Realizing Integrated Regional Oceans Governance

Summary of case studies on regional cross-sectoral institutional cooperation and policy coherence.

UN ENVIRONMENT REGIONAL SEAS REPORTS AND STUDIES NO. 199

The case studies summarized in this document illustrate practical experiences of cross-sectoral cooperation for effective implementation of SDG 14 and other ocean-relevant SDGs. Many of 2 The conclusions of the workshop can be found in the annex. them were presented at the UN Environment– European Commission workshop on area-based management, regional coordination and crosssectoral cooperation for the delivery of oceanrelated SDGs that took place on 9-10 February 2017 in Brussels.