Presentation
Creating a Multi-Stakeholder Community of Practice for Wildlife Preparedness and Response
DescriptionAs wildlife response became increasingly recognised at an international level, key industry, governmental and non-governmental stakeholders came together at a meeting at Interspill 2012 in London, hosted by Oil Spill Response, Ltd (OSRL) and Sea Alarm, to discuss the “Future of Global Oiled Wildlife Response and Preparedness.” This meeting served as a catalyst for the multi-year Global Oiled Wildlife Response System (GOWRS) Project that ran between 2015-2021. An Industry Advisory Group (IAG) was also formed to support the project and provide an interface with oil industry funders and end-users.
Collaboration between industry stakeholders has continued to evolve since then, also encouraged by the fact that “wildlife” was recognised as one of the 15 priority targets for strengthening tiered response preparedness. In 2019, industry delegates participated in an IPIECA-funded workshop facilitated by Sea Alarm and some of the GOWRS Project Partners to map the journey of implementing that target. To carry forward the recommendations from this workshop the Wildlife Preparedness and Response ‘Community of Practice’ (CoP) was formed out of the IAG and has been meeting quarterly since early 2021. The group aims to share experiences and lessons learned, support and drive implementation and continue nurturing strong collaboration across the industry and beyond.
In 2022, global stakeholders reunited at the Interspill Conference in Amsterdam to review progress to date and discuss future priorities. One aim of this gathering was to expand participation in the Community of Practice to governmental and shipping industry stakeholders, and to use this forum to keep stakeholders connected and to support collaboration on a shared future work program that strengthens wildlife response preparedness globally.
This paper will explore the genesis of the Wildlife Preparedness and Response Community of Practice and share insights from the journey to date. An update on the outcomes from the 2022 Interspill meeting will also be provided and key future priorities identified for further advancing wildlife response preparedness through ongoing multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Collaboration between industry stakeholders has continued to evolve since then, also encouraged by the fact that “wildlife” was recognised as one of the 15 priority targets for strengthening tiered response preparedness. In 2019, industry delegates participated in an IPIECA-funded workshop facilitated by Sea Alarm and some of the GOWRS Project Partners to map the journey of implementing that target. To carry forward the recommendations from this workshop the Wildlife Preparedness and Response ‘Community of Practice’ (CoP) was formed out of the IAG and has been meeting quarterly since early 2021. The group aims to share experiences and lessons learned, support and drive implementation and continue nurturing strong collaboration across the industry and beyond.
In 2022, global stakeholders reunited at the Interspill Conference in Amsterdam to review progress to date and discuss future priorities. One aim of this gathering was to expand participation in the Community of Practice to governmental and shipping industry stakeholders, and to use this forum to keep stakeholders connected and to support collaboration on a shared future work program that strengthens wildlife response preparedness globally.
This paper will explore the genesis of the Wildlife Preparedness and Response Community of Practice and share insights from the journey to date. An update on the outcomes from the 2022 Interspill meeting will also be provided and key future priorities identified for further advancing wildlife response preparedness through ongoing multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Authors
Principal Engineer Sustainability
General Manager
Event Type
Paper
TimeThursday, May 16th8:20am - 8:40am CDT
Location278-280
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