• Home
  • About
    • From our Executive Secretary...
    • How OSPAR works
    • History
    • Publications

    International Cooperation

    • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
    • The Arctic Council
    • Collective Arrangement
    • Abidjan Convention
    • North Sea Conferences
    • Cartagena Convention
    • Memoranda of Understanding & Cooperation Arrangements
  • Convention
    • North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy
    • Decisions, Recommendations & Agreements
    • Convention Text
    • Ministerial Statements
    • Legal Advice

    Principles

    • Ecosystem Approach
    • Precautionary Principle
    • Polluter Pays Principle
    • Best Available Techniques (BAT) & Best Environmental Practices (BEP)

    The North-East Atlantic

    • Region I: Arctic Waters
    • Region II: Greater North Sea
    • Region III: Celtic Seas
    • Region IV: Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast
    • Region V: Wider Atlantic
  • Organisation
    • Contracting Parties
    • Secretariat/staff
    • Observers
    • Resources
    • OSPAR Vacancies
    Contracting Parties
  • Work Areas

    Biological Diversity & Ecosystems

    Arrow

    Hazardous Substances & Eutrophication

    Arrow

    Human Activities

    Arrow

    Offshore Industry

    Arrow

    Radioactive Substances

    Arrow

    Cross-Cutting Issues

    Arrow
  • Meetings
    • Meeting calendar end of May-December 2020 + Indicative calendar January-June 2021
    • Basecamp
    • Meeting Archive

    Upcoming Meetings

    • Heads of Delegation7 December 2020
    • OSPAR Commission8 December 2020 - 9 December 2020
  • Data
  • Assessments
  • News
  • OSPAR Ministerial 2021
Biological Diversity & EcosystemsHazardous Substances & EutrophicationHuman ActivitiesOffshore IndustryRadioactive SubstancesCross-Cutting Issues

Work Areas

    OSPAR Annual Report

    OSPAR Annual Report

    Arrow View

    OSPAR Ministerial 2021

    Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Marine Strategy Framework Directive

    Arrow Read

    Upcoming Meetings

    • HOD(2) 2020, 7 December 2020, Videoconference
    • OSPAR 2020, 8 December 2020 - 9 December 2020, Videoconference
    • ICG-COBAM 2020, 14 December 2020 - 16 December 2020, Videoconference
    • TG-COMP(5) 2020, 16 December 2020 - 17 December 2020, Videoconference
    • ICG-Eut 2021, 18 January 2021 - 22 January 2021, Videoconference
    • ICG-Noise 21, 22 January 2021, Videoconference
    • INPUT 2021, 25 January 2021 - 27 January 2021, Videoconference
    • RSC 2021, 9 February 2021 - 11 February 2021, TBC

    Introduction to OSPAR

    Arrow

    Meeting calendar end of May-December 2020 + Indicative calendar January-June 2021

    Arrow

    Marine Protected Area Network Latest Assessment

    Arrow

    Assessments and Actions

    Arrow

    Measures and Actions Programme

    Arrow

    OSPAR data

    Arrow

    OSPAR Convention

    Arrow
    Arrow

    Marine Protected Areas Tool

    Arrow

    Marine Litter Plan

    Arrow

    OSPAR end of year news

    Arrow

    We would like to thank the following for letting us use their images on our website...

    Arrow

    Contracting Parties

    Belgium Belgium Denmark Denmark European Union European Union Finland Finland France France Germany Germany Iceland Iceland Ireland Ireland Luxembourg Luxembourg Netherlands Netherlands Norway Norway Portugal Portugal Spain Spain Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland United Kingdom United Kingdom

    Publications

    Publications can be downloaded free of charge from this website. Please use the form below to search our list of publications:

    Latest News

    Working towards our next assessment of the North-East Atlantic

    17 September 2020

    North Sea Network meeting 2020

    24 June 2020
    News

    Contact Us

    OSPAR Secretariat
    The Aspect
    12 Finsbury Square
    London
    EC2A 1AS
    United Kingdom

    Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7430 5200
    Email:
    Copyright © 2015 - 2020 OSPAR Commission. All rights reserved.
    • Contact
    • Sitemap
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer

    Website by NB NB Communication - Digital Marketing Agency