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HELCOM 2nd Holistic Assessment • The assessment is carried out through the HOLAS II project • The assessment report will: • follow-up the goals and objectives of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) • be developed so that it can serve as a joint “roof report” for reporting under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in 2018. • The report will be developed in two steps: a first version will be prepared mid-2017 and an update by mid-2018. • Data period for the updated version is 2011-2016. Document 4J-40 Ulla Li Zweifel

Overview of HOLAS II outputs ”Chapters in the report” Economic Measures Measures and social taken to analyses achieve GES Use of marine waters Cost of degradation 1: Print Results by species groups, descriptors, integrated assessments (90 pp) BSII 2: Web (details) Results by indicator and pressures 3: Web Core indicators Pressure and ecosystem component data sets

Assessment developments 2016 2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TAPAS Pressure Index WS1 TAPAS ESA WS1 TAPAS Pressure Index WS2 Assessment tools used BalticBOOST HZ WS1 STATE&CONSERVATION BalticBOOST HZ WS2 in HOLAS II: BalticBOOST Biodiv WS1 4-2016 BalticBOOST Biodiv WS2 - Endorsed at HOLAS II 5-2016 TAPAS ESA WS2 State&Conservation GEAR 14-2016 HOLAS II 6-2016 5-2016. - Adopted by HOD 51- 2016. 11/11/2016 3

Indicator development 2016 2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Lead/co-lead Lead/co-lead Lead/co-lead countries and: Lead/co-lead countries and: countries and: countries and: EN-HZ 4-2016 SEAL 10-2016 IN-EUTRO 2-2016 EN-HZ 2-2016 IN-EUTRO 4-2016 JWG Bird 2016 IWGAS 2016 EN-HZ 3-2016 TAPAS benthic WS 1-2016 ZEN-ZIIM 2016 FISH-PRO II 3-2016 IN-EUTRO 3-2016 EN Litter EN Litter IN BENTHIC 1-2016 PEG 2016 EN Noise EN Litter FISH IND WS-2016 Indicators and GES-definitions to EN Noise MORS EG 6-2016 Data for indicator be used in HOLAS II to be : EN Litter evaluations in the period - Endorsed at State & EN Noise 2011-2015 available by Conservation 5-2016 September 2016 (COMBINE, - Adopted by HOD: Dec 2016 HELCOM data bases, ad hoc data calls – doc 3MA-1) Indicator evaluations based on 2011-2015 data ready by end of 2016/early 2017. 11/11/2016 4

HOLAS II timeline 2017-2018 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Jan/Feb: Intersessional Update indicator Consultations Consultations Revise the Update the 2nd review by STATE & reports within within assessment holistic CONSERVATION on countries on countries on taking into assessment by data and indicator Prepare first the first the first account results June-2018 evaluations (doc 4J-26) version of the 2nd version of the version of the of consultations 2 nd holistic 2 nd holistic holistic Feb: Carry out assessment assessment assessment Update Review by thematic assessments indicator STATE & and pressure index May: Review by evaluations CONSERVATION evaluations STATE & and reports , spring 2018 (2011-2015) CONSERVATION thematic 6-2017 assessments, Approval by March:Workshops to pressure index HOD June 2018 approve of results June: Approval by evaluations HOD (data period 2011-2016) 11/11/2016 5

State & Conservation 5-2016, Agenda item 4J • Endorsement of core indicators • Endorsement of assessment tools and methods (biodiversity, eutrophication, hazardous substances, BSII) • Discuss intersessional approval of a limited number of incomplete indicators by end of this year. 11/11/2016 6