Ms. Gyoung Hee Kim joined NOWPAP RCU and reported to the Busan office on 13 February 2012. With her arrival the administrative work in Busan office will be improved as the post had not been filled since September 2011. Ms. Kim, a Korean national, was working for the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Project (YSLME) before joining RCU and it is expected that the experience with the GEF project will facilitate her orientation in the new working environment at NOWPAP.
Implementation of NOWPAP contributes to the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) in the Northwest Pacific region.