Third Reporting Cycle
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.
Jurisdiction |
Latest IPs2019 – 2024 |
LatestIP Reviews |
APRs2020 |
APRs2021 |
APRs2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Denmark (Faroe Islands & Greenland) | |||||
| Faroe Islands | IP(19)23rev | 2020 | |||
| Greenland | CNL(19)81 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| European Union | |||||
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Denmark |
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| Finland | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| France | IP(19)16rev2 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Germany | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Ireland | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Portugal | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Spain – Asturias | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Spain – Cantabria | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Spain – Galicia | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Spain – Gipuzkoa | 2022 | ||||
| Spain – Navarra | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Sweden | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Norway | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| Russian Federation | IP(19)05rev | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| United Kingdom | |||||
| UK – England & Wales | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| UK – Northern Ireland | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| UK – Scotland | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
| USA | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
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.
- 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:
A further Letter from President following the November 2020 IP Review was sent to Parties on 21 December 2020. The following responses were received:
Letters from the President were sent on 21 December 2021, to those Parties who submitted revised IPs for the November 2021 Review:
Letters from the President were sent on 9 December 2022 to each Party / jurisdiction with unsatisfactory elements of their Implementation Plan (as of November 2022), 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 9 December 2022:
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.