ACCOBAMS Secretariat

Since February 2002, the Government of H.S.H the Prince of Monaco hosts the ACCOBAMS Secretariat.  In 2016, at the occasion of the 20^th anniversary of the ACCOBAMS, an amended Head Quarters Agreement between the Government of H.S.H the Prince of Monaco and the Secretariat of ACCOBAMS was signed by the Chair of the ACCOBAMS Bureau and the Executive Secretary on behalf of the Parties to ACCOBAMS.

The functions of the Secretariat are:

a) to arrange and service the sessions of the Meeting of the Parties;
b) to liaise with and facilitate co‐operation between Parties and non‐Party Range States, and international and national bodies whose activities are directly or indirectly relevant to the conservation of cetaceans in the Agreement area;
c) to assist the Parties in the implementation of this Agreement, ensuring coherence between the sub‐regions and with measures adopted pursuant to other international instruments in force;
d) to execute decisions addressed to it by the Meeting of the Parties;
e) to invite the attention of the Meeting of the Parties to any matter pertaining to this Agreement;
f) to provide to each ordinary session of the Meeting of the Parties a report on the work of the Permanent Secretariat, the Coordination units, the Bureau, and the Scientific Committee, and on the implementation of the Agreement based on information provided by the Parties and other sources;
g) to administer the budget for this Agreement;
h) to provide information to the general public concerning this Agreement and its objectives; and
i) to perform any other function entrusted to it under this Agreement or by the Meeting of the Parties.

 

In addition, the Secretariat, in consultation with the Scientific Committee and the Coordination units, facilitates the preparation of guidelines covering inter alia:

a) the reduction or elimination, as far as possible and for the purposes of this Agreement, of adverse human‐cetacean interactions;
b) habitat protection and natural resource management methods as they relate to cetaceans;
c) emergency measures; and
d) rescue methods.

 

Secretariat’s Team
	Maÿlis SALIVAS Executive Secretary
	Clara MONACO Programme & Project Officer
	Camille MONTIGLIO Assistant to the Executive Secretary
	Frida NIGRI Accountant & Programme Assistant