Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have come together at the Global Initiative South East Asia (GI-SEA) regional meeting to discuss and develop an action plan for the implementation of the ASEAN Oil Spill Response Action Plan MoU. IMO’s Colleen O'Hagan is in attendance at the meeting, which is being hosted by the Marine Department of the Government of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (17-19 December).

The implementation of the memorandum of understanding will be facilitated by the GI-SEA project and jointly funded by IMO and IPIECA, which is a government and industry collaboration that acts to enhance oil spill preparedness and response capability in the region.