1.North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy Review and Renewal

Annex 18
(Ref §17.1)
OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
Meeting of the OSPAR Commission
Paris: 25-29 June 2018

Programme of work for the Coordination Group 2018/19

1.North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy review and renewal

2018-2020 Product 1 / Review of OSPAR’s progress against OSPAR’s North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy (NEAES) 2010-2020
Based upon: / - Initial work by Committees 2017/18 (CoG(1) 18/2/1 & Add.1-4)
- Agreement at OSPAR 2018 on the mandate for the Strategy Task Group
Task Manager: / Strategy Task Group (lead) & Committee Chairs
Target Date: / Draft version of review by document deadlines for CoG(1) 2019 and OSPAR 2019
Final version of review by document deadlines for CoG(1) 2020 and OSPAR 2020
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §2.3
Resource: / Contracting Parties
2018-2020 Product 2 – Links to Product 19 / Assessment of implementation and effectiveness of measures as a contribution to review of progress against OSPAR’s North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy (NEAES) 2010-2020
Based upon: / - Committees’ request for advice and discussion at CoG(1) 2018
- OSPAR’s agreement on development of the OSPAR MAP
Task Managers: / Map Task Group
Target Date: / Draft version of effectiveness assessment by document deadlines for CoG(1) 2019 and OSPAR 2019
Final version of effectiveness assessment by the document deadlines for CoG(1) 2020 and OSPAR 2020
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §5.5
Resource: / Contracting Parties
2018-2020 Product 3 / North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy (NEAES) 2020-2030
Based upon: / - Committees’ initial proposals for the renewed NEAES (CoG(1) 18/2/1 & Add.5)
- Outcome of discussion at CoG(1) 2018
- Agreement at OSPAR 2018 on the mandate for the Strategy Task Group
Task Managers: / Strategy Task Group and leads of each NEAES section (to be determined)
Target Date: / Outline and draft content by document deadlines for CoG(1) 2019 and OSPAR 2019
Final NEAES-2030 by document deadlines for CoG(1) 2020 and OSPAR 2020
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §2.9
Resource: / Contracting Parties
2018-2020 Product 4 / Arrangements for the OSPAR Ministerial 2020 in Portugal
Based upon: / Agreement on deliverables for the Ministerial by OSPAR 2018.
Task Managers: / Portugal, Secretariat and Contracting Parties
Target Date: / By document deadlines for CoG(1) 2019 and OSPAR 2019
By document deadlines for CoG(1) 2020 and OSPAR 2020
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §2.17
Resource: / Contracting Parties

2.Ecosystem Approach and Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme

2.1 Intermediate Assessment update

2018-2020 Product 5 / Update to IA 2017 chapter on socio-economic analysis
Based upon: / Work by ICG-ESA
Task Managers: / ICG-ESA Co-convenors
Target Date: / By document deadline for CoG(2) 2018
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §§3.5-3.6
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-ESA members

2.1 Quality Status Report

2018-2023 Product 6 / Preparation of the Quality Status Report (QSR) 2023
Based upon: / - Work by ICG-QSR, ICG-MSFD, ICG-EcoC, ICG-ESA, ICG-OA and other subsidiary bodies
- OSPAR’s Intermediate Assessment 2017
- ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20
- Terms of reference for ICG-QSR [to be agreed]
Task Manager: / ICG-QSR (IE lead), Convenors of ICGs
Target Dates: / Outline of QSR by document deadline for CoG(2) 2018
Regular updates by document deadlines for CoG meetings 2018-2023
Draft QSR by document deadline for CoG(1) 2022, for approval by OSPAR 2022
Final QSR by document deadline for CoG(1) 2023, for adoption by OSPAR 2023
Reference: / JAMP 2014-2021[2023]; ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20 product 1.2; ICG-QSR’s ToRs [to be agreed]
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-QSR members
2018-2023 Product 7 / Development of existing common indicators (including meeting the requirements of MSFD where appropriate), candidate and new common indicators and thematic assessments for QSR 2023
Based upon: / - Common and candidate indicators and thematic assessments in the Intermediate Assessment
- Proposals by Committees and their subsidiary bodies on indicators and thematic assessments
- Advice to CoG(1) 2018 from ICG-MSFD(1) 2018
- Decision by OSPAR 2018
Task Manager: / Task leads, work by Committees & their subsidiary bodies, ICG-QSR
Target Dates: / Final draft assessments by document deadlines for Committee meetings, ICG-QSR 2022, CoG(1) 2022, for approval by OSPAR 2022
Final assessments by document deadline for CoG(1) 2023, for adoption by OSPAR 2023
Reference: / JAMP 2014-2021[2023]; ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20 products 1.1, 1.2; CoG(1) 2018 discussion on QSR and extending the JAMP
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting experts
2018/19 Product 8 / Establish Terms of Reference for an ICG-OA under HASEC, to develop an ocean acidification indicator for the QSR 2023
Based upon: / - Work by the Joint OSPAR-ICES Ocean Acidification Study Group
- Outcomes of the QUASIMEME OA workshop (Feb 2016)
- Discussion during and post-HASEC 2018
Task Manager: / ICG-OA Co-convenors (Ireland & the Netherlands)
Target Date: / ToRs agreed intersessionally by HASEC HODs in autumn 2018, for CoG(2) 2018
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 Summary Record §3.26
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-OA members

2.2 OSPAR Science (needs) Agenda

2018/19 Product 9 / Update of OSPAR Science Agenda
Based upon: / - Work by Committees and OSA Task Group in 2017/18
- Outcomes of discussion at CoG(1) 2018
Task Manager: / OSA Task group, Lisette Enserink (lead)
Target Date: / Document deadline for CoG(2) 2018
Reference: / OSA Terms of Reference OSPAR 15/20/1 Annex 13; CoG(1) 2018 Summary Record §3.23
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting OSA Task Group members

2.3 Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme

2018/19 Product 10 / Review implementation of the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) 2014–2021
Based upon: / - Information regarding steps to deliver Products of Theme A
- Review of JAMP themes and their implementation by thematic Committees
- Agreements at OSPAR 2013, OSPAR 2014 and OSPAR 2015 with regard to the next QSR
Task Manager: / Secretariat assisted by Committee chairs (BDC, EIHA, HASEC, OIC and RSC)
Target Date: / Document deadline for CoG(1) 2019
Reference: / CoG Terms of Reference §§2(c), 4(g-h) and 5. OSPAR 2014 Summary Record
Resource: / At Committee meetings and Secretariat work
2018/19 Product 11 – Links to Product 19 / Revised Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) towards 2023, for the QSR
Based upon: / - Proposals for future products by Committees & CoG made in 2018
- CoG’s agreement on development of OSPAR MAP
Task Manager: / Committee chairs (BDC, EIHA, HASEC, OIC and RSC) and Secretariat
Target Dates: / Draft of JAMP 2014-2023 by document deadline for CoG(x) 2019
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §§3.17
Resource: / Contracting Parties, at Committee meetings and Secretariat work

2.4 Coordinated Environmental Monitoring Programme

Future Product / Review progress in implementation of a monitoring strategy for ocean acidification (linked to Product on OA indicator for QSR)
Based upon: / - Work by the Joint OSPAR-ICES Ocean Acidification Study Group
- Outcomes of the QUASIMEME OA workshop (Feb 2016)
- Work by on ICG-OA on an OA indicator assessment in QSR 2023
Task Manager: / [N.N.]
Target Date: / [to be determined]
Reference: / OSPAR’s North-east Atlantic Environment Strategy Part I §§1.7, 4.2, 4.4; JAMP 2014-2021[2023] products A-4 and A-7; CoG(1) 2018 Summary Record §3.26
Resource: / [to be determined]
Future Product / Development of monitoring and assessment capacities for climate change, including tools to assess its progression
Based upon: / Climate change chapter in Intermediate Assessment
Climate change chapter in QSR 2023
Task Manager: / [no task manager identified at present]
Target Date: / [to be determined]
Reference: / JAMP 2014-2021[2023] product A-3; OSPAR 14/21/1 §§8.19-8.22; CoG(1) 2018 summary record §3.17
Resource: / [to be determined]

3.Marine Strategy Framework Directive coordination

2018/19 Product 12 / Proposal on more coherent GES and targets on a (sub)regional level
Based upon: / - Work on more coherent GES definitions
- Identified opportunities for enhanced coherence of environmental targets during intersessional work autumn 2018
Task Manager: / Co-convenors of ICG-MSFD
Target Date: / Document deadline for CoG(1) 2019
Reference: / ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20, products 1.1, 2.1 & 3.1; CoG(1) 2018 summary record §§4.3
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-MSFD members
Future Product / Updated regional plan for the coordination of action to pursue coherence and to implement agreements on follow-up of MSFD Art.12 assessment
Based upon: / ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20
- Revised European Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters (2017/848)
- European Commission’s MSFD Art.12 review of Member States adequacy in reporting for the second MSFD cycle
Task Manager: / ICG-MSFD (led by the Netherlands)
Target Date: / Document deadline for next CoG, following EC’s publication of its Art.12 assessment (expected Apr 2019)
Reference: / ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20, products 6.2; CoG(1) 2017 Summary Record §3.3;
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-MSFD members
Future Product / Review ICG-MSFD Terms of Reference and renew as appropriate
Based upon: / - Advice from ICG-MSFD(1) 2018
- Agreement by CoG(1) 2018
Task Manager: / ICG-MSFD (led by Co-convenors)
Target Date: / Document deadline for CoG(1) 2021
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 Summary Record §4.3
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-MSFD members
2018/19 Product 13 / Further guidance to thematic Committees on MSFD-related work strands in OSPAR
Based upon: / ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20
Task Manager: / ICG-MSFD
Target Date: / (i)continuous work of ICG-MSFD
(ii)document deadlines for CoG meetings
Reference: / CoG(1) 2011 Summary Record, §3.16, ICG-MSFD Forward Work Plan 2017/20
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-MSFD members

4.Cross-cutting and coordination issues

2018/19 Product 14 / Updates on progress in Economic and social analysis
Based upon: / - Workshop on Ecosystem services and Natural Capital autumn 2018
- Work by ICG-ESA under its Terms of Reference
Task Manager: / ICG-ESA Co-convenors Marilena Polliceno (UK) and Rob van der Veeren (NL)
Target Date: / By document deadline for CoG(1) 2019
Reference: / JAMP 2014-2021 products A-5; CoG(1) 2017 discussion;
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-ESA members
2018/19 Product 15 / Updates on progress in the development of Cumulative Effects and Ecosystem assessments
Based upon: / - Chapter in Intermediate Assessment 2017
- Workshop in autumn 2018
Task Manager: / ICG-EcoC Convenor Adrian Judd (UK)
Target Date: / By document deadline for CoG(1) 2019
Reference: / JAMP 2014-2021 products A-6 and A-10
Resource: / Contracting Parties supporting ICG-EcoC members
2018/19 Product 16 / Progress reports on results of OSPAR engagement with Arctic Council officials/Chair
Based upon: / Report by the Secretariat and Contracting Parties
Task Manager: / Secretariat supported by Committee Chairs and Contracting Parties
Target Date: / Document deadlines for CoG 2018/19 as appropriate
Reference: / OSPAR 2014 Summary Record §8.4 and Annex 25; CoG(1) 2015 summary record §§5.4–5.5; HoD 2015 summary record §2.26; OSPAR 2015 Summary Record §8.44 and Annex 17, CoG(1) 2016, Summary Record §5.6
Resource: / Secretariat
2018/19 Product 17 / Progress report on the implementation of the OSPAR data and information management strategy to 2020
Based upon: / Report on progress achieved since CoG(1) 2018
Task manager: / Secretariat, supported by ICG-Data
Target Date: / Document deadlines for CoG(2) 2018 and CoG(1) 2019
Reference: / CoG (1) 2017 §4.11; OSPAR 2017 summary record §3.25
Resource: / Secretariat and Contracting Parties supporting members of ICG-Data
2018/19 Product 18 / Review of progress at the UN discussions on development of a legally binding instrument under the Law of the Sea Convention on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction and any progress on the UN Regular Process. Also including progress on SDG 14 and other relevant UN SDG indicators. Consider any implications for OSPAR’s work.
Based upon: / Report by the Secretariat and Contracting Parties
Task Manager: / The Secretariat supported by Contracting Parties
Target Date: / Document deadlines for future CoG meetings, as appropriate
Reference: / HOD 2015 Summary Record, OSPAR 2016 §10.9
Resource:
2018/19 Product 19 – Links to products 2 & 11 / Developing OSPAR’s Measures and Actions Programme (including evaluation of implementation of measures)
Based upon: / - MAP matrix tool
- Outcome of discussion at CoG(1) 2018
Task Manager: / Task Group [to be established]
Target Date: / Document deadlines for CoG meetings 2018 and 2019
Reference: / CoG(1) 2018 summary record §5.5
Resource: / Contracting Parties

5.Organisational issues

2018/19 Product 20 / Proposals to OSPAR for the 2020 ICES Work Programme
Based upon: / Advice from thematic Committees and ICG-MSFD
Task Manager: / Secretariat
Target Date: / Document deadline for CoG(1) 2019
Resource: / Work by Committees
2018/19 Product 21 / Draft CoG Programme of Work, 2019/2020
Based upon: / Working Document at the meeting
Task Manager: / Secretariat
Target Date: / During the CoG(1) 2019 meeting
2018/19 Product 22 / Compilation of deadlines for CP reporting and implementation commitments to different OSPAR groups
Based upon: / Reporting and implementation commitments to thematic Committees
Task Managers: / Secretariat
Target Date: / Annual document deadline for CoG(1)
Reference: / CoG(1) 2016 summary record §2.4c
Resource: / Secretariat

Memorandum

1. Consider OSPAR’s role in relation to marine spatial planning in conjunction with EIHA

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