Sweden and the United Kingdom Hereby Invite You To

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To Nominated members of the WG ESA
Marine regional conventions and NGO’s
Cc Marine Directors

One requirement in implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive is to perform aninitial assessment: “an economic and social analysis of the use of those waters and of the cost of degradation of the marine environment” (Article 8 (1) (c) by all Member States.)

Sweden and the United Kingdom hereby invite you to

The 2nd meeting of the WG ESA

on 8-9 March 2010 inLondon

ArrangementsThe meeting of the WG ESA will be held in London at

Bonetti Suite at Chelsea Football ClubStamford BridgeFulham RoadLondonSW6 1HS

Further details are enclosedat the end of the invitation.

The meeting will commence at 14:00 hrs on Monday 8 March, preceded at 13:00 hrs by registration and lunch. The aim is to close by 16:15 hrs on Tuesday 9 March. You are invited to a drinks reception at 18:00 on the first day.

Participation

Please confirm your participation to Ms. Katrin Zimmer () by 1 March.A response form for this isenclosed.For Member States which have not yet appointed their representatives, could you please provide this information to Katrin.

Contact Katrin if you would like to make a presentation. We are to this meeting especially seeking volunteers to present on the issue relating to the links between the initial assessment and other aspects of the Directive.

Please note that you will not be reimbursed for costs in relation to this meeting.

Documents

Enclosed documents:

The draft agenda for the meeting

Minutes from the last meeting

Minutes from the informal meeting of Water and Marine Directors , Malmö 30 Nov – 1 Dec 2009