Lebanon Lebanon

Training and follow-up

REMPEC Focal points meeting

Year Representative Ministry/Department/Division
2000 Dr. Samih Wehbe, Expert Ministry of Environment
2000 Dr. Elias Georges Eid, President Navy Group Co. Ltd.
2003 Dr. Samih Wehbe, Expert – Petroleum Engineer PhD Ministry of Environment
2003 Captain Michel Al Hashem, Navy Officer Lebanese Navy Headquarters Lebanese Navy
2005 Captain Michel Al Hashem, Navy Officer Lebanese Navy Headquarters
2007 Mr. Mohamad Nahle, Head of Aids to Navigation Section and Light Houses Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport , Ministry of Public Works and Transport
2009 Mr. Hassan Chaban, Expert Maritime Ministry of Public Works and Transport
2011 Mr Samih Wehbe, Petrochemical Expert Ministry of Environment
2011 Mr. Elias Eid, President and Chairman Navy Group Ltd.

Regional activities

Date Activity name Country participant name
05/2009 Regional Government and Industry Workshop on Cooperation, Preparedness for and Response to Oil Spills in the Mediterranean Sea - 11-12 May 2009, Marseille, France. Navy Captain Hassan Hamdar< Lebanon
03/2000 MEDEXPOL 99/2 Regional Training Course on New Techniques for Shoreline Pollution (Oil/Chemical) Clean-up - In Brest, France 21-25 March 2000 Mr. Samih Wehbe, Lebanon
10/2002 MEDIPOL 2002 6 Regional Seminar on response to Oil and Chemical spills for Governments Administrators and senior Managers - Malta,Malta, 29 oct. -2 Nov. 2002 Mr. Mansour Dahdah, Lebanon
10/2003 MEDIPOL 2003 – European Workshop on Satellite Imagery and illicit oil spills in Europe and in the Mediterranean and Field activities in Rognac, Marseilles - Toulon, France, 2 – 4 Oct. 2003 Mr. Samih Wehbe, Mr. Nijad Kabbara, Mr. G. Elie Eid, Lebanon .
10/2005 MEDEXPOL 2005 – Regional Seminar on the use of Remote Sensing in Oil Pollution Control, Nicosia, Cyprus, 17-20 October 2005 Mr. Mohammed Nahle, Mr. Samih Wehbe, Mr Michel Al-Hashem, Lebanon
12/2004 Regional Alert Exercise MEDIPOLEX 2004, organized in close collaboration with the national Focal Point of Cyprus, held on 7-8 Dec. 2004. All Contracting Parties participated
11/2007 MEDEXPOL 2007 - Regional Seminar on Illicit Discharges from Ships and Prosecution of Offenders - 27 – 30 November 2007, Marseilles, France Judge Samaranda Nassar, Mr. Maroun El Khoury, Lebanon
06/2007 Pollution prevention and control (INFOPOL) training course Mr. Georges BERBARI
01/2011 Sub-Regional Workshop on HNS Contingency Planning for Arab Speaking Countries , Alexandria, Egypt, 17-20 January 2011 Dr. Samih WEHBE, Mr. Elias EID

National activities

Date Activity name
04/2000 National workshop on national Contingency Plan for Preparedness for and Response to Accidental Marine Pollution, 10-12 April 2000
12/2001 National Training Course on Accidental Marine Pollution preparedness and Response for Decision makers, 3-5 December 2001
08/2006 Oil Spill Operations and Coordination Centre (OSOCC) was formed in Lebanon to enhance, at a national level, overall coordination, information and media management, operations and logistics, administration and support as well as international assistance.

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