Resources

Useful guides and documentation

OSPAR Guidelines for the Preparation of draft OSPAR Decisions, Recommendations, other Arrangements, draft OSPAR Background Documents, and other Reports (OSPAR Agreement 2019-01)

Acronyms: List of commonly used OSPAR acronyms

Glossary: Glossary of commonly used terms

Guidance for Chairs

OSPAR Rules of Procedure

OSPAR Code of Conduct

règlement intérieur

Terms of reference for committees and ICGs

OSPAR organogram

OSPAR added value

OSPAR projects

Contracting Parties, Committees, and expert groups should inform the OSPAR Secretariat, as early as possible, of suitable calls for projects which can further the implementation of OSPAR’s objectives. The OSPAR Secretariat will also endeavour to identify such suitable project calls or possible projects and inform relevant Contracting Parties, Committees, and expert groups. Contracting Parties, Committees, and expert groups are also encouraged to inform the OSPAR Secretariat of relevant funding sources.

OSPAR Project Mechanism

OSPAR project mechanism request form

Communication resources

Quality Status Report 2023 communication resources

To support the communication of the QSR 2023 OSPAR produced a number of resources:

Our interactive key findings report in English and in French.

PDF versions of the key findings report for printing and online viewing are available via the links in the table below.

Language	High resolution PDF (200MB+)	Compressed PDF (13MB+)	For professional printing (with printers’ marks, 200MB+)
English	English high res PDF	English compressed	English for print
French	French high res PDF	French compressed	French for print
German	German high res PDF	German compressed	German for print
Spanish	Spanish high res PDF	Spanish compressed	Spanish for print
Irish	Irish high res PDF	Irish compressed	Irish for print
Dutch	Dutch high res PDF	Dutch compressed	Dutch for print
Swedish	Swedish high res PDF	Swedish compressed	Swedish for print

PowerPoint presentations: Introduction to the QSR, key findings from the QSR and a presentation on climate change, ocean acidification assessments in the QSR and how this links to the NEAES 2030 by Jos Schilder and Bee Berx.

Briefing notes for each of the thematic assessments: benthic habitats, climate change, eutrophication, fish, food webs, hazardous substances, human activities, marine birds, marine litter, non-indigenous species, offshore industry, pelagic habitats, radioactive substances, underwater noise.

All of these communication resources have been collected onto a dedicated Trello board for easy sharing https://trello.com/b/jbRYBBCR/ospars-quality-status-report-2023-communications

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