Past Events

The 14^th meeting of the Working Group on Good Environmental Status (WG GES) will take place at Conference Centre Albert Borschette, Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels (Room 5/B).

The workshop will take place back to back with the 22^nd Advisory Committee Meeting and hosted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

The terms of reference outline the categories of participants to invite:

• Anyone currently involved in using REM, in particular those working on cetacean and fisheries monitoring
• Companies working with video surveillance
• Representatives of countries that are interested in starting REM monitoring for cetacean bycatch
• Managers in relevant Parties which already implement REM monitoring

• Meeting information

Please see below for agenda. 

• Meeting documents
• Agenda

Issues to be discussed are: Panel I - putting in place the landing obligation and technical measures through delegated acts in the Baltic Sea and in other waters. Panel II - Multispecies Management Plans, the next step: Lessons learned for the development of the Multispecies Management Plans.

• Information and registration

JRC are hosting a phase 2 workshop on Descriptor 2 to provide some specific recommendations on the outstanding issues identified during cover outstanding issues identified during phase 1 of the review process.

Registration and logistics: The workshops will be held at JRC - Ispra, Italy - registration is mandatory.

To have access to the JRC’s event module you have to use your ECAS credentials (or signing-in, if you don’t have an ECAS password) and then you will automatically redirect to the events page. Look for the “MSFD NON INDIGENOUS SPECIES WORKSHOPS (D2)” workshop page to complete you registration. Deadline for submission of applications for the workshop: 7 August 2015.

• Registration

For information about the course please see link below. Please note that the summer course is offered to CCB network members only.

• Information and agenda

JRC are hosting a phase 2 workshop on Descriptor 1 to provide some specific recommendations on the outstanding issues identified during cover outstanding issues identified during phase 1 of the review process.

Registration and logistics: The workshops will be held at JRC - Ispra, Italy - registration is mandatory.

To have access to the JRC’s event module you have to use your ECAS credentials (or signing-in, if you don’t have an ECAS password) and then you will automatically redirect to the events page. Look for the “MSFD BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS (D1)” workshop page to complete you registration. Deadline for submission of applications for the workshop: 7 August 2015.

• Registration

• Fisheries Council information and agenda

One of the central objectives of the EU Common Fisheries Policy is to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. SwAM will commence development of a strategy for how this can happen in Sweden and has initiated a pilot project in the 8-fjordar area of Västra Götaland. But what does ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) mean and how can in work in practice? SwAM will host a seminar with Prof. Craig Johnson from University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, on 7 September 2015 focusing on this topic and showcasing how  EBFM has been applied in Tasmania. The seminar will be followed by a workshop examining how EBFM could be defined and implemented in Sweden.

A live internet broadcast of the seminar will be available and open to all.

• Seminar information and registration