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UNEP(DEPI)/MED BUR.85/Inf.3

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN 16 March 2018 Original: English

85th Meeting of the Bureau of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean and its Protocols

Athens, Greece, 18-19 April 2018

Agenda Item 6: Calendar of Meetings and Events, including Date and Venue of the 86th Meeting of the Bureau

Tentative Calendar of UNEP/MAP Meetings and Major International Events

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Tentative Calendar of UNEP/MAP Meetings and Major International Events in 2018-2019

(As of 16 March 2018) SECTION I

Legenda: Main MAP-Barcelona Convention governance meetings Main MAP Components’ technical meetings/events

ORGANIZERS MEETING DATE VENUE 2018

Secretariat 34th ECP Meeting 5-7 February Sofia Antipolis, SPA/RAC 1st Meeting of the Ad hoc Group of 22-23 February Tunis, Tunisia Experts for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Secretariat / MedProgramme 1st Regional 7-9 March Athens, Greece MAP Consultation and Coordination Components meetings PAP/RAC 1st Meeting of the Drafting Group 13-14 March Split, Croatia on Common Regional Framework for ICZM MED POL, Plan Regional Meeting on H2020 / NAP 17-18 April Athens, Greece Bleu indicators and NBB guidelines and related Info system Secretariat 85th Meeting of the Bureau 18-19 April Athens, Greece PAP/RAC and Inception and Project Steering 26-27 April Tirana, Albania SPA/RAC Committee meetings - GEF Adriatic Project Plan Bleu Plan Bleu 40th Anniversary and 5 June Paris, France MED2050 workshop Secretariat 19th Meeting of the MCSD Steering Between 18 and 22 1-day teleconference Committee June Secretariat 14th Meeting of the Compliance 27-29 June Athens, Greece Committee MED POL Regional Seas Coordination June (tbc) Athens, Greece Meeting on Marine Litter PAP/RAC 2nd Meeting of the Drafting Group June (tbc) on Common Regional Framework for ICZM PAP/RAC Launching of the CAMP Bosnia June Neum, Bosnia and and Herzegovina Herzegovina INFO/RAC INFO/RAC Focal Points Meeting June/July Roma, UNEP(DEPI)/MED BUR.85/Inf.3 Page 2

Secretariat / MedProgramme 2nd Regional 20-21 September (tbc) MAP Consultation Components PAP/RAC Mediterranean Coast Day & 25 September Split, Croatia 40th Anniversary of PAP/RAC PAP/RAC Regional Consultation Workshop to 26-27 September Split, Croatia Discuss the Draft Common Regional Framework for ICZM Secretariat 35th ECP Meeting 27-28 September Split, Croatia Secretariat, Meeting of the Ecosystem October Athens, Greece MAP Approach Correspondence Groups Components on best practices for IMAP implementation MED POL, Regional Meeting on Marine Litter 16-19 October Istanbul, Turkey (tbc) SCP/RAC, Best Practices and 3rd Meeting of REMPEC the Regional Cooperation Platform on Marine Litter SPA/RAC Meeting of experts to review the October Rome, Italy (tbc) Classification of benthic marine habitat types for the Mediterranean region and the Reference List of Marine and Coastal Habitat Types in the Mediterranean Secretariat, Meeting of the Ecosystem October (tbc) SPA/RAC Approach Correspondence Group on Biodiversity and Fisheries Secretariat 86th Meeting of the Bureau 6-7 November Athens, Greece Secretariat, Regional Expert Meeting to 20-22 November Athens, Greece (tbc) MED POL consider main elements of six Pollution Reduction/Prevention Regional Plans

2019

SPA/RAC Mediterranean Symposia on Marine 14-18 January Antalya, Turkey Key Habitats and Non-Indigenous Species Secretariat 36th ECP Meeting 16-17 January Barcelona, Spain Secretariat 20th Meeting of the MCSD Steering 23-24 January Athens, Greece Committee SPA/RAC 2nd Meeting of the Ad hoc Group of 30-31 January Tunis, Tunisia Experts for Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean PAP/RAC 3rd Meeting of the Drafting Group January (tbc) on Common Regional Framework for ICZM UNEP(DEPI)/MED BUR.85/Inf.3 Page 3

MED POL Regional Meeting on PRTR best 19-20 February Tunis, Tunisia (tbc) practices and guidelines (tbc) Secretariat, Meetings of the Ecosystem March Athens, Greece MED POL Approach Correspondence Group on Pollution and Marine Litter PAP/RAC PAP/RAC Focal Points Meeting 24-25 April (tbc) Split, Croatia SCP/RAC SCP/RAC Focal Points Meeting April (tbc) Barcelona, Spain Secretariat 87th Meeting of the Bureau 21-22 May Rome, Italy (tbc) Secretariat, 2nd Regional Expert Meeting on 28 May Athens, Greece MED POL Pollution Reduction Regional Plans MED POL MED POL Focal Point Meeting 29-31 May (tbc) Athens, Greece (tbc) INFO/RAC INFO/RAC Focal Points Meeting After 5 / Before 20 Rome, Italy June Plan Bleu Workshop on simplified peer June (tbc) review mechanism (SIMPEER) Plan Bleu Plan Bleu Focal Points Meeting June (tbc) Secretariat 18th Meeting of the MCSD 11-13 June Montenegro REMPEC REMPEC Focal Points Meeting 11-13 June Malta SPA/RAC 14th Meeting of SPA- Biodiversity 18-20 June (tbc) Focal Points Secretariat 14th Meeting of the Compliance 25-26 June Athens, Greece Committee Secretariat 36th ECP Meeting 8 September Athens, Greece Secretariat Meeting of EcAp Coordination 9 September Athens, Greece Group Secretariat Meeting of the MAP Focal Points 10-13 September Athens, Greece PAP/RAC Mediterranean Coast Day 25 September Nicosia, Cyprus (tbc) ACCOBAMS 5th Biennial October (tbc) and SPA/RAC Conference on Cetacean Conservation in South Mediterranean Countries st Secretariat 21 Ordinary Meeting of the 10-13 December Italy Contracting Parties (COP 21)

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SECTION II Major International Events of MAP Relevance in 2018-2019

ORGANIZERS MEETING DATE VENUE 2018

US National 6th International Marine Debris 12-16 March San Diego, California, Oceanic and Conference USA Atmospheric Administration and UNEP CBD 2nd Global Dialogue of the 10-13 April Seoul, Republic of Sustainable Ocean Initiative Korea EU Marine Strategy Coordination 23-24 April , Belgium Group (MSCG) Ramsar 54th Meeting of the Standing 23-27 April Gland, Switzerland Committee of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance UNFCCC The 48th Session of the Subsidiary 30 April-10 May , Bodies to the UNFCCC EU European Maritime Day 2018 31 May-1 June Burgas, Bulgaria G7 44th G7 8-9 June La Malbaie, , GFCM 20th Session of the Scientific 26-29 June Marrakech, Morocco Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) EU / MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter 26-28 June Larnaca, Cyprus European 3rd Steering Committee of the ENI (tbc) Vienna, Austria Environment SEIS II South Support Mechanism Agency project -9th meeting of the H2020 Review and Monitoring Group ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum 2018 9-18 July New-York, US CBD 2nd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body 10-22 July Montreal, Canada on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity CBD / SOI Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) September (tbc) Capacity-Building Workshop for the Mediterranean CITES 70th Meeting of CITES Standing 1-5 October Sochi, Committee Ramsar 13th Meeting of the Conference of 21-29 October Dubai, United Arab the Parties to the Ramsar Emirates Convention on Wetlands of International Importance UNEP(DEPI)/MED BUR.85/Inf.3 Page 5

FAO/GFCM 42nd Session of the Commission 22-26 October Bucharest, Romania Government of Our Ocean Conference 2018 29-30 October Bali, Indonesia the Republic of Indonesia UNEP 4th Intergovernmental Review (tbc) Bali, Indonesia Meeting of the Global Programme of Action / 3rd Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections CBD 14th Meeting of the Conference of 10-22 November Sharm El-Sheikh, the Parties to the Convention on Egypt Biological Diversity Minamata 2nd Meeting of the Conference of 19-23 November Geneva, Switzerland Convention on the Parties to the Minamata Mercury Convention on Mercury UNEP, Republic Global Conference on Sustainable 27-30 November Nairobi, Kenya of Kenya Blue Economy UNFCCC 24th Session of the Conference of 3-14 December Katowice, Poland the Parties to the UNFCCC CMS/AEWA 7th Meeting of the Parties to the 4-8 December Republic of South Agreement on the Conservation of Africa African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds FAO/GFCM GFCM Forum on Fisheries Science 10-14 December Rome, Italy in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish Forum 2018) G20 Summit (tbc) Buenos, Aires, Argentina

2019

BRS Secretariat Meetings of the Conferences of the 29 April-10 May Geneva, Switzerland Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP- 14, RC COP-9, SC COP-9) UNEP UN Environment Assembly 11-15 March Nairobi, Kenya FAO 41st Session of the FAO Conference 3-8 July Rome, Italy Government of Our Ocean Conference 2019 October (tbc) Norway Norway