The following governmental organisations have observer status to OSPAR:

• Agreement on the conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS)
• Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) (ASMO only)
• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission)
• Barcelona Convention
• Common Wadden Sea Secretariat (CWSS) (ASMO only)
• Cooperative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe (EMEP)
• European Environment Agency (EEA) (ASMO only)
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
• North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
• North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Memoranda of Understanding

In addition, there is a special cooperative relationship with ICES, EMEP and the EEA on the basis of Memoranda of Understanding (MOU).

	MOU ICES
	MOU ECE
	MOU EEA

The following non-governmental organisations have observer status to OSPAR:

• Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea (ACOPS)
• BirdLife International
• Central Dredging Association (CEDA)
• Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI)
• Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)
• Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique (CEFIC)
• EUCC - the Coastal Union
• European Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water Services (EUREAU)
• EURO CHLOR Federation
• European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX)
• European Boating Association (EBA)
• European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
• European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)
• European Fertilisers Manufacturers Association (EFMA)
• European Oilfield Speciality Chemicals Association (EOSCA)
• European Soap and Detergent Industry (AISE)
• EUROPECHE, Association of National Fisheries Organisations
• Friends of the Earth (FOE)
• Greenpeace International
• International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP)
• International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) / European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)
• International Chamber of Shipping (ICS)
• International Navigation Association (PIANC)
• Kommunenes Internasjonale Miljøorganisasjon (KIMO)
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• Oil Companies' European Organisation for Environmental and Health Protection (CONCAWE)
• Robin des Bois
• Seas at Risk
• Union européenne des producteurs de granulats/European Aggregates Association (UEPG)
• Union of the Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)
• Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE)
• World Nuclear Association
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

 

© Copyright OSPAR Commission 1998- - All rights Reserved