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INSTTTUTIO{AL AtO FtNAfiCIAL ARRATGEMENTS Fffi, Tl€ IITP|fMENTATIO{ G
TIf ACTIO{ PLAN
Ingtitutional arranqemente
Policy mattcrr and co-ordination
_ lt was_agreed in the Intergovernrnental Meeting m the EAS Action p}an, Bangkok,
December 1981, that the participeting countries will form a policy co-ordinating body k-nown
as the Co-mdinating Body m the Seas of East Asia (COBSEAj in order to-rnake policy
decisions concerning all substentive and financial matters.
COBSEA hes the overall authority to determine the content of the action plan, to
review its progress end to +prove its programme of implennntation including the iinancial
implicetions. COBSEA communicates on policy matters through the interim colordinator, who
rnainteins contact both with UNEP end with the nationll focal points, who in turn
communicate policy to the national institutions.
Ovarall tectrricel co-cdination
ln the Intergovernnental Meeting mentioned above, the ASEAN member countries
designated LJl'lEP to be responsible for the overatl technical co-ordination and continuous
superviaion of the implementation of the action plan for the year l9B2 and l9gl. For a
channel of communication between tt,lEP and COBSEA, it was agreed in the meeting that the
Interim Co-adinator of the ASEAN Experts Group on Ltre Environnrent should be t5e me urho
undertakes this function. UNEP then communicates directly on technical matters with the
national focal points, and through them with the national institutions.
Natisrel focal pointr
The Eangkok nreeting designated the following national focal points:
Indmesia: The First Assistant Minister
Ministry of State for Development Sr.pervision
and Environment
Maleysia: Director General of Environrnent
Environment Division
Ministry of Science, Teehnology and the Environnent
P hi lip p ines: [ft""*i?l"T:;'iln rar p ro rec ri on c ounc i r
Vinistry of Human Settlements
sinsapore : t":iliff Tr tf"'?t"Tt*"nmenr
Theiland: Secret.ary General
Netionel Environrnent Board
Ministry of Science, Technology and Energy
The rolee of the national focal points are:
(i) To aet es the official channel of communication between the Interim Co-ordinator and
their respecti ve governrEnts;
(ii) To co-ordinater 8a appropriate, the participation of national institutions and agencies in
the agreed programmes; and
(iii)
To consull with all relevant organizations within their countries m the activities and
progre$ achieved in implementing the action plan.