Progress report for
Commitment between the Secretariats of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission and the OSPAR Commission under the collective arrangement
Achievement at a glance
The collective arrangement is a novel approach to ocean governance enabling cross-sectoral cooperation. OSPAR and NEAFC reinforced regional and sectoral cooperation under the collective arrangement in 2014 by promoting a constructive multilateral dialogue. The collective arrangement allows for information exchange and other modes of cooperation to reinforce regional collaboration in the North-East Atlantic. The voluntary commitment under SDG 14 to promote this approach has resulted in wide dissemination of the approach, with global interest in learning lessons from the North-East Atlantic and exploring the application of this approach in other regions of the world's oceans.Beneficiaries
The collective arrangement approach and lessons learned in establishing this mode of ocean governance is disseminated to governments and regional management authorities globally. Representatives for other Intergovernmental Organisations have been invited to participate in meetings under the collective arrangement under the auspices of the voluntary commitment. This includes regional actors inter alia on the coast of Africa and the Caribbean.