External meeting
7th Informal Consultation Session of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group IC HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 7-2025
October 15, 2025
External meeting
7th Informal Consultation Session of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group IC HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 7-2025
Start date: October 15, 2025
End date: October 17, 2025
Time: 10:00 - 14:00
Place: Helsinki, Finland
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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 7th Informal Consultation Session of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group IC HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 7-2025, hosted by Finland, was held on 15 - 17 October 2025 in Helsinki.
The Session was attended by representatives of Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Sweden as well as HELCOM and VASAB Secretariats. HELCOM observers were represented by Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB).
CCB Participant in the meeting
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
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 7th Informal Consultation Session of the joint HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group IC HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG 7-2025, hosted by Finland, was held on 15 - 17 October 2025 in Helsinki.
The Session was attended by representatives of Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Poland, Sweden as well as HELCOM and VASAB Secretariats. HELCOM observers were represented by Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB).
CCB Participant in the meeting
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
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.