Carriage, Handling and Storage of Dangerous Goods along

Table 7: Sample Action Plan Required for Phase 2
Project Plan
Background and Rationale As identified from the Risk Analysis (Volume 1) and
Recommendations (Volume II)
Objectives:
Outputs and Deliverables:
Project Area
Activities
Budget, Costs and Resources Required
Implementation Agency
National/Regional (MRC)
Implementation
Stakeholder Analysis
Socio-Economic Issues
Risks
Priority of Action:
Very High (4), High (3),
Medium (2) and Low (1)
Work Plan and Schedule
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As identified by the Final Regional Workshop and National
Consultation Meetings in Bangkok in January, 2012.
Action plans will be prepared for the five key components of the risk analysis project (ports/terminals,
vessels, waterway, the legal framework and the environment). The action plans will need to evaluate
whether the implementation is undertaken by MRC at the regional level or requires implementation at
the national level by the relevant line agencies, development partners and the private sector including
development banks. Some actions plans may also include the implementation of infrastructure
projects, particularly in relation to emergency-response mechanisms, monitoring and improvements
in waterway safety.
Phase 2 will be an important step to take the recommendations from Volume II based on the risks
evaluated in Volume I and develop feasible and practical project plans that can be implemented
effectively by Member Countries with assistance from the MRC and other implementing agencies such
as development banks. As an initial concrete step, Thailand asked the MRC Navigation Programme in
January 2012 to implement a pilot project for the sustainable management of dangerous goods at
Chiang Saen Commercial Port. Through the Navigation Advisory Board, comprising senior officials of
the transport ministries, Member Countries accepted the proposal and asked the MRC to start the
project by April. The management plan developed for dangerous goods at Chiang Saen Commercial
Port could be applied to other inland ports in the Mekong Basin. The second phase will be prepared in
May 2012 and implemented from 2013 with the overall goal of increasing the safety and efficiency of
navigation while preventing environmental damage from waterway infrastructure or shipping and port
activities.