On 9-10 November, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission (EC) organized a joint expert workshop on Regional Ocean Governance at the UN House in Brussels with key representatives from the international and regional organizations involved in the oceans and their resources, including Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans and Regional Fisheries Bodies. The objective of the workshop was to share the knowledge and lessons learnt from regional ocean governance experiences in different marine regions globally and identify key elements that will inform and facilitate further work on ocean governance at all levels. The meeting was conducted within the framework of a strengthened EC-UNEP Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2015