On the occasion of the First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP1) to the Carpathian Convention held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 11-13 December 2006, the Working Group was created and mandated to support the Parties to the Carpathian Convention in the implementation of Article 7 on sustainable agriculture and forestry and other related Articles of the Carpathian Convention.
Representatives from governmental bodies and civil society as well as observers from international and non-governmental organizations are invited to participate in the Working Group’s meeting, which aims:
- to evaluate the results as well as contribute to the outputs of the national assessments on SARD-M policies, institutions and processes in the Carpathian countries, conducted in the framework of the UNEP Vienna ISCC – FAO SARD-M Project;
- to formulate recommendations for improvements/development of SARD-M policies and prepare proposals for follow-up activities at the country and/or the Carpathians levels.
