Supporting small island developing states (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs) to implement The IMO GHG Strategy
The Issue
LDCs and SIDS are amongst those countries that are significantly impacted by climate change. They are economically heavily reliant on their maritime transport and they may disproportionately be impacted due to the implementation of the IMO GHG Strategy. There have been frequent calls by Member State at IMO to support these countries from a variety of perspectives including capacity building in order to develop expertise needed by these countries to tackle these issues.
The Solution
GHG SMART’s main aim is to support SIDS and LDCs with the implementation of the IMO GHG Strategy via building sufficient human capacity in these countries. This includes development of a comprehensive training programme, intended for participants from SIDS and LDCs. The program will be implemented by the Republic of Korea. The project also includes post-training monitoring, evaluation and refinement.
Impact
All SIDS and LDCs will be invited to send delegations to the Republic of Korea to benefit not only from the in-class training but also via field visits and familiarisation with the industry as a unique feature of this programme.
National maritime GHG emissions champions will be trained for participating SIDS and LDCs on all aspects of the IMO GHG Strategy to enable these countries to actively take part in policy making, national action planning and raising finance to implement the national action plans.
Lead to more active participation of SIDS and LDCs in international and IMO prolixity making debates and decision making.
Key Facts
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS – International; with a focus on SIDS (small island developing states) and LDCs (least developed countries)
TOTAL BUDGET – USD 2.5 million
DONOR – Republic of Korea
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS – KOMSA (Korean Maritime Transportation Safety Authority), Republic of Korea
PROJECT DURATION – 2020-2025
Latest News
Online Training 2023 – Group photos
CORE Training will be taking place from the 27th Feb–3rd March 2023
IMO debuts interactive GHG SMART workshop series
IMO has delivered the first in a series of tailor-made workshops to help least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS) implement IMO’s GHG Strategy and address other
Events
2023 Core Training Summary
The IMO-Republic of Korea Sustainable Maritime Transport Core Training Programme (GHG-SMART) was held online from 6 to 10 March 2023. The online, core training is