Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 1 30/09/03 1 GRID Global Resource Information Database Morten Sorensen, Programme Manager GRID-Arendal

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2 30/09/03 2 GRID-Arendal Norwegian foundation established in 1989, affiliated with UNEP.

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 3 30/09/ “Calls upon the United Nations Environment Programme, working within the Global Resource Information Database (GRID) system for data and information management, to expand on a voluntary basis the capacity of existing GRID centres to store and handle research data from the outer continental margin, on a basis to be mutually agreed with the coastal State, and complementary to existing regional data centres, giving due regard to confidentiality needs and in accordance with Part XIII of the Convention, and making use of existing data management mechanisms under the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the International Hydrographic Organisation, with a view to serving the needs of coastal States, and in particular developing countries and small island developing States, in their compliance with article 76 of the Convention;” UN General Assembly Resolution

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 4 30/09/03 4 Letter of Agreement on feasibility study with Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: ”G-A will make every possible effort to ensure timely and full implementation in accordance with the resolution". Feasibility Study

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 5 30/09/03 5 Surface

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 6 30/09/03 6 Continental Shelf Boundaries Geneva Convention 1958: The continental shelf extends ”..to where the depth of the superjacent water admits the exploitation of the natural resources” UNCLOS 1982: The limits of the continental shelf established according to the convention ”..shall be final and binding”

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 7 30/09/03 7 PARAGRAPH 1 The continental shelf comprises the sea- bed and the subsoil (the superjacent water is not included).

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 8 30/09/03 8 PARAGRAPH 1 The Continental shelf extends either: to the outer edge of the continental margin or: to 200 nautical miles where the continental margin does not extend that far

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 9 30/09/03 9 Determination of the outer edge Sediments Nautical Miles( M ) Oceanic crust Crysteline continental crust Foot of slope 60M 1 % of distance to foot of slope

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 10 30/09/03 10 Delineation principles

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 11 30/09/03 11 The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf The Commission shall make recommendations to coastal States on matters related to the establishment of the outer limits of their continental shelf. The limits of the shelf established by a coastal State on the basis of these recommendations shall be final and binding.

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 12 30/09/03 12 Coastal State Responsibility To submit particulars of the limits beyond 200 nautical miles along with supporting scientific and technical data. To make such a submission as soon as possible but in any case within 10 years of the entry into force of the Convention for that State.

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 13 30/09/03 13 Modification of submission deadline The Commission (CLCS) adopts the Scientific and Technical Guidelines on 13 May 1999 States having ratified the Convention before that date, must make its submission within 10 years of that date, i.e. 13 May 2009

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Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 16 30/09/03 16 Article 82 – Payments and contributions - Coastal State to make payments or contributions in kind to the International Seabed Authority - 1% from sixth year increasing annually to 7% (max) of value or volume of production at site - Developing States who are net importers of a mineral resource produced from it continental shelf are excempted

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 17 30/09/03 17 Facility objective Serve the needs of developing coastal States and small island developing States, and act on their request regarding the delineation of their continental shelf

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 18 30/09/03 18 International Workshop on Continental Shelf Delineation 8 Developing States Identified six phases in Continental Shelf Delineation Awareness raising Expressed need for ”one stop data shop”

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 19 30/09/03 19 Implementation phases for States 1.Scanning (preliminary studies) 2.Desktop Study 3.Acquisition of supplementary data 4.Interpretation and analysis 5.Compilation and Submission 6.Follow up

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 20 30/09/03 20 Main tasks Secure the right for own resources for the States Ensure Sustainable Development Build capacity in the States Assist in quality assurance of the submission

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 21 30/09/03 21 Facility Activities ”One stop data shop” Definitions and specification Capacity Building –Workshops –Hands on training –Online training and exchange of information

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 22 30/09/03 22 Facility expertise Database Geology/geophysics Juridical Management/marketing Technical assistance

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 23 30/09/03 23 Facility Organisation A network with a coordinating centre –GRID centres –Other organisations Steering Committee

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 24 30/09/03 24 Steering Committee UNEP DOALOS Funding Agency Coordinating centre Developing States

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 25 30/09/03 25 Facility challenges Confidentiality Neutrality –Facts and definitions –Software and tools –Information exchange

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 26 30/09/03 26 Way forward 6 years to end of 2009 Norway –Started 1996, plan to submit in 2006 – >10 mill US $ Secure funding

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 27 30/09/03 27 Havrettskonvensjonen ”Norge har en overordnet og allmenn utenrikspolitisk interesse i å styrke den internasjonale rettsorden Konvensjonen,....., er en slik internasjonal rettsorden som bidrar til en fredelig utnyttelse av havet -...” St prp nr 37,

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 28 30/09/03 28 Norge utenfor E ksklusiv Ø konomisk S one Rett til havbunnen og undergrunnen - ikke vannsøylen Skatteplikt til FN-organ av evt utvinning UD har totalansvar - politisk/teknisk grenseland

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 29 30/09/03 29 ODs oppgave KARTLEGGE KONTINENTAL-SOKKELENS YTTERGRENSE UTARBEIDE NORGES TEKNISKE DOKUMENTASJON INNEN FRISTEN (JULI ÅR 2006) KOMMISJONSREPRESENTASJON

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 30 30/09/03 30 UNCLOS, PART XIII MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Section 1. General Provisions Section 2. International Co-operation Section 3. Conduct and Promotion of Marine Scientific Research Section 4. Scientific Research Installations or Equipment in the Marine Environment Section 5. Responsibility and Liability Section 6. Settlement of Disputes and Interim Measures

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 31 30/09/03 31 Article 246 Marine scientific research in the exclusive economic zone and on the continental shelf shall be conducted with the consent of the coastal State

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 32 30/09/03 32 Article 248 States and organizations which intends to undertake marine scientific research on the continental shelf of a coastal State shall, not less than six months in advance of the expected starting date, provide the coastal State a detailed description of the timing and nature of the research project.

Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 33 30/09/03 33 Article 249 Lists the conditions to which the research institutions has to comply with, inter alia : On request, provide preliminary and final reports On request, provide access to all data and samples On request, provide assessment of the data Ensure that research results are published internationally