Senior officials from the six south-east Asia countries benefiting from an IMO-Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) marine environment project are meeting for their second high-level meeting in Bangkok, Thailand (9-10 November) to review progress and discuss the next steps. The project is supporting the participating countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam) in the legal, policy and institutional reforms and associated capacity building needed for effective ratification and implementation of a number of IMO's environmental treaties. High-priority treaties identified by the participants include the Ballast Water Management Convention, the Anti-fouling Systems Convention, the MARPOL Convention and the London Convention and its Protocol. IMO's Jose Matheickal and Josephine Uranza are representing IMO at the meeting.