RT null T1 Virtual Workshop: Draft Findings of the MCSP Policy Review in the Context of COBSEA’s Strategic Directions 2018-2022 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia, YR 2021 FD 2021 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35872 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35872 NO COBSEA’s Strategic Directions 2018-2022, adopted by the Intergovernmental meeting in 2018, identifies measures to strengthen ecosystem-based marine and coastal spatial planning (MCSP). COBSEA is collaborating with Blue Solutions Initiative1 to advance MCSP in the East Asian Seas Region by building capacity and supporting development of a conducive policy environment. For further information see concept note on Regional Training and Knowledge Exchange on Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning, circulated on 3 April 2020. Technical and financial input from UNEP towards the efforts are provided through the Swedish-funded Sustainable Blue Economy Initiative DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 21, 2026