HELCOM’s main tasks are carried out by the five main groups.
However, HELCOM projects, or ad hoc groups, can be established to
provide an adaptive and flexible system for dealing with specific
issues from a more thematic perspective. Such projects and groups
can help to create useful linkages between the work carried out
within the different permanent working groups.
HELCOM Projects have time limits and clear result-oriented Terms
of Reference defining specific inter-sessional tasks that cannot be
carried out by the permanent working groups at their annual
meetings, since they require more in-depth discussion.
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