24th Intergovernmental Meeting of COBSEA (IGM 24)

The Twenty-fourth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) was held on 19-20 June 2019 in Bali, Indonesia, back to back with the meeting of the COBSEA Working Group on Marine Litter. The meeting revised and adopted the COBSEA Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP MALI), discussed activities carried out in the context of the action plan, and agreed on steps toward the establishment of a Regional Activity Centre and Regional Node of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter.

Participating countries, observers, and the COBSEA Secretariat shared updates on progress made to address marine litter in particular, including ongoing initiatives and planned projects. Outcomes of discussions at the Working Group meeting regarding the revision of the RAP MALI and the evolving institutional framework of COBSEA, were presented at the Intergovernmental Meeting and respective decisions made were captured in a resolution and outcome report.