Meeting calendar end of May-December 2020 + Indicative calendar January-June 2021
The calendar of meetings for OSPAR from end of May to December 2020 is shown below. An indicative calendar of meetings for the period January to June 2021 is also presented. This will be confirmed by OSPAR 2020.
Calendar of OSPAR meetings end of May – December 2020. TBC, to be confirmed.
Meeting | Date | Full name | Country | City |
OTSOPA | 26-28 May 2020 | BA Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions Concerning Counter Pollution Activities | WEBEX | |
ICG-ML | 27-28 May 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | WEBEX | |
ICG/EN-Noise | 3 June 2020 | Second Joint Session of OSPAR ICG-Noise and HELCOM EN-Noise | ZOOM | |
TG-COMP(3) | 10 June 2020 | Technical Group for the Common Procedure | WEBEX | |
STG | 9-10 June 2020 | Strategy Task Group | WEBEX | |
NSN | 11 June 2020 | North Sea Network of Investigators and Prosecutors | WEBEX | |
ICG-Noise | 16 June 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Noise | WEBEX | |
| ICG-QSR Call | 22 June 2020 (2 hours) | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the QSR 2023 | WEBEX | |
| AHWGMM | 24 June 2020 (1.5 hours) | Ad hoc Working Group on the Ministerial Meeting | WEBEX | |
ICG-Feniks(2) 2020 | 29 June 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Future EIHA NEAES Information and Knowledge-based strategy | WEBEX | |
BDC HOD | 30 June 2020 | BDC Heads of Delegation | WEBEX | |
ICG-QSR | 9-10 September 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence group on managing delivery of the Quality Status Report 2023 | WEBEX | |
| AHWGMM | 16 September 2020 (1.5 hours) | Ad hoc Working Group on the Ministerial Meeting | WEBEX | |
STG(2) 2020 | 21-22 September 2020 | Strategy Task Group | WEBEX | |
ICG-OA | 22-23 September 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Coordination on ocean acidification | PML Microsoft Teams | |
BONN | 23-24 September 2020 | Bonn Agreement Contracting Parties | Ireland / WEBEX | |
BDC(2) 2020 | 30 September - 2 October 2020 | Biodiversity Committee | WEBEX | |
HASEC(2) 2020 | 5-7 October 2020 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | WEBEX | |
ICG-MSFD(2) 2020 | 8-9 October 2020 (1 day if by WebEx) | Intersessional Correspondence Group for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Netherlands / WEBEX | |
ICG-ESA | Mid-October, 1 day | Intersessional Correspondence Group for Economic and Social Analysis | WEBEX | |
EIHA(2)2020 | 12-15 October 2020 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities Committee | United Kingdom/ WEBEX | |
| AHWGMM | Mid-October 2020 (1.5 hours) | Ad hoc Working Group on the Ministerial Meeting | WEBEX | |
| HODNACESMPA | 20 October 2020 | Heads of Delegation to discuss NACES MPA | WEBEX | |
| ICG-MPA | 20-22 October 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas | WEBEX | |
JL | 27 October 2020 | Group of Jurists /Linguists | WEBEX | |
| AHWGMM | 11 November 2020 (1.5 hours) | Ad hoc Working Group on the Ministerial Meeting | WEBEX | |
STG(3) 2020 | 12-13 November 2020 | Strategy Task Group | WEBEX | |
| ICG-ESA | 17 November 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Economic and Social Analysis | ||
CoG(1) 2020 | 19-20 November 2020 | Coordination Group | WEBEX / Secretariat | |
MIME | 23-27 November 2020 | Working Group on Monitoring and on Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment | Denmark | |
ICG-ML | 23-25 November 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | WEBEX | |
JTG-Ballast | 26-27 November 2020 | Joint Task Group on Ballast Water | Spain | San Sebastian |
ICG-POSH | 30 November -3 December 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Protection of Species and Habitats | TBC | TBC |
ICG-EMO WS & TG-COMP(3) | 30 November-4 December 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on eutrophication modelling & Task Group for the Common Procedure | Belgium | Brussels |
HOD(2) 2020 | 7 December 2020 | Heads of Delegation | TBC | TBC |
OSPAR 2020 | 8-9 December 2020 | OSPAR Commission | TBC | TBC |
ICG-COBAM | 14-16 December 2020 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Coordination of Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring | TBC | TBC |
Indicative calendar of OSPAR meetings January – June 2021. TBC, to be confirmed. This calendar will be confirmed by OSPAR 2020
Meeting | Date | Full name | Country | City |
EAP | TBC | Expert Assessment Panel – Offshore report | TBC | |
ICG-Noise | 22 January | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Noise | Online | |
ICG-Eut | 18-22 January 2021 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | Germany | Berlin |
INPUT | 25-27 January 2021 | Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment | TBC | |
BA MARPOL | Last week in Jan. or First week in Feb | Bonn Agreement MARPOL Annex VI Experts Workshop | ||
COLLAR | TBC 26-27 January 2021 | Collective Arrangement | Belgium | Brussels |
ICG-ESA WS | TBC February one day | OSPAR workshop on business as usual scenarios | TBC Netherlands | TBC Rotterdam |
| MARPOL Annex VI | 2-4 February 2021 | Workshop on MARPOL Annex VI | Belgium | |
RSC | 9-11 February 2021 | Radioactive Substances Committee | Luxembourg | European Commission |
JL(Extra) | TBC | Jurists/Linguists | TBC | |
OIC | 9-12 March 2021 | Offshore Industry Committee | Germany | |
STG | TBC | Strategy Task Group | London Secretariat | UK |
EIHA | 15-19 March 2021 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities Committee | Norway | |
HASEC | 22-26 March 2021 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Spain | Madrid |
Easter weekend: 2-5 April 2021 | ||||
BDC | TBC 12-16 April 2021 | Biodiversity Committee | Iceland | Reykjavik |
ICG-MSFD(1) | TBC | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | ||
NSN + Seminar | 27-29 April 2021 | North Sea Network + Seminar on publicity of investigations and convictions | ||
JL | TBC 27-29 April 2021 | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London |
CVC | TBC 24 May 2021, afternoon | Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen | Secretariat | London |
OTSOPA | 25-27 May 2021 | BA Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions concerning Counter Pollution Activities | Belgium | |
CoG(1) | TBC 25 May 2021 | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London |
HOD | TBC 26-27 May 2021 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London |
OSPAR/MM | TBC 21-25 June 2021 | OSPAR Commission/ Ministerial Meeting | Portugal | |
| BONN | TBC 21-23 September 2021 | Meeting of the Contracting Parties | Ireland | |