Meeting calendar and deadlines September 2026 - June 2027
The calendar of meetings for OSPAR from September 2026 - June 2027 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.
Applications from Non-Governmental Observer Organisations for observer status: to be received at least 12 weeks before the meeting of the OSPAR Commission.
Acronym | Date | Name | Host | Location | Document deadline |
JTG Ballast and Biofouling | 15-16 September 2026 | Joint HELCOM/OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) and Biofouling | Finland | Turku | |
Bonn Agreement | 15-17 September 2026 | Annual Meeting of the Bonn Agreement Contracting Parties | Sweden | Malmo | |
ICG-Noise(2) 2026 | 22 September 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | Online | ||
WG-AOC(2) 2026 | 25 September 2026 | Ad Hoc Working Group on Amendments to the OSPAR Convention | Online | ||
ICG-ORED(2) 2026 | 29 September 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | Online | ||
ICG-MSFD(2) 2026 | 29-30 September 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on the Marine Strategy Framework Directive | Belgium | Brussels | |
OSPAR Governance Workshop | 1-2 October 2026 | London | Secretariat | ||
ICG-EMO/ICG-EUT workshop | w/b 5 October 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication Modelling/ Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | Netherlands | ||
WG COCOA | 6-8 October 2026 | Working Group on Changing Ocean Climate and Ocean Acidification | Belgium | Brussels | 14 September 2026 |
ICG-ESA(2) 2026 | 15 October 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Economic and Social Analysis | Online | ||
JL | 14-15 October 2026 | Jurists/Linguists | UK | London, OSPAR Secretariat | |
EIHA(2) 2026 | 21-22 October 2026 (held over 2 mornings) | Environmental Impacts of Human Activities Committee | Online | 29 September 2026 | |
ICG-QSR(2) 2026 | 27 October 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on managing delivery of the next OSPAR assessment | Online | ||
BDC HOD | October 2026 (held over two mornings) | [Heads of Delegation] Biodiversity Committee | Online | ||
[HASEC HOD | Autumn 2026 Note: This meeting depends on whether a HASEC chair has been identified | [Heads of Delegation] Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Online] | ||
UNEP Regional Sea Conventions annual meeting | 1/2 days during week 2-6 November (?) 2026 | UK | London, OSPAR Secretariat | ||
ICG-MPA | Week commencing 9 November 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Protected Areas | Netherlands | ||
MIME(2) 2026 | w/b 16 November 2026 | Working Group on Monitoring and on Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment | |||
CoG Workshop | 17 November 2026 (morning: timing and format to be agreed) | Workshop – NEAES Lessons learned | London | OSPAR Secretariat | |
CoG(2) 2026 | 17-18 November 2026 (midday to midday ) | Coordination Group | London | OSPAR Secretariat | 26 October 2026 |
Indigenous Peoples Organisations | 18 November 2026 Afternoon of 18 November | London | OSPAR Secretariat | ||
HOD(2) 2026 | 19-20 November 2026 | Heads of Delegation | London | OSPAR Secretariat | 28 October 2026 |
ICG-POSH | 24-26 November 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on implementation follow up of measures for the Protection of Species and Habitats | France | Paris | |
ICG-ML(2) 2026 | 7-9 December 2026 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter | Online | ||
[1st Conference of the Parties to BBNJ] | 11- 22 January 2027 | USA | NY, UN HQ | ||
ICG-COBAM(1) 2027 proposed back-to-back with SuperCOBAM | 18-22 January 2027 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring | Netherlands | ||
13th Informal Coordination Meeting of the Regional Seas surrounding Europe on the Implementation of the Regional Action Plans on Marine Litter | 21-22 January 2027 | UK | London, OSPAR Secretariat | ||
ICG-Noise(1) 2027 | 26-28 January 2027 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Underwater Noise | UK, Scotland | Edinburgh | |
ICG-EUT | 25-26 January 2027 – tbc | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication | |||
Joint meeting of ICG-EUT and INPUT | 26-28 January 2027 – tbc | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Eutrophication and Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment | |||
INPUT 2027 | 28-29 January 2027 - tbc | Working Group on Inputs to the Marine Environment | 6 January 2027 | ||
23rd Inter Secretariat meeting | 5-7 February 2027 | UK | London, OSPAR Secretariat | ||
CollArr 2027 | Date to be identified between 7-28 February 2027 or in March | Collective Arrangement | Spain | Madrid | |
RSC 2027 | 8-12 February 2027 | Radioactive Substances Committee | Netherlands | 15 January 2027 | |
ICG-ORED(1) 2027 | 23-24 February 2027 | Intersessional Correspondence Group on Offshore Renewable Energy Development | TBD | ||
BDC 27 | 1-5 March 2027 | Biodiversity Committee | Germany | Vilm | 5 February 2027 |
OIC | Week beginning 15 March 2027 | Offshore Industry Committee | UK | Aberdeen | |
Easter weekend | 26-29 March 2027 | ||||
HASEC | 5-9 April 2027 | Hazardous Substances and Eutrophication Committee | Ireland | 12 March 2027 | |
EIHA | 12-16 April 2027 | Environmental Impacts of Human Activities Committee | Netherlands | 19 March 2027 | |
JL(1) 2027 | w/b 19 April 2027 | Jurists/Linguists | London | OSPAR Secretariat | |
NSN | 20-21 April 2027 | North Sea Network of Investigators and Prosecutors | Spain | Madrid | |
CVC(1) 2027 | Early May 2027 | Committee of Chairs and Vice-chairs | Online | ||
CoG(1) 2027 | 18-19 May 2027 | Coordination Group | London | OSPAR Secretariat | 26 April 2027 |
HOD(1) 2027 | 19-20 May 2027 | Heads of Delegation | London | OSPAR Secretariat | 27 April 2027 |
OTSOPA | 25-27 May 2027 | Technical Working Group of the Bonn Agreement | Ireland | Dublin | |
[OSPAR pre-meeting | Xx June 2027 | Placeholder for a pre-OSPAR meeting | Online] | ||
OSPAR | 21-24 June 2027 | OSPAR Commission | Iceland | Reykjavik | 28 May 2027 |