Third Reporting Cycle (2019 – 2024)

During the third reporting cycle, Parties’ / jurisdictions’ progress in implementing NASCO’s Resolutions, Agreements and Guidelines is evaluated though Annual Progress Reports (APRs). Implementation Plans and Annual Progress Reports submitted by Parties / jurisdictions can be found in the table below.

The Review Group

An expert group reviewed the Implementation Plans and Annual Progress Reports for each Party / jurisdiction. The IP / APR Review Group published reports of their meetings.

Sixth Interim Report of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of Implementation Plans, CNL(24)17
Report of the Meeting of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of APRs, CNL(23)22
Fifth Interim Report of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of Implementation Plans, CNL(23)21.
Report of the Meeting of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of Annual Progress Reports, CNL(22)16
Fourth Interim Report of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of Implementation Plans, CNL(22)15.
Report of the Meeting of the IP_APR Review Group for the Review of Annual Progress Reports, CNL(21)17.
Third Interim Report of the IP APR Review Group for the Review of Implementation Plans, CNL(21)07.
Second Interim Report of the IP / APR Review Group for the Review of IPs under the Third Cycle of Reporting (2019 – 2024).
Interim Report of the IP / APR Review Group for the Review of IPs under the Third Cycle of Reporting (2019 – 2024).

APRs were not reviewed in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Correspondence

To strengthen implementation under the third reporting cycle (2019-2024), the Council decided that the President of NASCO would correspond with Parties / jurisdictions about their Implementation Plans (CNL(20)55).

A Letter from President Requesting Revised IPs was sent to Parties on 16 October 2020. The following responses were received:

Canada (3 November 2020)
United States (16 November 2020)

A further Letter from President following the November 2020 IP Review was sent to Parties on 21 December 2020. The following responses were received:

Norway (19 April 2021)
Canada (1 April 2021)
Russian Federation (1 April 2021)
United Kingdom (31 March 2021)
European Union (26 March 2021)
United States (5 February 2021)

Letters from the President were sent on 21 December 2021, to those Parties who submitted revised IPs for the November 2021 Review:

Canada
European Union
Norway
United Kingdom
United States

Letters from the President dated 18 December 2023 were sent to each Party / jurisdiction with unsatisfactory elements of their Implementation Plan (as of November 2023), in line with paragraph 16 of the Council’s Enhanced Guidance document, CNL(20)55, as follows:

Canada
Denmark (in respect of the Faroe Islands and Greenland) – Faroe Islands
European Union
Norway
Russian Federation
United Kingdom
United States

The following responses were received to the letters sent to Parties / jurisdictions on 18 December 2023:

United States

Publications

Annual Meeting Special Session IP Webinar – IP Presentation, CNL(21)55.
Enhanced Guidance for the Review of Implementation Plans, CNL(20)55.
Schedule for the Third Reporting Cycle (2019).
Annual Meeting Special Session – IP Presentation, CNL(19)14.
Guidelines for the Preparation and Evaluation of NASCO Implementation Plans and for Reporting on Progress, CNL(18)49.
NASCO Implementation Plan for the period 2019 – 2024: Template, CNL(18)50.
Annual Progress Report on Actions taken under the Implementation Plan for the Calendar Year 2019: Template, CNL(18)51.