Submitted by
spadonea
on Sun, 10/11/2026 - 16:07
General Information
Resolution
52783
Period covered
Activities to implement this Resolution from Activity Reports
| Relevant operative para(s) of Res/Rec | Activities Overview | Description | Status | Action |
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| 3b | Convene stakeholders/Networking | 3b. provide support to the IMPAC International Steering Committee and the MPA agency of the hosting country for organising every IMPAC congress; WCPA marine and west and central Africa VC, IUCN Oceans and IUCN West Africa Office in Dakar, as well as members of the International Steering Committee are supporting Senegal in organizing IMPAC6 for 2027. The ISC as well as IMPAC6 organizing committee has met several times in 2026, in Nouakshot (Mauritania) in June and Dakar in september. IUCN Oceans team has secured funding to hire support at IUCN events teams at HQ and at IUCN West Africa office. |
On-going | Full activity report |
| 3c | Policy influencing/advocacy | 3c. consider IMPAC in the planning of all IUCN global events and congresses as a leading and highly relevant global platform on MPAs; IUCN Oceans is in charge of involving IUCN secretariat events planning team in the organization of the congress. |
On-going | Full activity report |
| 3d | Convene stakeholders/Networking | 3.d. draft the terms of reference of the congress, including the roles, responsibilities and selection process of the host country, in collaboration with WCPA and the IMPAC International Steering Committee; IN January 2026, WCPA Chair, WCPA Marine VC, IUCN Oceans team and CCA met to discuss the Term of Reference of IMPAC congress (Not just IMPAC6) including the history of IMPAC, strucure and role of the ISC, the contractual aspects, and the selection of the host countries. WCPA shared a draft ToR with IUCN CCA and Oceans team to start the discussion. |
On-going | Full activity report |
Actors involved from Activity Reports
| IUCN Members | IUCN Commissions | IUCN Secretariat | Other non-IUCN related organisations |
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Challenges / lessons learned from Activity Reports
| Challenges / lessons learned | Description | Action |
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| Coordination issues | Need to coordinate and agree the ToR within WCPA, IUCN secretariat and current ISC members. Attaching draft ToR of IMPAC and document for selecting IMPAC host country |
Full activity report |
| Coordination issues | IMPAC6 organization is on track and a huge challenge for Senegal. Lack of capacities and time of WCPA marine make its challenging but different ISC members, IUCN West Africa and WCPA members and Senegal government have made significant progress towards the organization of IMPAC6 in 2027 |
Full activity report |
Report status
Draft