First Meeting of the Working Group on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (WGMCE-1)

Following the adoption of the Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (MCE) Framework and establishment of the WGMCE, the inaugural Meeting will serve to introduce members, discuss operationalization of the WGMCE, and identify priority activities toward developing the biennial workplan for implementation of the MCE Framework that would be presented in IGM 26.

The Meeting is held in hybrid modality, back-to-back with the COBSEA Strategic Directions 2023-2027 Final Consultation Workshop (11-12 September) and in parallel with the Fifth Meeting of the Working Group on Marine Litter (WGML-5) (13 September).

All meeting documents are available to country participants on the Papersmart Portal.