On 14-15 November 2019, STRONG High Seas project partner IDDRI organised a regional workshop to discuss how to strengthen monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) in marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) in the Southeast Pacific. This workshop was held at CPPS Headquarters, Guayaquil, Ecuador and builds on two international expert meeting previously held in Paris on technological tools (July 2018) and policy options (April 2019). Read more STRONG High Seas Expert Workshop on Strengthening Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) in the Southeast Pacific

Member States representatives of the Abidjan Convention and Nairobi Convention from Angola, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Equatorial, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sao Tomé e Príncipe, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, global and regional organisations, regional scientific institutions, academia and NGOs took part in a three-day workshop from 10 – 12 June 2019 in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more SCIENCE FOR SOLUTIONS: BRINGING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OCEAN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE IN ABNJ OF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC AND WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN – STRONG HIGH SEAS DIALOGUE WORKSHOP 2

The STRONG High Seas project took part in the third session of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (IGC 3), which took place 19-30 August at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. Read more Strong Participation of STRONG High Seas at IGC 3