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 | | MEDREGION meeting | | Deputy Secretary, Jo Foden, attended a MEDREGION (Support Mediterranean member states towards the implementation of the MSFD Commission Decision on GES and programmes of measures, and contribute to regional/subregional cooperation) meeting in Athens in April 2019 | 
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| |  | | Cumulative effects assessment | | Report by Co-convenor, Dr Adrian Judd (United Kingdom): -EcoC workshop brought together representatives from some of OSPAR’s committees to progress the cumulative effects assessment work for the Ecosystem Assessment Outlook component of the Quality Status Report 2023. The methodology applies risk assessment principles to the ecosystem approach in the assessment and management of human activities in the North-East Atlantic. | |
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 | | Preparation of OSPAR's next assessment of the state of the North-East Atlantic | | The meeting of the Intersessional Correspondence Group to manage preparation and publication of the Quality Status Report 2023 met in London from 23-25 April. | |
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| |  | | Environmental Impact of Human Activities | | OSPAR’s Environmental Impacts of Human Activities Committee met in Copenhagen from 8 to 12 April 2019 | |
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 | | Because the Ocean Initiative | | In collaboration with the Spanish Ministry the Ecologic Transition and the European Commission, the Because the Ocean initiative organised a second regional workshop in Madrid 10-11 April. | |
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| |  | | Sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction | | OSPAR attended the second session of the Intergovernmental Conference on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction at the United Nations in New York. | |
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 | | Intersessional correspondence group for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | | OSPAR's Intersessional correspondence group for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (ICG-MSFD) met in Spain in April | |
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| |  | | OSPAR's biodiversity and ecosystems committee | | The annual meeting of OSPAR's biodiversity and ecosystems committee took place on the island of Jersey from 25-29 March 2019 | |
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 | | Foamed plastics in a circular economy | | On the 27th of March, Cefas held the first UK participatory session with foamed plastics stakeholders of the OceanWise project. | |
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| |  | | 10th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative | | OSPAR's Executive Secretary Susana Salvador attended the 10th edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative hosted by Prince Albert II and dedicated to Marine Protected Areas around the world. | |
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 | | Regional Consultation on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | | The Secretariat attended one of 5 regional consultation events to kick-off the development of the 2030 strategy which will provide the input for a series of 4 open ended working group meetings to draft a strategy for 2020 COP 15 in Bonn (Germany) from 18-25 March 2019 | |
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| |  | | Offshore Industry Committee 2019 | | Report by Saravan Marappan (Chair of OIC): The annual meeting of the Offshore Industry Committee met in Aberdeen in March where they discussed progress against the 2018-2019 Work Programme, concluded the review of progress made over the last ten years under the current North East Atlantic Environmental Strategy (NEAES 2010-2020) and developed objectives to be addressed under the new strategy for 2020-2030. | |
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 | | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee 2019 | | The annual meeting of the Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee met in Oslo in March | |
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| |  | | 24th Cedre Information Day | | Marine Litter Project Officer, Pedro Sepulveda, attended the 24th Cedre Information Day in Paris | |
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| |  | | Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Marine Environment | | OSPAR attended the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Marine Environment meeting in Malmo | |
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 | | Final workshop of the Joint Monitoring Programme of the Eutrophication of the North-Sea with Satellite data (JMP EUNOSAT) | | Deputy Secretary, Jo Foden, represented OSPAR at the final workshop of the JMP-EUNOSAT project, which set out to develop methods and proposals for monitoring eutrophication in the North Sea with a focus on chlorophyll and the use of satellites. | |
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| |  | | Inputs to the Marine Environment | | Portugal hosted OSPAR’s experts in riverine & atmospheric inputs at the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera in Lisbon. | |
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 | | EU Council Working Party Law of the Sea (COMAR) | | OSPAR presented its mandate and work at the EU Council Working Party Law of the Sea (COMAR) in Brussels in January 2019 | |
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| |  | | OSPAR's eutrophication group | | OSPAR’s experts in eutrophication travelled to beautiful Lisbon for the meeting of ICG-Eut. | |
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