The PLEN 18-03 report indicated that a specific EWG on ORs should identify in 2019 the concrete issues and the necessary processes for addressing the four challenges already identified: data collection, stock assessment, ecosystem knowledge and social & economic impacts.
STECF concluded during the 19-02 plenary that the aim of the EWG should be to identify and prioritize the specific issues, and the necessary processes, for addressing the four challenges: data collection, stock assessment, ecosystem knowledge, and social & economic impacts in order to develop a roadmap that will form the basis for the permanent network of research institutes.

Please Note: Only those receiving an invitation letter to attend a meeting as observers will be granted access to the meeting. If you are interested to attend the meeting as observer please make yourself familiar with the rules and procedures for observer registration/invitation including the protocol for observers.

Deadline for the expression of interest to attend a meeting is 20 working days before the start of a meeting. Those experts who register after the deadline will be given lower priority depending on the number of registered participants and seats available.
The process for selecting participants for STECF meetings is as follows: the chairman, the coordinator the focal point and the STECF secretariat contact interested organisations and inform them of the upcoming meeting and invite suitable candidates to register their interest. As the meeting date approaches the secretariat takes the list of people who have registered and forwards it to the DG-MARE focal point, chairman and coordinator. The participants are chosen from the list based on their experience, but also in order to create a balanced group of participants (not too few, not too many) that covers the relevant geographical areas as well as areas of expertise. The list is published and an invitation letter is prepared. Only once an expert has received an invitation letter can travel be arranged.

Deadline for registration: 11 December 2019

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EWG 19-19 is requested to:

1. Identify specific issues for each OR within the following four main challenges: data collection, stock assessment, ecosystem knowledge, and social & economic impacts.
2. Prioritize common issues within the four main challenges.
3. Identify the necessary processes for addressing the issues prioritized for example, trough drafting specific ToRs on ORs data collection issues to be investigated in DCF EWGs and STECF EWG Social Data.
4. Develop a roadmap for the subsequent meetings that will form the basis for the permanent network of research institutes.

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• STECF 19-19 - Outemost regions
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