Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission Heads of Delegation, 14-15 June 2018 HOD 54-2018 Document title Upcoming meetings within HELCOM and other forums in 2018-2019 Code 6-2 Category INF Agenda Item 6 - Any other business Submission date 06.06.2018 Submitted by Executive Secretary Reference Background This document gives an overview on planned meetings and exercises within HELCOM and other forums in the second half of 2018 and in 2019, as of today. The Contracting Parties are kindly requested to consider hosting or confirm the venue and/or propose the dates for the following meetings: PRESSURE 9-2018 (date to be confirmed) Workshop on manure standards and nutrient recycling (venue to be confirmed) GEAR 19-2018 (venue to be confirmed) SUBMERGED 7-2018 (date and venue to be confirmed) Workshop on land based nutrient load on the Baltic Sea (date to be confirmed) HELCOM-OSPAR TG BALLAST 9-2018 (date and venue to be confirmed) CG FISHDATA 3-2018 (date and venue to be confirmed) FISH 9-2019 (venue to be confirmed) HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 18-2019 (date and venue to be confirmed) AGRI 7-2019 (date and venue to be confirmed) IWGAS 2019 (venue to be confirmed) PRESSURE 10-2019 (date and venue to be confirmed) State & Conservation 10-2019 (venue to be confirmed) MORS EG 9-2019 (date and venue to be confirmed) GREEN TEAM 3-2019 (venue to be confirmed) Action requested The Meeting is invited to take note of the information. Page 1 of 5
Date and place 11-12 June 2018 Gdansk, Poland 11-12 June 2018 11-15 June 2018 Helsingor, Denmark 12-13 June 2018 14-15 June 2018 15 June 2018 Berlin, Germany 19-20 June 2018 20-21 June 2018 Malta 25-29 June 2018 Paris, France 26-28 June 2018 Klaipeda, Lithuania 26-28 June 2018 Larnaca, Cyprus 27-28 June 2018 Paris, France 2-3 July 2018 Valletta, Malta 2-7 July 2018 Montreal, Canada 4-5 July 2018 [Athens], Greece 9-10 July 2018 Vienna, Austria 14 August 2018 Name of Meeting 2018 Baltic LINes 6th partner meeting European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference, ESPC3 2nd Baltic Earth Conference 29th Meeting of the HELCOM Expert Working Group for Mutual Exchange and Deliveries of AIS & Data (AIS EWG 29-54th Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation (HOD 54- HELCOM-INTERREG-Workshop on eco-design and marine litter in the Baltic Sea Region Pan Baltic Scope Opening Conference back-to-back to the Swedish consultation with neighbouring countries (steering committee on 19 June) Regional Workshop on Response to spill incidents involving Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) (MEDEXPOL Meeting of the OSPAR Commission Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on migratory fish species (FISH- M 6- Annual Meeting of the EU Technical Group on Marine Litter and Workshops on Litter Baselines and Thresholds European Symposium on Eutrophication First regional workshop in support of the Regular Process (Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects) CBD Twenty-second meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Fifth European Regional Seas Coordination Meeting on the Progress Achieved in the Implementation of the Regional/Action Plans on Marine Litter European sturgeon conference BALEX DELTA 2018 project 7th core planning team meeting Page 2 of 5
14/15 August 2018 Wilhelmshaven, Germany 26 28 August 2018 Mariehamn, Åland 27-30 August 2018 Karlskrona, Sweden 30 August 2018 Karlskrona, Sweden 3-7 September 2018 Stralsund, Germany 4-17 September 2018 New York, USA 10-12 September 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden 10-12/13 September 2018 Norrköping, Sweden 20 September 2018 23-24 September 2018 Split, Croatia 25-27 September 2018 Hamburg, Germany October 2018 (dates TBC) [Hamburg, Germany] 1 October 2018 8-9 October 2018 9 October 2018 Week 8-12 October 2018 9-12 October 2018 Reykjavik, Iceland 10-12 October 2018 22-26 October 2018 Meeting of the Water Secretariats The 27th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) BALEX DELTA 2018 oil and chemical spill recovery exercise 2nd Meeting of the Expert Coordination Network on Response on the Shore (SHORE Network 2- International Conference on Progress in Marine Conservation First session of the Conference on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction Fourth Meeting the Seventh Baltic Sea Pollution Load Compilation (PLC-7) Project Implementation Group (PLC-7 IG 4- Workshop for MPA managers Ninth Meeting of the HELCOM Group of Experts on Safety of Navigation (SAFE NAV 9- Annual meeting of the RSCs back-to-back with Mediterranean Coast Day 18th Meeting of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group (MARITIME 18- Baltic LINes 7th partner meeting 18th Meeting of the Working Group on Data, Information and Knowledge Exchange (WG DIKE) 15th meeting of the Member States Expert Group on Maritime Spatial Planning HELCOM Workshop on implementation of the RAP ML (WS RAP ML 3- Ninth Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area (PRESSURE 9- ICES/UNECE Symposium on Management tools and standards in support of Sustainable Development Goal 14 ''Life below water'' Twelfth Meeting of HELCOM ad hoc Seal expert group (SEAL 12- Ninth Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation (State & Conservation 9- Page 3 of 5
22-26 October 2018 London, U.K. 29-30 October 2018 Bali, Indonesia 30 October 2018 November 2018 5-7 November 2018 Barcelona, Spain 6 November 2018 6-8 November 2018 6-8 November 2018 [Poland] 7-8 November 2018 [] 10-23 November 2018 Sharm el Sheik, Egypt [12 November 2018 Germany] 13 November 2018 Germany 14-16 November 2018 Germany 14-15 November 2018 Week 46 2018 Stockholm, Sweden [November 2018] Host and dates TBC 15-16 November 2018 MSCG meeting HOD 54-2018, 6-2 73 rd session of IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 73) Our Ocean Conference (OOC) 2018 Fourth Inter-regional Workshop on Risk Assessment Tools for Pollution Prevention and Response (OpenRisk WS 4- Second Meeting of the UN Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics International conference on Marine Data and Information Systems (IMDIS) Joint BONUS-HELCOM Conference on Research and Innovation for Sustainability TG Noise meeting and workshop on the definition of threshold values for underwater noise HELCOM Workshop on manure standards and nutrient recycling (back-to-back with the meeting on revision of Annex III) 19th Meeting of the Group for the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach (GEAR 19- Convention of Biological Diversity 14 the Conference of the Parties (CBD COP 14) Seventh Meeting of the HELCOM Expert Group on environmental risks of hazardous submerged objects (SUBMERGED 7- BALEX DELTA 2018 project After Action Review 25 th Meeting of the HELCOM Response Working Group (RESPONSE 25-17th Meeting of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 17- Workshop on land based nutrient load on the Baltic Sea Ninth Meeting of the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention Exemptions (HELCOM- OSPAR TG BALLAST 9- late November 2018 late November/early December, Workshop on fisheries data (CG FISHDATA 3- Baltic Earth Workshop "Multiple Drivers for Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea region" Page 4 of 5
3-14 December 2018 Katowice, Poland 24th Session of the of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) 12-13 December 2018 [HELCOM]- Pan Baltic Scope workshop [13-14] December 2018 [December] 2018 Gothenburg, Sweden 30-31 January 2019 [February] 2019 5-6 March 2019 Stockholm, Sweden Week 18-22 March 2019 20-21 March 2019 (TBC) [Week 8-12 April 2019] [Finland] 6-10 May 2019 [Finland] Week 20-24 May 2019 [Denmark] 3-4 September 2019 [Donsö], Sweden 24-26 September 2019 Lisbon, Portugal 55th Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation (HOD 55- COMPLETE project meeting 2019 Ninth Meeting of the HELCOM Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries (FISH 9-2019) 18th Meeting of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 18-2019) [back-to-back with the Baltic Sea MSP Forum] Baltic Sea Future 2019 Seventh Meeting of the HELCOM Group on Sustainable Agricultural Practices (AGRI 7-2019) HELCOM Informal Working Group on Aerial Surveillance (IWGAS 2019) Tenth Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area (PRESSURE 10-2019) Tenth Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation (State & Conservation 10-2019) Ninth Meeting of the HELCOM Expert Group on Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in the Baltic Sea (MORS EG 9-2019) Third Meeting of HELCOM MARITIME Sub-group on Green Technology and Alternative Fuels for Shipping (GREEN TEAM 3-2019) - possibly in connection with Donsö Shipping Meet 19 19th Meeting of the HELCOM Maritime Working Group (MARITIME 19-2019) hosted by EU (EMSA) Page 5 of 5