International Ocean Institute Training Programme

3. Funding the programmes
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58. National and regional programmes should ensure that there is a balance between the projects
to be undertaken to implement national and regional priorities and the sources of funding available.
59. Where recourse to external sources and mechanisms for financial resources is necessary, the
mix of the various possibilities that will be appropriate will vary from country to country. The
pattern of funding will have to be determined in accordance with the decisions on individual
projects.
60. Further, countries in need of assistance may need help in capacity-building for:
(a) Development of national programmes of action;
(b) Preparation of national assessments on each source-category;
(c) Identification of ways and means of funding the implementation of the national plans.
61. National and international financial institutions, bilateral donors and other competent regional
and international organizations should assist in this capacity-building task.
62. As part of the process of ensuring that intergovernmental agencies and other international
bodies take due account of this Programme of Action, and in view of the particular significance of
external finance for countries in need of assistance, it will be necessary for those international
agencies concerned with the provision of finance, particularly in the form of grants and
concessionary loans, to ensure that their policies give appropriate priority to assistance for projects
aimed at the implementation of the Programme. A similar approach is also needed for bilateral
assistance. International financial institutions should provide information on the amounts and terms
of the financial resources that they might provide, in particular to countries in need of assistance.
63. Improved cooperation and coordination is essential among national institutions, international
organizations, including financial institutions, and the private sector and non-governmental
organizations, to enhance the effectiveness of the delivery of financial and other support.
64. Mobilizing financial resources is not a one-off task. As part of the follow-up process to this
Programme, periodical reviews should be undertaken by the intergovernmental meetings referred
to in paragraph 77 below as to whether it has been possible to achieve an appropriate balance
between the scale and type of funding required and that which has been available in practice. In
the light of such reviews, a conclusion will have to be reached on any problems encountered over
access to new and additional funding sources and mechanisms, in accordance with the
commitments in Agenda 21.
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