Consideration of a formal side-event policy

This working paper proposes the adoption of a policy on holding side-events on the margins of NPFC meetings. In the past few years side events have been held at COM09 and SC10. The draft policy attached has been used to guide the Secretariat as an internal policy but is presented here to be considered as a more general policy for NPFC as the frequency of side-events continues.
 

The general approach has been to engage with the meeting Chair and then in the case of the COM highlight the opportunity to Members to gauge any reaction. This approach has been adapted from SPRFMO.
 

Members are asked to:
  1. Consider the approach in the draft; and,
  2. Is a need to engage Members routinely on each side-event or is acceptable to work through the Chair.