External meeting
9th Informal Consultation Session of the Expert Group on Marine Protected Areas (IC EG MPA 9-2026)
February 18, 2025
External meeting
9th Informal Consultation Session of the Expert Group on Marine Protected Areas (IC EG MPA 9-2026)
Start date: February 18, 2025
End date: August 13, 2025
Time: 10:00 - 18:00
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.
9th Informal Consultation Session of the Expert Group on Marine Protected Areas (IC EG MPA 9-2026) is organised on 18 February 2026. Coalition Clean Baltic followed closely the outcomes of the event. More information about the event is available upon request.
CCB's participants in the event
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
- Giuliana Estefania Cortez Gallegos, CCB Project Manager/Legal expert
CCB's engagement in the event is supported by

CCB's engagement 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.
9th Informal Consultation Session of the Expert Group on Marine Protected Areas (IC EG MPA 9-2026) is organised on 18 February 2026. Coalition Clean Baltic followed closely the outcomes of the event. More information about the event is available upon request.
CCB's participants in the event
- Andrea Cervantes, CCB Biodiversity Officer
- Giuliana Estefania Cortez Gallegos, CCB Project Manager/Legal expert
CCB's engagement in the event is supported by

CCB's engagement 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.