http://www.pemsea.org daily 1 2008-10-03T20:34:53Z http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/icm-model-courses-developed-by-pemsea-for-national-and-regional-icm-training As part of the PEMSEA participating countries' commitment to place 20 percent of the region's coastline under an integrated coastal management (ICM) program by 2015, as well as to increase the number of ICM practitioners and allied experts in the region, a new ICM model training course has been developed and will soon be rolled out for national and regional training. No publisher webmaster 2008-09-01T05:34:13Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/guimaras-formally-joins-pemseas-growing-network-of-icm-sites-in-the-east-asian-seas-region Guimaras, Philippines - Guimaras has proven that a committed leadership and supportive stakeholders can accelerate the preparation process for integrated coastal management (ICM). Barely four months after the conduct of the initial site evaluation process, which established Guimaras as a PEMSEA ICM parallel, the Province was able to develop its three-year work programme delineating the key activities for 2008-2010. Importantly, the necessary human resource and budgetary allocations for the ICM program were also identified, consistent with the three-year plan. No publisher webmaster 2008-09-01T05:24:40Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/puerto-galera-sewage-collection-and-treatment-facility-project-underway Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines - The Local Government of Puerto Galera launched one of its major projects, the Sewage Collection and Treatment System, on 8 August with a motorcade participated in by municipal and barangay (village) officials. The PhP100-million project aims to address marine pollution problems in Barangay Sabang. No publisher webmaster 2008-08-29T09:00:56Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/pemsea-releases-tropical-coasts-issue-on-disaster-risk-reduction-initiatives-of-local-governments The latest issue of the Tropical Coasts features the programs and activities of local governments in addressing disaster risk reduction (DRR), as well as mainstreaming DRR into integrated coastal management (ICM). No publisher webmaster 2008-08-29T11:06:55Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/pemsea-and-japan-hold-joint-seminar-on-icm-in-east-asia Tokyo, Japan - The PEMSEA/Japan Joint Seminar, entitled "Integrated Coastal Management in the Seas of East Asia" was held on 18 July in Tokyo, Japan. The Seminar was hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and the Ocean Policy Research Foundation (OPRF) and co-organized with PEMSEA. No publisher webmaster 2008-09-01T05:27:50Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/merit-designated-as-pemsea-regional-center-of-excellence-for-marine-pollution The Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology (MERIT) in Hong Kong has been designated as a PEMSEA Regional Center of Excellence (RCoE) in Marine Pollution. The recognition was achieved following presentation of the results of an expert review to the 2nd East Asian Seas Partnership Council in July, in Tokyo, Japan. No publisher webmaster 2008-08-29T08:56:52Z News Item http://www.pemsea.org/about-pemsea/pemsea-news/eas-congress-2009-secretariat-announces-international-conference-workshop-themes The East Asian Seas Congress 2009 Secretariat has announced the workshop themes for the International Conference on Sustainable Coastal and Ocean Development to be held on 23-25 November 2009. No publisher webmaster EAS Congress 2009 2009-02-09T12:33:49Z News Item