First EAS Partnership Council Meeting
The First East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council Meeting was held at the Hotel Sedona, Manado City, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, from 17 to 20 July 2007. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of Indonesia and the Provincial Government of North Sulawesi hosted the Meeting.
The Meeting was attended by delegates from PEMSEA Partner countries namely: Cambodia; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Indonesia; Japan; Lao PDR; People’s Republic of China; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Singapore; Timor-Leste; and Vietnam; as well as delegates from non-state Partners namely: Conservation International (CI) Philippines; Coastal Management Center (CMC); IOC/WESTPAC; Korea Maritime Institute (KMI); Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI); Ocean Policy Research Foundation (OPRF); Oil Spill Response and East Asia Response Limited (OSRL/EARL); UNEP/GPA and UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea LME Project.
Observers represented at the Meeting were: the Government of Thailand; International Ocean Institute (IOI); IUCN Vietnam Country Office; Marine Stewardship Council (MSC); Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) of UNEP; Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia (SENSA); and UNEP/GEF South China Sea LME Project.
The Implementing Agency was represented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Manila. The PEMSEA Regional Programme Office (RPO) served as the Secretariat.
Meeting Documents
| PC/07/DOC/01 | List of Documents |
| PC/07/DOC/03 | Agenda |
| PC/07/DOC/04 | Annotated Agenda |
| PC/07/DOC/05 | Election of Chairs |
| PC/07/DOC/06 | Establishment of the Executive Committee (EC) |
| PC/07/DOC/07 | New Partners of the Council |
| PC/07/DOC/08 | Report of the Regional Programme Director/Interim Executive Director |
| PC/07/DOC/09 | Framework of Partnership Programmes 2007-2010 |
| PC/07/DOC/10 | Establishment and Operation of the PEMSEA Partnership Fund |
| PC/07/DOC/11 | State of the Coasts Reporting System |
| PC/07/DOC/12 | Technical Cooperation and Collaboration |
| PC/07/DOC/13 | EAS Congress 2009 and the 3rd Ministerial Forum |
| PC/07/DOC/14 | PRF Secretariat Services |
| PC/07/DOC/16 | GEF/UNDP/PEMSEA Regional Project: Implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia |
