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1 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission Heads of Delegation, June 2017 HOD Document title Upcoming meetings within HELCOM and other forums in Code 5-2 Category INF Agenda Item 5 Any other business Submission date 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 2017 and in 2018, 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: SAFE NAV (venue tbc) FISH-M (date and host/venue tbc) SEAL (venue tbc) SUBMERGED (date and host/venue tbc) STATE & CONSERVATION (venue tbc) GEAR (date and venue tbc) OSPAR TG BALLAST (date and venue tbc) HOD (date and venue tbc) PRESSURE (date and host/venue tbc) State & Conservation (host/venue tbc) AGRI (date tbc) FISH (date and host/venue tbc) AIS EWG (date tbc) Action requested The Meeting is invited to take note of the information. Page 1 of 5

2 Date and place June 2017 Berlin, Germany June June 2017 Finland June June June June 2017 Cork, Ireland 27 June 2017 Online June 2017 Bonn, Germany 28 June 2017 Stockholm, Sweden 3-7 July 2017 London, U.K July 2017 New York 8-11 August 2017 Kaliningrad, Russia August 2017 Korppoo, Finland 3-5 September 2017 Hamburg, Germany 5 September 2017 Donsö (Gothenburg archipelago), Sweden 6-7 September September 2017 Hamburg, Germany September 2017 Name of Meeting 2017 EUSBSR Forum First Inter-regional Workshop on Risk Assessment methods for Pollution Prevention and Response (OPENRISK WS 1-23 rd Meeting of HELCOM Response Working Group (RESPONSE 23- EU MSEG Meeting and (EU wide workshop on land-sea interaction June) Informal Meeting of EU Water Directors and EU Marine Directors 52nd Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation (HOD 52- Meeting of the OSPAR Commission First Meeting of the Correspondence Group on Pharmaceuticals (CG PHARMA 1- Riverine and Marine Litter Work session organized by OSPAR, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium Baltic Sea City Accelerator 71st session of IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) High-Level Political Forum on sustainable development BALEX DELTA 2017 exercise BALTREG Seminar on international legal frameworks in the Baltic Sea 26th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference First Meeting of the HELCOM Sub-group on Green Technology and Alternative Fuels for Shipping (GREEN TEAM 1- Seventh Meeting of the HELCOM-VASAB MSP Data Expert group Meeting of HELCOM Cooperation Platform on Special Area According to MARPOL Annex IV (CP PRF 7-16 th Meeting of the Sixth Baltic Sea Pollution Load Compilation Project (PLC Page 2 of 5

3 19-20 September September September September September 2017 [Stockholm-Arlanda], Sweden [autumn 2017] [autumn 2017 Kiel, Germany] TBD October 2017 Sweden 3-5 October 2017 [back-to-back with GEAR] 4-6 October 2017 [] 5-6 October October 2017 St. Petersburg, Russia 12 October 2017 Lisbon, Portugal October 2017 Monaco October October 2017 St Petersburg, Russia October 2017 [Sopot, Poland] 23 October October 2017 Baltic LINes 4 th partner meeting 18 th Meeting of the Reduction Scheme Core Drafting Group (RedCore 18- Workshop on PLC-water data reporting International scientific workshop on marine protected area (MPA) networks in a changing Arctic climate Eighth Meeting of the HELCOM Group of Experts on Safety of Navigation (SAFE NAV 8- Meeting of the Task Force on migratory fish species (FISH-M) dedicated to eel [SUBMERGED meeting] 17th Meeting of the Group for the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach (GEAR 17- OSPAR ICG-Noise Meeting & [HELCOM-OSPAR Workshop on Underwater Noise] Eleventh Meeting of the HELCOM ad hoc Seal expert group (SEAL 11- Our Ocean Conference 17 th Meeting of the Maritime Working Group (MARITIME 17- Second Inter-regional Workshop on Risk Assessment methods for Pollution Prevention and Response (OPENRISK WS 2- Ocean Conference Connecting and protecting our seas: Initiatives in the Baltic and the Mediterranean BONUS SYMPOSIUM: Science delivery for sustainable use of the Baltic Sea living resources XVI All-Russia Forum "Strategic Planning in the Regions and Cities of Russia: Implementation Tools and Resources" Seventh Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation (STATE & CONSERVATION 7- Workshop on CART Assessment Workshop on implementation of the Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (WS RAP ML 2- Page 3 of 5

4 24-26 October 2017 [1-2 November 2017 ] 7-8 November 2017 Warsaw, Poland 7-8 November November November 2017 Copenhagen, Denmark Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area (PRESSURE 7- HOD , 5-2 Baltic Oiled Wildlife networking meeting as part of the Expert Working Group on Oiled Wildlife Response activities 15 th Meeting of the HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 15- HELCOM SPICE Workshop on microlitter (SPICE ML WS 1- Fifth Meeting of the HELCOM Group on Sustainable Agricultural Practices (AGRI 5- Seventh Meeting of the Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries (FISH November 2017 Meeting of the Regional Seas Conventions [November 2017] Finland [November/December 2017 ] Eighth Meeting of the Joint HELCOM/OSPAR Task Group on Ballast Water Management Convention Exemptions (HELCOM- OSPAR TG BALLAST 8- [HELCOM-EUSBSR workshop on internal nutrient reserves] [13-14] December rd Meeting of the HELCOM Heads of Delegation (HOD December February February March March March 2018 California, USA March 2018 London, U.K. March 2018 St. Petersburg, Russia Second Meeting the Seventh Baltic Sea Pollution Load Compilation Project (PLC-7) Project Group (PLC Fifth Meeting of the Continuation of the Project on Baltic-wide assessment of coastal fish communities in support of an ecosystem-based management (FISH-PRO II ) Baltic Sea Workshop to identify Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) 39 th Meeting of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM ) HELCOM Ministerial Meeting 6th International Marine Debris Conference (6IMDC) Workshop on PPR risk assessments during INTERSPILL 2018 XIX International Environmental Forum «Baltic Sea Day» Page 4 of 5

5 [16-20] April 2018 [Germany] May 2018 TBC May 2018 Poland [May 2018] Riga, Latvia May 2018 [Poland] [12-14] June 2018 Eighth Meeting of the Working Group on Reduction of Pressures from the Baltic Sea Catchment Area (PRESSURE ) Eighth Meeting of the HELCOM Working Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation (State & Conservation ) Eighth Meeting of the Expert Group on Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in the Baltic Sea (MORS EG ) Sixth Meeting of the HELCOM Group on Sustainable Agricultural Practices (AGRI 6- Eighth Meeting of the Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries (FISH ) 29th Meeting of the Expert Working Group for Mutual Exchange and Deliveries of AIS & Data (AIS EWG ) Page 5 of 5

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