The Global Ballast Water Management Programme (GloBallast), in its first phase, was funded by GEF through the UNDP and executed by IMO The programme implementation began on 1st March 2000 and was initially scheduled for a period of three years (2000-2003) The programme was extended until December 2004 due to the delay for adoption of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water & Sediments (13 February 2004) GloBallast encompassed 06 pilot countries: Brazil, China, India, Iran, South Africa and Ukraine.

1. Ten Years of GEF Partnerships in Latin America
The Brazilian Experience with the Ballast Water
Management Programme (GloBallast)
Ministry of Environment – Brazil

2. General Comments

3. General Comments
• The Global Ballast Water Management Programme
(GloBallast), in its first phase, was funded by GEF
through the UNDP and executed by IMO
• The programme implementation began on 1st March
2000 and was initially scheduled for a period of three
years (2000-2003)
• The programme was extended until December 2004 due
to the delay for adoption of the International Convention
for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water
& Sediments (13 February 2004)
• GloBallast encompassed 06 pilot countries: Brazil,
China, India, Iran, South Africa and Ukraine.

4. • Brazil was selected as the Pilot Country
representing South America during the GloBallast
Pilot Phase, due to:
– (a) the involvement of the Brazilian delegation with
ballast water issues at International Maritime
Organization
– (b) the innovative dilution method developed by
Petrobras (Brazilian Oil Company)
• The Port of Sepetiba served as a demonstration site.
This Port is located on the southern coast of Rio de
Janeiro State.

5. Country Focal Point Arrangements For the
Inplementation of GloBallast in Brazil
International
Maritime
Organization
National
Commision
for IMO Affairs
GloBallast
Programme
(PCU)
Ministry of
Environment
(CFP)
CFP-A
IBAMA
Env State
Agencies
National Task
Force
Supervisor &
Consultants
Regional
Task Force
Rio Universities
Shipowners
Petrobras
Ministry of Transp
Healthy Authority
NGOs
Sepetiba
Port
IEAPM/
Navy
Golden
Mussel
Project
IEAPM
04 State
Univ
EMBRAPA
(Agric)
Energy
Agricult
Fed Police
Water Res
Env Agenc
Golden Mussel
Nat Task Force

6. Main Activities

7. The main activities were related with:
• Communication/Awareness Raising Activities (Interviews, Press Releases,
Folders, Posters, Book on “Ballast Water and Bio-Invasion”, Leaflets, T-shirts)
• Port Baseline Surveys (Species: 1060 found; Crew: 42 taxonomists; New
occurrences: 66 for the Port of Sepetiba, 13 for Rio de Janeiro State, 8 for
Brazil)
• Risk Analysis (Target Species x Environmental Similarities)
• International Seminars (1st International Workshop on Guidelines and
Standards for Ballast Water Sampling, 1st International Workshop on
Global Monitoring Systems for Invasive Aquatic Species – both in April
2003)
• Training Package on Ballast Water Management and Control (The
delivery and validation of the training package was held in Rio de Janeiro
in 2003. The course was developed in cooperation with the TSC Brazil)
• Diplomatic Conference to adopt the New Ballast Water Management
Convention (13 February 2004) - Brazil signed the Convention on 25th
January 2005, subject to the ratification

9. Regional Cooperation

10. • Participation in 03 Meetings of the Working Group No. 6
– Environment from the Southern Common Market
(MERCOSUL) to present concerns about ballast water
and invasive aquatic species and start a technical
cooperation process
• Regional Workshop in Brasilia – DF, Brazil (16 – 28
April 2004) to approve and adopt a Regional Strategic
Plan of Action - delegates from Argentina, Brazil,
Paraguay, Uruguay, PCU and Observers (Chile,
Colombia and a NGO)
• Support to Argentinean (Golden Mussel concerns) and
Colombian (Pathogenic concerns) scientists and
technicians on theirs researches

12. Diagnosis of the Golden Mussel (Limnoperna
fortunei) Invasion

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17. US$ Figures

18. • Amount received from GloBallast:US$ 448,665.03
• Brazilian in-kind contributions and co-financing:
US$ 627,935

19. Conclusions and Lessons

20. • GloBallast was very important for Awareness Raising on
Ballast Water and Invasive Aquatic Species Concerns in
Brazil
• The Pilot Countries would need more time to conclude all
activities established in the Work Programme
• Confidence between the Parties (PCU x Country Focal Point)
is fundamental when executing this kind of Project
• Local concerns and initiatives are so important as Global aims
and templates
• Institutional arrangements are fundamentals for national
activities
• The support (financial, and information) given to the
demonstration site to effectively execute assignments was
sufficient, but it could be much better if we had more
flexibility and speed to take some decisions

21. • The close coordination between between GEF and UNDP was not
well reflected in Brazil to support the Programme. All the activities
were accomplished without any support of UNDP-Brazil
• The programme had a positive impact
(locally/nationally/regionally) with respect to reducing the negative
environmental impacts associated with ballast waters, mainly
regarding the combat and control of the Golden Mussel invasion in
the Southwest America internal waters (Brazil, Argentina,
Paraguay, Uruguay, etc)
• it’s very difficult to demonstrate the environmental improvements
mainly because GloBallast didn’t develop environmental even
physical indicators to check if it was reaching up the goals proposed
in the planning phase. Evidently with the tools developed within the
Programme and a new regulatory framework, plus the Convention,
we can guarantee a better environmental quality. GloBallast help us
out to surpass some barriers (technological, institutional, political).
• A set of indicators should be developed for GloBallast Partnerships
• The end of GloBallast weakened our regional activities.

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