Events

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretariat, in cooperation with the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment of Indonesia and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is delighted to invite you to the 3rd Regional Ocean Policy Dialogue on Marine Plastic Pollution in Southeast Asia. It will discuss common challenges in data collection and analysis, policy coherence, and financing to tackle marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia.

This event is open to everyone joining ADEX — industry and consumers.

Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) 2023

Sustainable Diving Dialogue: Transforming your business for a Blue Economy

Sunday, 2 April | Time: 12:00-13:00 hrs (UTC/GMT+8)

Underwater360 Main Stage (Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore)

Overview

Side Event: 10th Asia-Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development

29 March 2023, 17:15-18:30 GMT+7 (Bangkok time)
Meeting Room A, 1st floor, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

Organizers
The Government of Republic of Korea, Secretariats of the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) and the Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) [administered by United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP]

Title: Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Global Action on Marine Litter in the East Asian Seas and Northwest Pacific

(previously: Strengthening Partnership and Improving Policy to Address Marine Debris Issues)

Track 9: International Collaboration

Date & time: Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 11.00-12.00 KST

Venue: Room 109-110

Title: Ocean and Coastal Observation and Monitoring at scale: Co-Designing the value chain from data to impact through a partnership approach

Date & venue: Friday 1 July, 16-17.15 CET, Blue Area, Altice Arena, Room 2, in-person event

The “Building Back Bluer through Oceans” Special Session on SDG 14 “Life below Water” is part of the Green Future Session preceding the P4G Seoul Summit 2021. Effectively tackling plastic pollution and its impacts is dependent on improving urban solid waste management (Goal 11), with a systemic shift toward prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse of plastic products, in line with international frameworks (Goal 12), and also requires addressing wastewater as a vector (Goal 6).

The third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Expert Group on Marine Litter and Microplastics will be held from 18-22 November 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting will be open to member States and accredited Major Groups and Stakeholders.

UNEP will provide the most direct economy class air ticket to the venue, as well as a per diem for the time in Bangkok, for participants from developing countries with priority given to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with special vulnerabilities.

SEA of Solutions 2019 is the first annual partnership week convened by SEA circular – an initiative of the UN Environment Programme and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), with support from the Swedish Government – to inspire partnerships for market-based solutions and encourage enabling policies to prevent marine plastic pollution in South-East Asia. The event is structured to showcase solutions along the plastic value chain and engage key stakeholders including local and national governments, businesses and plastic producers, communities and youth.