By IOC Decision A-32/Dec.4.7, the Assembly in 2023 took note of the scope and process for developing the ‘IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (SOPM)’ for the period 2024–2030 (cf. IOC/A-32/4.7.Doc(1)). In 2024, a draft strategy was presented to Member States at the 57^th session of the IOC Executive Council in document IOC/EC-57/4.3.Doc(1)Rev., which was based on the contributions of IOC Member States collected during two online consultations held in May 2024 and summarized in document IOC/INF-1537.

Working document IOC/A-33/4.1.Doc(1) presents the ‘revised draft of the IOC-wide Strategy on Sustainable Ocean Planning and Management (2025–2030) and its Implementation Plan’ to the IOC Assembly at its 33^rd session (June 2025).

This information document complements the above-mentioned document and presents the report of the IOC Working Group on SOPM that was established by the IOC Executive Council in 2024. The Working Group held two online consultation meetings in February and April 2025 and one in-person meeting in March 2025.

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