International Cooperation

2030 Agenda

The UN has developed a global agenda with goals for the people, for the planet and for prosperity. The agenda seeks to eradicate poverty, foster peaceful, just and inclusive societies and have the vas...
Arctic Council

The Arctic environment is unique and rich in biodiversity, home to many species of global significance. Simultaneously, the region is extremely sensitive to disturbances and is greatly affected by ong...
Bilateral environmental and climate cooperation

The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management has ongoing bilateral environmental and climate cooperation with Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa, USA and countries in the Western Indian Ocea...
Blue Growth

Blue growth is an EU strategy for economic growth in which marine and coastal areas are the driving forces. Utilizing marine resources for fish and mussel farming, exploiting coastal areas, developing...
CCAMLR

Sweden joined the Commission for the conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) in 1984 and has since participated in the annual Scientific Committee and Commission meetings.
Clean Technology

Environmental challenges require innovative solutions. With improved and polished technology, possibilities for addressing, and even avoiding, environmental problems emerge. Clean technology has only ...
Conventions and Directives

Large, EU-wide initiatives and internationally agreed-upon conventions require action from all countries involved. Read here about our involvement in the bigger picture.
Data Collection Framework (DCF)

The Data Collection Framework (DCF) provides a common framework for the EU community to collect, manage, and share data within the fisheries sector. The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management ...
FOCUS

The Fisheries Open Source solution community is an open source community that aims to oversee and maintain free software dedicated to the management and preservation of the fishery resource.
International training programme marine spatial planning

Planning for a sustainable blue future in the Western Indian Ocean.
News

News and articles about international cooperation.
SwAM Ocean – reducing poverty with blue economy

We aim to reduce poverty and create prosperity through the development of a sustainable and climate-adapted blue economy. We promote opportunities, choices, security, voice, and access to resources fo...
- SwAM Ocean 1 - improving lives through sustainable use of the ocean
Swedish Ocean Platform to End Poverty

The national Swedish Ocean Platform to End Poverty brought together Swedish actors who work for sustainable use of the sea and poverty reduction.
The concept of Source to Sea

Intensification of human activities can affect ecosystems from land and along rivers to the coastal zones and in marine environments. The relationship between upstream pressures and downstream effects...
Union VMS

Answers to common questions about the Union VMS project are found below.
- About Union VMS
WaterCoG

The Interreg project Water Co-Governance for Sustainable Ecosystems (WaterCoG) was carried out 2016-2021. Here you find reports and results.
- About WaterCoG
- Sweden's Water Management