After NOWPAP Member States approved an ambitious work programme for the next 2 years at the 22nd Intergovernmental Meeting in 2017, the Regional Coordinating Unit and Regional Activity Centers (RACs) spent valuable time in planning and preparing work plans for the biennium. Everyone is gearing up for busy spring and summer with all four RAC Focal Points Meeting planned and 2018 NOWPAP International Coastal Cleanup Campaign and various workshops on marine litter to be held in Busan in Junein 2018.
Implementation of NOWPAP contributes to the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) in the Northwest Pacific region.