**1.** Each Contracting Party shall designate a focal point to serve as liaison with the Organisation on the technical aspects of the implementation of this Protocol.
**2.** The Contracting Parties designate the Organisation to carry out the following Secretariat functions:
convene and service the meetings of the Contracting Parties;
assist in raising funds as provided for in Article XVI;
provide such assistance that the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee may require to carry out its functions as referred to in Article XIV;
provide the appropriate assistance as may be identified by the Contracting Parties to facilitate:
the development and implementation of the plans, programmes and measures necessary to achieve the objectives of this Protocol;
the development of incentive programmes to implement this Protocol;
the development of information systems and networks for the exchange of information for the purposes of facilitating the implementation of this Protocol, as referred to in Article VIII; and
the development and implementation of environmental education, training and public awareness programmes, as referred to in Article XI;
communicate and work with the Caribbean Environment Programme on activities relevant to the implementation of this Protocol;
prepare common formats as directed by the Contracting Parties to be used as the basis for notifications and reports to the Organisation, as provided in Article XII;
establish and update databases on national, sub-regional and regional measures adopted for the implementation of this Protocol, including any other pertinent information, in keeping with the provisions of Articles III and XII;
compile and make available to the Contracting Parties reports and studies which may be required for the implementation of this Protocol or as requested by them;
cooperate with relevant international organisations;
provide to the Contracting Parties a report which shall include a draft budget for the coming year and an audited revenue and expenditure statement of the preceding year; and
carry out any other functions assigned to it by the Contracting Parties.
Artikel XIII
Institutional Mechanisms
Onderdeel van Protocol betreffende verontreiniging afkomstig van bronnen en activiteiten op het land bij het Verdrag inzake de bescherming en ontwikkeling van het mariene milieu in het Caraïbisch gebied, met bijlagen· Ruimtelijke ordening en milieu