As a part of partnership building efforts, NOWPAP representative attended the international workshop organized by the Amur-Okhotsk Consortium on 17-18 December 2014 in Sapporo, Japan and introduced NOWPAP activities. In preparation for the 4th Amur-Okhotsk Consortium Meeting to be held in 2015, this workshop reviewed the recent progress in studies on environment and sustainable development in the Amur-Okhotsk regionand shared information on future projects and activities related to the sustainable development of the region.