cooperation

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  • Practical products
  • Joint operations
  • Personal contacts
  • Professional continuity
  • Wealth of technical expertise
  • Sharing and cooperation

Bonn Agreement Strengths

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Exercises, Aerial Surveillance and Tour d`Horizon

Aerial surveillance and Tour d’Horizon

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Increased extreme weather events

Changes in the shipping sector

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Future challenges

  • Implementation of the Bonn Agreement Action

Plan.

  • BE-AWARE Implementation Plan
  • Responding to spills in wind farm areas
  • Pollution threats from hazardous and noxious

substances

  • Ensure the organisation is fit for purpose in a

changing operational environment

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Bonn Agreement: Area-wide Assessment of Risk Evaluations

Co-Financed by the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

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BE-AWARE objectives 2011

  • identify areas at increased risk of pollution,
  • the potential for spills in those areas and the criteria for

undertaking an analysis of the socioeconomic and environmental vulnerability.

BE-AWARE objectives 2013

  • to identify the most effective future risk reduction

and response measures,

  • building directly upon the outcomes of the BE-

AWARE project.

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BE-AWARE II achievements:

  • To identify alternative future (2020) scenarios for risk

reduction measures and response capacities;

  • To model the fate and weathering of oil for the potential

spills identified in BE-AWARE for each of the scenarios;

  • To identify the socioeconomic and environmental

vulnerability of the coastline and offshore areas using the tools developed in BE-AWARE;

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BE-AWARE II achievements:

  • To identify the impacts of spilt oil in the natural environment

as well on socio-economic features, taking into consideration the relevant vulnerabilities for each of the selected scenarios;

  • To develop risk management conclusions for Bonn

Agreement sub-regions based on the most efficient and cost effective scenarios identified.

  • Promoting common understanding of risk assessment

practices and cross border risk management

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BE-AWARE Implementation Plan

  • Adopted by BONN 16
  • Priorities for each sub region
  • To be reviewed annually
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