IMO secures financial, human and logistic support for its technical assistance activities from a wide variety of sources, including:
- IMO's Technical Co-operation (TC) Fund
- Multi-donor Trust Funds (MDTFs) are established to encourage contributions targeted on specific issues and are used to support specific technical co-operation programmes which address these issues
- Bi-lateral arrangements are concluded with governments and organizations to provide financial and in-kind support for specific programmes
- Other arrangements
- One-off cash donations
Technical Co-operation (TC) Fund
The TC Fund is the mechanism for the delivery of the Integrated Technical Co-operation Programme (ITCP). The resources of the TC Fund are used to assist developing countries in building their human and institutional capacities for the effective implementation of the global maritime standards adopted by the Organization.
Bi-lateral arrangements: Financial and in-kind support
The Organization has been successful in developing partnerships with national and regional institutions which provide financial and in-kind support to facilitate the implementation of specific activities. As of 31 January 2010, IMO had established 61 partnership arrangements for its technical co-operation activities, 13 of which were trust fund arrangements signed with the Governments of Canada, Egypt, Italy, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, the European Community (EC), the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the Global Industrial Alliance (GIA), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Of the afore-mentioned 61 partnership arrangements, 28 provided in-kind support in the form of cost-free or fee-free experts, hostship of technical assistance events or cash supplements not accounted through IMO.
Other arrangements
Of these partnership arrangements, 20 establish the position of four regional coordinators in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Kenya for Africa and in the Philippines for East Asia, four activity/response centres (the Marine Electronic Highway project office in Indonesia, the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Centre for the Mediterranean Sea in Malta, the Regional Activity Centre for Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training for the Wider Caribbean Region on the Island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles and the Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response Regional Activity Centre in the Republic of Korea) and the delegation of technical co-operation implementation responsibilities.
One-off cash donations
Since 1 June 2009, and as of 30 April 2010, IMO has received cash contributions from 10 donors for the delivery of ITCP.