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IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC)

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UN21: Accelerate Marine Spatial Planning in the Western Pacific

News & Events

Oct 2025

Countries and Partners Unite to Advance the Regional Action Framework for Marine Spatial Planning (2025-2030)

16 October 2025

Chonburi Province, Thailand

2nd WESTPAC Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning

14–16 October 2025

Chonburi Province, Thailand

March 2025

MSP Regional Action Framework adopted at the 15th WESTPAC Intergovernmental Session

12 March 2025

Tokyo, Japan

August 2024

Sinan Country in South Korea is identified as one of the MSP demonstration sites by WESTPAC

22 August 2024

South Jeolla, Republic of Korea

May 2024

Qinzhou City Designated as a Marine Spatial Planning Demonstration Site

24 May 2024

Nanning, China

National training on Marine Spatial Planning in Guangxi, China

26 April 2024

Nanning, China

April 2024

UN Decade Action 21 Workshop initiated Marine Spatial Planning Roadmap

26 April 2024

Bangkok, Thailand

December 2023

Plaque unveiled for Marine Spatial Planning demonstration site in Chonburi Province, Thailand

6 December 2023

Chonburi, Thailand

November 2023

WESTPAC launched the First Expert Workshop on Marine Spatial Planning

14-15 November 2023

Qingdao, China

September 2023

Thailand Kicked off its national Marine Spatial Planning Training

2 September 2023

Ayutthaya, Thailand

December 2022

The Regional MSPforum for the Western Pacific and its adjacent Areas

16 December 2022

Online

July 2022

UN Ocean Decade Project Endorsed

1 July 2022

June 2022

Side event in 2022 UN Ocean Conference: Progressing Blue Economy through MSP: Opportunities for the Pacific

27 June - 1 July 2022

November 2021

Decade Action Incubator: Solutions to the conflicts of ocean uses: Accelerate marine spatial planning in the Western Pacific

26 November 2021

Online