On 3 and 4 February, EMSA hosts the 22^nd Inter-Secretariat meeting between Regional Agreement Secretariats, the European Commission and EMSA, in our Lisbon headquarters and online.

These meetings, held annually, provide a unique forum for exchanging information, sharing good practices, and providing inter-regional updates on ongoing work in European sea waters, as well as discussing topics of common interest in the fields of marine pollution prevention, prevention and response.

This year’s meeting agenda included ongoing work on new generation / alternative fuels pollution response, regional developments regarding the reduction of EGCS discharge waters and ongoing developments under the revised Ship Source Pollution Directive.