Twelfth Intergovernmental Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC-XII)

About This Event

The session will bring together national competent governmental agencies and marine scientific communities, aiming to improve science-policy interface, advance international cooperation on marine science, observations and service, and to enhance institutional capacities to address critical challenges to sustainable development in the Western Pacific and its adjacent regions. At this session, WESTPAC will deliberate on and come up with concrete action plans towards future strategic and programmatic developments in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030). https://en.unesco.org/ocean-decade

WESTPAC currently consists of 22 Member States mainly in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Pacific and the eastern Indian Ocean. WESTPAC defines its strategic direction based on priority interests of the Member States in the region, and implements its programmes and activities through strong partnerships with national competent agencies, marine scientific institutes, universities and other international organizations or programmes in the region.