The Global Initiative operates with a new focus on regional activities and a continued emphasis on finding better and more effective ways for the partners to work together to ensure sustained results. The Initiative now encompasses focal points for the Mediterranean Sea, Caspian & Black Seas and WACAF regions, each with a designated project manager, to help build local capacity, interest and political will for the development and implementation of effective contingency plans.

Looking to the future, there are plans to develop a similar project for the East Asian Seas/Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) regions. It is hoped that the regionalisation of the Global Initiative will drive progress at a faster rate and deliver more effective and sustainable contingency plans to these priority regions.

1 Mediterranean (MOIG) - Ridah Dhaoui: MOIG Website
2 Caspian Sea, Black Sea and Central Eurasia (GI OSPRI) - Peter Taylor: OSPRI Website
3 West and Central Africa (GI WACAF) - Philippe de Susanne: GI WACAF website
4 Wider Caribbean - Yvette Osikilo
5 South East Asia Seas - Yvette Osikilo
6 North West Pacific - Yvette Osikilo