External meeting
8th Informal Consultation Session of the Heads of Delegation (IC HOD 8-2025)
December 16, 2025
External meeting
8th Informal Consultation Session of the Heads of Delegation (IC HOD 8-2025)
Start date: December 16, 2025
End date: December 17, 2025
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Place: Online
Address:
Official meetings of all HELCOM Working and Experts Groups and other subsidiary bodies are postponed due to the HELCOM strategic pause until further notice, however, informal consultation sessions, without Russian participation, are organized and hosted by a Contracting Party.
The informal consultation sessions process and discuss documents and provide guidance and recommendations as to how to progress work.
The informal consultation sessions process and discuss documents and provide guidance and recommendations as to how to progress work.
Description
While official meetings and other events of all HELCOM Working and Expert Groups and other subsidiary bodies are postponed due to the HELCOM strategic pause until further notice, informal consultation sessions, without Russian participation, can be organized and hosted by a Contracting Party.
The 8th Informal Consultation Session of the Heads of Delegation (IC HOD 8-2025) was hosted by the Lithuanian Chairmanship of HELCOM and was held in Helsinki, Finland from 15 - 17 December 2025.
CCB Participant in the meeting
- Mikhail Durkin, CCB Executive Secretary
Participation supported by

CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither
the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.
The 8th Informal Consultation Session of the Heads of Delegation (IC HOD 8-2025) was hosted by the Lithuanian Chairmanship of HELCOM and was held in Helsinki, Finland from 15 - 17 December 2025.
CCB Participant in the meeting
- Mikhail Durkin, CCB Executive Secretary
Participation supported by

CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither
the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.