Meeting calendar September 2025 - June 2026
The calendar of meetings for OSPAR from September 2025 - June 2026 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 |
GG 25 | September 2025 | Governance Group | |||
ICG-Noise 25 extra | w/b 15 September | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | [Germany] | ||
Bonn 2025 | 16-18 September 2025 | Bonn agreement – Meeting of the Parties | Spain | Madrid | |
JTG Ballast & Biofouling | w/b 22 Sept | Joint Task Group on ballast and biofouling | [Secretariat – tbc] | London | |
JEG-NIS | w/b 22 Sept | Joint Expert Group on non-indigenous species | [Secretariat – tbc] | London | |
WG-COCOA(2) 2025 | 30 September-2 October 2025 | Working Group on Changing Ocean Climate and Ocean Acidification | Secretariat | London | 9 September 2025 |
ICG-MSFD(2) 2025 | 7-8 October 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Belgium | Brussels | 16 September 2025 |
ICG-ORED(2) 2025 | 7-9 October 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | tbd | 16 September 2025 | |
ICG-QSR(2) 2025 | 10 October 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on managing delivery of the next OSPAR assessment | Online | 19 September 2025 | |
ICG-ESA | 13 October 2025 (morning) | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Economic and Social Analysis | Online | 19 September 2025 | |
HASEC(2) 2025 | 13-14 October 2025 (over 2 mornings) | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Online | 19 September 2025 | |
| JL(2) 2025 | 14-15 October 2025 (1.5 days) | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London | |
BDC(2) 2025 | 15-16 October 2025 | Biodiversity Committee | Online | 23 September 2025 | |
EIHA(2) 2025 | 31 October 2025 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities | Online | 9 October 2025 | |
ICG-MPA 2024 | w/b 10 November 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas | UK (Edinburgh) | ||
MIME | w/b 17 November 2025 | Working Group on Monitoring and Concentrations, Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment | ICES? | ||
CoG(2) 2025 | 17-19 November 2025 (2 days lunchtime to lunchtime) | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | 24 October 2025 |
IPO | 19 November 2025 (afternoon) | Meeting with Indigenous Peoples Organisations | Secretariat | London | |
HOD | 20-21 November 2025 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | 29 October 2025 |
ICG-POSH 2024 | w/b 24 November 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on implementation follow up of measures for the Protection of Species and Habitats | |||
ICG-COBAM(2) 2025 | w/b 8 December 2025 | Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring | [France] | La Rochelle - tbc | |
ICG-ML(2) 2025 | 8-10 December 2025 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | Online | 14 November 2025 | |
ICG-Eut 2026 | 26-27 January 2026 (1.5 days) | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | France | Nantes | 2 January 2026 |
CollArr 2026 | 27-28 January 2026 | Collective Arrangement | 5 January 2026 | ||
Joint meeting of ICG-Eut and INPUT | 27-29 January 2026 (2 days midday on 27-midday on 29) | ICG-Eut and WG INPUT | France | Nantes | 5 January 2026 |
INPUT 2025 | 29-30 January 2026 (1.5 days) | Inputs to the Marine Environment | France | Nantes | 7 January 2026 |
ICG-Noise 2026 | 3 -5 February 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | The Netherlands | The Hague | 12 January 2026 |
RSC 2026 | 10-13 February 2026 (3.5 days) | Radioactive Substances Committee | Belgium (RSC 26 | 19 January 2026 | |
BDC 2026 | 2-6 March 2026 | Biodiversity Committee | [Portugal] | [Madeira tbc] | 6 February 2026 |
OIC 2026 | 9-13 March 2026 | Offshore Industry Committee | Ireland | Dublin | 13 February 2026 |
HASEC 2026 | 23-27 March 2026 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | 27 February 2026 | ||
Easter weekend 3-6 April 2026 | |||||
EIHA 2026 | 13-17 April 2026 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities | Sweden | 20 March 2026 | |
NSN | 22-23 April 2026 | North Sea Network | Sweden | ||
JL(1) 2026 | 22-23 April 2026 | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London | |
Bonn Agreement working group | May 2026? | OTSOPA | ?? | ?? | |
CVC | 5 May 2026 | Chairs and Vice-chairs | Online – 2-3 hours | ||
CoG(1) 2026 | 19-20 May 2026 | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | 27 April 2026 |
HOD(1) 2026 | 20-21 May 2026 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | 28 April 2026 |
ICG-ML(1) 2026 | Either w/b 1 June or 8 June 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | Norway | TBC | |
| [OSPAR Commission- Pre-HOD and restricted items | 18 June 2026 | Discussion of restricted items | Online] | ||
OSPAR Commission | 22-26 June 2026 | OSPAR Commission | 29 May 2026 | ||