Meeting calendar September 2023 - June 2024
The calendar of meetings for OSPAR from June 2023 - June 2024 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.
Strict document deadlines are not applied for meetings of Intersessional Correspondence Groups or Ad Hoc Groups.
Acronym | Date | Name | Host | Location | Document deadline |
Bonn 2023 | 19-21 September 2023 | Bonn agreement – Meeting of the Parties | Netherlands | Dordrecht | |
| WG-AOC(1) 2023 | 22 September 2023 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Amendment of the Convention | Online | ||
CCEG/ICG-OA and WG COCOA | 26-28 September 2023 | Climate Change Expert Group (CCEG),Intersessional Correspondence Group on ocean acidification (ICG-OA), and Working Group on Changing Ocean Climate and Ocean Acidification (WG COCOA) | TBD | TBD | Agenda: 14 August 2023 Documents: 4 September 2023 |
ICG-MaRE | TBD (Week 18 Sept) | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Measures and Recommendations (HASEC) | TBD | TBD | |
| ICG-QSR DD | 3 October from 9h – 12h (UK time) | Quality Status Report 2023 Discussion Day for OSPAR Observers | Online | ||
ICG-Noise/HELCOM | 4-5 October 2023 | 1st Informal Consultation Session of the HELCOM Expert Group on Underwater Noise and the OSPAR Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | ICES | Copenhagen | |
ICG-MSFD | 10-11 October 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Netherlands | The Hague | |
AOWG workshop | 16-18 October 2023 | Arctic Outcomes - Workshop | Kingdom of Denmark | Copenhagen | |
AOWG(3) 2023 | 18 October 2023 | Arctic Outcomes Working Group | Kingdom of Denmark | Copenhagen | |
| WG-AOC(2) 2023 | 25 October 2023 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Amendment of the Convention | Online | ||
ICG-Noise Extra | 2-3 November 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on underwater noise | Secretariat | London | |
| OIC | 6-7 November 2023 | Workshop on Harmonised Comparative Assessment | Secretariat | London | |
EIHA | 7 November 2023 | Environmental Impacts of Human Activities Committee | Online | Remote | Agenda: 25 September 2023 Documents: 16 October 2023 |
ICG-MPA | 7-9 November 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas | Iceland | Reykjavik | |
| JL | 8-9 November 2023 | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London | |
IC JTG BALLAST & BIOFOULING | 9-10 November 2023 | 1st informal consultation session of the Joint Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and Biofouling | Netherlands | ||
ICG-POSH | 14-16 November 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the implementation follow up of measures for the protection and conservation of species and habitats | Norway | Trondheim | |
| WG-AOC(3) 2023 | 17 November 2023 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Amendment of the Convention | Online | ||
MIME | 20-24 November 2023 | Working Group on Monitoring and on Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment | Belgium | Brussels | Agenda: 6 October 2023 Documents: 27 October 2023 |
ICG-ML | 28-30 November 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | Online | ||
ICG-COBAM | 28-30 November 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring | |||
NSN/OTSOPA Seminar | 29-30 November 2023 | Seminar on Maritime Environmental Crimes | Belgium | Brussels | |
| ICG-QSR(3) 2023 | 8 December 2023 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on OSPAR's Quality Status Report 2023 | Secretariat and online | London | |
CoG | 12-13 December 2023 | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | Agenda: 30 October 2023 Documents: 20 November 2023 |
HOD | 14 December 2023 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | Agenda: 1 November 2023 Documents: 22 November 2023 |
EAP | TBC | Expert Assessment Panel – Offshore report | TBC | ||
ICG-ORED | 23 January 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | Online | ||
ICG-Eut | 29-31 January 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | Spain | Malaga | |
ICG-Noise | 30-31 January 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on underwater noise | Germany | Hamburg | |
INPUT | 31 January -2 February 2024 Back-to-back with ICG-Eut | Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment | Spain | Malaga | Agenda: 19 December 2023 Documents: 9 January 2024 |
CollArr | February 2024 | Collective Arrangement | NEAFC | London | |
RSC | 6-9 February 2024 | Radioactive Substances Committee | Portugal | Lisbon | Agenda: 22 December 2023 Documents: 15 January 2024 |
OIC | 11-15 March 2024 | Offshore Industry Committee | Netherlands | Agenda: 26 January 2024 Documents: 16 February 2024 | |
BDC | 18-22 March 2024 | Biodiversity Committee | Norway | Oslo | Agenda: 2 February 2024 Documents: 23 February 2024 |
Easter weekend: 29 March – 1 April 2024 | |||||
HASEC | 8-12 April 2024 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Netherlands | Agenda: 23 February 2024 Documents: 15 March 2024 | |
ICG-MSFD | April 2024 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Online | ||
EIHA | 15-19 April 2024 | Environmental Impact of Human Activities Committee | Spain | [Madrid] | Agenda: 1 March 2024 Documents: 22 March 2024 |
NSN | 23-24 April 2024] | North Sea Network | [France] | ||
JL | 25 April 2024 | Jurists/Linguists | Secretariat | London | |
CVC | 7 May 2024 - TBD | Chairs and Vice-Chairs | Online | London | |
CoG(1) | 14-15 May 2024 | Coordination Group | Secretariat | London | Agenda: 1 April 2024 Documents: 22 April 2024 |
HOD(1) | 16 May 2024 | Heads of Delegation | Secretariat | London | Agenda: 3 April 2024 Documents: 24 April 2024 |
OTSOPA | [21-23 May 2024] | BA Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions concerning Counter Pollution Activities | EMSA | Lisbon | |
ICG-ML | TBC | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | TBC | ||
OSPAR | 24-28 June 2024 | OSPAR Commission | Agenda: 26 April 2024 Documents: 31 May 2024 | ||
Bonn Agreement | BONN | ||||