The new end date of December 2025 will allow the GloLitter Partnerships Project, which is led by IMO and implemented in partnership with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to complete planned activities. These include supporting the selected partnering countries in developing port waste management plans (PWMPs), conducting port state control (PSC) trainings on national and regional level, and advancing legal and policy reforms at the country level to address marine plastic litter from sea-based sources (SBMPL). Read more about this development at WhatsNewNews (imo.org).
Extension agreed for the GloLitter Partnerships Project
A major global project to help the maritime transport and fishing sectors in developing countries move towards a low-plastics future, the GloLitter Partnerships Project has been granted an extension by the main donor, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
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