The Xiamen Ministerial Declaration, adopted by PEMSEA country partners in November 2024, strengthens regional commitments for sustainable ocean governance in East Asian Seas. The declaration emphasizes 10 synergistic actions across effective governance, ocean health, blue economy, and food security, while advancing the SDS-SEA Implementation Plan 2023-2027 and PEMSEA 2030 Roadmap through collaborative partnerships.

The Charter formalized the PNLC and specified the ground rules on membership and identified joint activities and outputs amongst its members as well as options for sustainability and funding support.

Viet Nam is one of the founding participants in the PEMSEA project, and has become an example of integrating integrated coastal management (ICM) throughout different levels of policy and practice.

The Preah Sihanouk Ministerial Declaration was signed by senior government officials of PEMSEA’s country partners. One integral part of this Declaration is the endorsement of the formulation of the PEMSEA Roadmap to 2030, which aims to combine the values, principles, and key achievements that were carefully cultivated and replicated through years of transforming the EAS Partnership from a regional marine pollution project into a leading regional collaborative mechanism and the available opportunities that will enable the Partnership to maintain its relevance and fit for purpose in the region.

The Preah Sihanouk Declaration on PNLG Leadership for the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development of the Coasts and Oceans through ICM where the member declare their commitment through our ICM programs and related initiatives to pursue Blue Economy within our authority and jurisdiction through 2030 in upholding the program components and objectives on governance and partnerships, priority management programs and monitoring, evaluation and reporting. The Preah Sihanouk Declaration was adopted during the PNLG Annual Forum held in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, last 1 December 2021.

The Charter of the PEMSEA Network of Local Governments (PNLG) for Sustainable Coastal Development - a partnership built on leadership and commitment towards strengthening coastal governance.

The PEMSEA Network of Local Governments (PNLG) for Sustainable Coastal Development was established in 2001 as the Regional Network of Local Governments (RNLG) and officially launched as PNLG in December 2006 in Haikou, China, with the signing of the PNLG Charter and Code of Conduct by 18 founding local government members. It is a unique regional community of local governments that are working towards sustainable growth and development in the East Asian Region through integrated coastal management (ICM).