On 30 March 2019 in New York, the STRONG High Seas project, together with Germany, hosted a high-level expert meeting alongside the second meeting of the International Governmental Conference working towards a high seas treaty. Read more High-Level Expert Meeting – Towards an Effective High Seas Treaty: Building on and Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance
Representatives from Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru (CPPS member States) as well as Panama, global and regional organisations, regional scientific institutions, academia and NGOs took part in a three-day workshop from 13 – 15 March 2019 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Read more Science for Solutions: Bringing Stakeholders Together to Improve Ocean Planning and Governance in ABNJ of the South-East Pacific – STRONG High Seas Dialogue Workshop 2
The STRONG High Seas Project together with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) organized a side event during the second round of the International Conference for a high seas treaty on 25 March 2019 in New York. Read more STRONG Side Event at IGC2 – Building on and Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance
New STRONG High Seas report Regional Ocean Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward provides an overview of a range of ongoing initiatives to improve governance of ABNJ at the regional level, Read more Regional Ocean Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward
Between February 5th and 7th 2019, an expert workshop from the STRONG High Seas project took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador at the CPPS facilities. The workshop was coordinated by WWF Colombia and the Permanent Comission of the South Pacific (CPPS) Read more STRONG High Seas regional expert workshop in Guayaquil, Ecuador
From 30 January to 1 February 2019, the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (OPOC), organised a regional workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). Held at the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat in Fiji, the three-day workshop brought together delegates from across the region to discuss key issues for the ongoing negotiations in New York.
Read more STRONG High Seas Presented at Pacific Workshop on BBNJ – “High hopes for high seas”
From 24 to 25 January 2019, the work of the PROG and the IASS was exhibited at a multi-stakeholder dialogue and capacity-building partnership event in New York, organized in support of the United Nations Regular Process.
Read more Work of PROG and IASS presented at partnership event in support of the UN Regular Process
The STRONG High Seas project released a report titled ‘Strengthening Regional Ocean Governance for the High Seas: Opportunities and Challenges to Improve the Legal and Institutional Framework of the Southeast Atlantic and Southeast Pacific‘.
Read more STRONG High Seas releases report on options for improving governance of the high seas
STRONG High Seas was presented during a poster session by Co-Lead Ben Boteler at the side event Marine Biodiversity – Creating and Exchanging Solutions for our Blue World: Reflections and Lessons Learned from International Climate Initiative Projects for Achieving the Aichi Targets and the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity at the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Read more STRONG High Seas Presented at CBD COP14 Side event in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Heads of States and government from 65 countries gathered in Paris to mark the end of the First World War and attended the Paris Peace Forum after the Remembrance Day ceremony led by French President Emmanuel Macron. Selected to present challenges related to regional ocean governance, the PROG team joined the world leaders in the Peace Forum held in Paris, France from 11 to 13 November 2018.
Read more PROG team joined world leaders at the Paris Peace Forum
