Seocheon (Republic of Korea) The International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) of the Republic of Korea organized the inception workshop on Sustainable Seabed Knowledge Initiative (SSKI), with the adoption of a clear roadmap of activities to achieve tangible outputs to 2025. The workshop took place from 29 November to 1 December 2022 at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK). IOM was represented by K. Mianowicz, senior specialist on environmental procedural standards, who presented paper IOM perspective: Strenghtening collaboration to support further develompent of deep-sea taxonomic knowledge platform.