Outputs:  

1) Research Work and Guidelines Document regarding vessel innovation for cleaning-up marine debris, with specific concern on the applicability for developing economies. This document will provide procedures/protocols in developing specific vessel for cleaning-up marine debris, including parameters that should be considered, i.e.: design, budget, operational aspects and institutional framework. 

a)  Scope of the research work are identification of quantity of trashes & litters from small islands, debris stranded in coastal and the distance to main island to be dumped as final processing place (study case : Bali province or Jepara regency (Jawa Tengah province)). The research methodology is by using secondary data and discussion with local-governement/stakeholder, to develop new vessel design with innovation. By using this method, we take one or two other developing economies (Phillippines or Chile) as another examples by using same methodology.  The Contractors will be asked to identify marine debris source and its quantity, develop protocol for designing and drawing innovative vessels. 

b) Publication of 40-50 pages consist of Executive Summary two pages, Backgrounds 10 pages, Research Methodology five pages maximum, Result of research and Study Case 20 pages, Guideline Recommendation five pages, References three pages (all maximum).  The Result of Research will consist of General Arrangement drawings of innovative vessels to combat marine debris, existing vessels to manage marine debris in small islands, existing management protocols to cope with MD in every economy and case studies. This will be APEC Publication. 

c) Additional for 3-days symposium reports about 20-30 pages. This will be APEC Publication. 

d) Linkages aspect with previous APEC Projects (OFWG 03 2020A, OFWG 05 2020A, and OFWG 08 2020A) will be explained in the background chapter of the Research Work and Guideline publication. 

e) The final draft of Research Work and Guidelines publication is targeted to be completed prior the 3-days symposium (The marine debris countermeasures on the sea, coastal and small islands with vessel innovation, fleet management and collaboration in international waters). 

2. Implement a 3-day Symposium (March 2023) in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. If the mass gathering restriction due to COVID-19 pandemic still applied during the scheduled time, then this symposium will be held virtually. 

a) Review of delivery format 4 months before symposium. The tentative schedule 08-10 March 2023. 

b)  The workshop will train participants how to follow vessel fabrication protocols, especially for MD countermeasure. The 3rd day of symposium will be used for workshop session for Vessel innovation protocol/procedure and also fabrication procedures. 

c) Implementation phase of the symposium attended by participants from 11 travel eligible Economies and 10 non-travel eligible Economies, the PO for APEC Project OFWG 05 2020A, titled: Developing an APEC Best Practices Framework to Address ALDFG, 2 co-sponsor economies experts and 2 expert from USA (The PO for APEC OFWG 08 2020A, titled: Enhancing Collection and Segregation of Waste to Reduce Marine Litter in APEC Economies; and The PO for APEC OFWG 03 2020A, titled: Development of a Marine Debris Monitoring Decision Framework for APEC Economies). 

i. The project team and contractor shall develop tentative agenda and presentation materials.

ii.  Solicit experts and APEC input to the guidelines document regarding marine debris countermeasures on the sea, coastal and small islands with vessel innovation, fleet management and collaboration in international waters 

The draft agenda of the Training and Symposium event is described below: 

3. The Final Report: Consist of Executive Summary 1 page, Backgrounds 3 pages, Highlight of Research Findings 2 pages, Best Practice Cases 2 pages, Recommendations 2 pages, Result of Symposium 2 pages, Result of post-event survey 2 pages, total 16 pages maximum. This will be APEC Publication 

Outcomes:  

There are four specific measurable outcomes for this project:

1)   From the Symposium, it is expected that participants from APEC developing economies will have a new knowledge on marine debris clean-up action by designing and adopting an innovative vessel designated to address marine debris. 

2)   Fostering network and collaboration among participants from APEC Economies to manage marine debris in the bordering water. 

3)   Better perspective on marine debris handling carried from upland by rivers, as a continuation of previous APEC Project (OFWG 08 2020A, entitled: Enhancing Collection and Segregation of Waste to Reduce Marine Litter in APEC Economies); and combined with the monitoring marine debris trajectory technique as delivered by previous APEC Project (OFWG 03 2020A, entitled: Development of a Marine Debris Monitoring Decision Framework for APEC Economies); then finally equipped with capability to clean-up marine debris by introducing the concept design of innovative vessel. 

4)   Increasing local communities empowerement (including women) in waste management through circular economy approach that leverage their income, (e.g., plastic based waste conversion into handicraft, organic waste into biocompost and "waste bank"). 

Beneficiaries: 

1) Direct institutional beneficiaries of the projects include, but not limited to, Economies agency or research agencies responsible in each respective economy (e.g., ministries/agencies of marine/environment/industry/NGOs). The project outputs provide clear-cut information, evidence, standard methods, and policy/regulatory recommendations for these economy organizations for developing and implementing marine debris/litter cleaning and collecting in the coastal, small islands, and seawater border territory. 

2) Direct beneficiaries of the projects include medium to high level policy makers who can attend or be informed about the project's outputs. Identification of high level policy makers is through each economy contact person, including Invitation.