Meeting calendar September 2024 - June 2025
The calendar of meetings for OSPAR from September 2024 - June 2025 is shown below
Document deadlines:
Draft agenda for OSPAR Commission meetings: to be circulated at least 8 weeks before the meeting.
Draft agenda for subsidiary bodies: to be circulated at least 6 weeks before the meeting.
Draft Decisions and Recommendations: to be submitted at least 12 weeks before the meeting of the subsidiary body at which they will be considered, and 5 weeks before the meeting of the OSPAR Commission meeting at which they are presented for adoption.
Documents submitted for discussion or information at a meeting shall be received by the Secretariat at least three weeks before the opening of a meeting of the Commission or of a subsidiary body.
Acronym | Date | Name | Host | Location | Document deadline |
ICG-QSR(3) 2024 | 6 September 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Quality Status Group | Online | ||
WG-AOC(4) 2024 | 11 September 2024 | Working Group on Amendments to the Convention | Online | ||
AOWG(2) 2024 | 30 September – 2 October 2024 | Arctic Outcomes Working Group | Kingdom of Denmark | Nuuk | 9 September 2024 |
Joint HELCOM/OSPAR meeting Noise | 17 September 2024 | Informal Consultation Session of the HELCOM Expert Group on Underwater Noise and the OSPAR Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | HELCOM Secretariat | Helsinki | |
Bonn 2024 | 17-19 September 2024 | Bonn agreement – Meeting of the Parties | Norway | Ålesund | |
WG-COCOA(2) 2024 | 24-26 September 2024 | Working Group on Climate Change and Ocean Acidification | Spain | Tenerife | |
ICG-MSFD(2) 2024 | 8-9 October 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | France | Paris | |
HASEC(2) 2024 | 8-9 October 2024 | Heads of Delegation to HASEC | Online | ||
| BDC(2) 2024 | 14 October | Biodiversity Committee | Online | ||
JTG Ballast and Biofouling | 15-16 October 2024 | Joint OSPAR/HELCOM Joint Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention and Biofouling | Poland | Gdynia | |
JL(2) 2024 | 15-16 October 2024 – length of meeting TBD | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | ||
ICG-EcoC(2) 2024 | Back-to-back with ICG-ORED:21-22 October 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Ecosystem Assessment Outlook - Cumulative Effects Assessment | Sweden | Gothenburg | |
ICG-ORED(3) 2024 | Back-to-back with ICG-EcoC: 22-23 October 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | Sweden | Gothenburg | |
ICG-Noise Extra | 29–30 October 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | Secretariat | London | |
OIC(2) 2024 | 7 November 2024 | Offshore Industry Committee | Online | ||
EIHA(2) 2024 | 7 November 2024 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities | Online | 16 October 2024 | |
ICG-MPA 2024 | 12-14 November 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas | Ireland | Galway | |
MIME | 18-21 November 2024 Starting at noon on 18 November | Working Group on Monitoring and Concentrations, Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment | [Germany] | [Hamburg] | 25 October 2024 |
MIME HARSAT segment | 22 November 2024 | [Germany] | [Hamburg] | ||
CoG | 19-20 November 2024 1.5 days | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | 28 October 2024 |
HOD | 20-21 November 2024 1.5 days | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | 29 October 2024 |
ICG-POSH 2024 | w/b 25 November 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on implementation follow up of measures for the Protection of Species and Habitats | Denmark | TBC | |
ICG-ML(2) 2024 | 9-11 December 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | Online | ||
ICG-COBAM(2) 2024 | 10-12 December 2024 | Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring | Online | ||
HOD(1) 2025 | 21 January 2025 | Heads of Delegation | Online | 30 December 2024 | |
ICG-Noise 2025 | 22-23 January 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | Denmark | Odensee | 13 December 2024 |
| CollArr 2025 | 27-28 January 2025 | Collective Arrangement | Belgium | Brussels | |
ICG-Eut 2025 | 27 January 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | Netherlands | The Hague | 6 January 2025 |
Joint meeting of ICG-Eut and INPUT | 28-29 January 2025 | Eutrophication and Input | Netherlands | The Hague | |
INPUT 2025 | 30 January 2025 | Inputs to the Marine Environment | Netherlands | The Hague | 8 January 2025 |
| WG-AOC | 31 January 2025 | Ad Hoc Group on Amendments to the Convention | Online | ||
ICG-QSR(1) 2025 | 6 February 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Quality Status Group | Online | ||
RSC 2025 | 11-14 February 2025 | Radioactive Substances Committee | IAEA | Monaco | 20 January 2025 |
BDC 2025 | 24-28 February 2025 | Biodiversity Committee | Sweden | Varberg | 31 January 2025 |
| WG-COCOA | 4-5 March 2025 | Working Group on Climate Change and Ocean Acidification | |||
ICG-ORED(1) 2025 | 5 March 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | TBD | TBD | |
OIC 2025 | 10-14 March 2025 | Offshore Industry Committee | Norway | Stavanger | 17 February 2025 |
| ICG-MSFD(1) 2025 | 18-19 March 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | |||
| WG-AOC | 20 March 2025 | Ad Hoc Group on Amendments to the Convention | Online | ||
| ICG-EcoC(1) 2025 | 20 March 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group - Ecosystem Assessment Outlook/ Cumulative Effects | |||
HASEC 2025 | 24-28 March 2025 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Paris | France | 28 February 2025 |
| AOWG(1) 2025 | 2-3 April 2025 | Arctic Outcomes Working Group | London | ||
EIHA 2025 | 7-11 April 2025 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities | Ireland | Cork | 14 March 2025 |
Easter weekend 18-21 April 2025 | |||||
NSN | 23-24 April 2025 | North Sea Network | Ireland | Dublin | |
CVC | 6 May 2025 | Chairs and Vice-chairs | Online – 2-3 hours | ||
| JL | 7-8 May 2025 | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London | |
CoG(1) 2025 | 13-14 May 2025 1.5 days | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | 21 April 2025 |
HOD(2) 2025 | 14-16 May 2025 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | 22 April 2025 |
| OTSOPA 2025 | 20-23 May 2025 | Bonn Agreement Technical Group | France | Brest | |
| ICG-ML | 17-20 June | Intersessional correspondence group on marine litter | Antwerp | Belgium | |
OSPAR/MM pre-HOD meeting and discussion of restricted items | 19 June 2025 | Pre-OSPAR/MM meeting of Heads of Delegation | Online | ||
OSPAR/MM | 19 June 2025 (discussion of restricted items) 23-27 June 2025 26 June: Ministerial segment | OSPAR Commission / Ministerial meeting | Spain | Vigo | 28 May 2025 (Five-week deadline for Decisions/ Recommendations): 14 May 2025 |