Proceedings of the Seventh East Asian Seas Partnership Council Meeting

PUBLICATION DATE:

Monday, September 21, 2015

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Only Available Online

DESCRIPTION:

The Seventh East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council Meeting was held at the Princesa Garden Island Resort, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines from 23 to 25 June 2015. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines co-hosted the Meeting with assistance from the Palawan Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office. The Meeting was attended by representatives from 10 Country Partners and 6 Non-Country Partners. Representatives from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The World Bank participated in the Project Steering Committee Meetings for Scaling up the Implementation of Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia and Applying Knowledge Management to Scale up Partnership Investments for Sustainable Development of LMEs of East Asia and their Coasts, respectively.

The Partnership Council focused on the following key issues: (a) Updating of the SDS-SEA, setting of post-2015 Targets, and Ministerial document; (c) the East Asian Seas Congress and Ministerial Forum 2015; (d) PEMSEA’s progress towards becoming a self-sustaining international organization; and (e) Collaborative Planning, among others.