57th Meeting of the Standing Committee
24 Jun - 28 Jun 2019
The 57th meeting of the Standing Committee took place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday 24 to Friday 28 June 2019.
Meeting documents are published below in the official languages of the Convention.
In-session documents are published here.
Report and decisions of the meeting
Summary of decisions
Agenda
1
Opening statements (No documents)
1.1
Chair of the Standing Committee
1.2
Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
1.3
International Organization Partners
1.4
Secretary General of the Convention
2
Adoption of the provisional agenda
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25 June 2019
SC57 Doc.2 Rev.2 Agenda
25 June 2019
SC57 Doc.2 Rev.2 Addendum Annotated agenda
3
Adoption of the provisional working programme
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25 June 2019
SC57 Doc.3 Rev.1 Working programme
4
Admission of observers
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10 June 2019
SC57 Doc.4 Admission of observers
5
Report of the Secretary General
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18 April 2019
SC57 Doc.5 Report of the Secretary General
6
Report of the Management Working Group (No document)
7
Financial and budgetary matters – Report of the Subgroup on Finance
7.1
Report on financial matters for 2018 and 2019
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14 June 2019
SC57 Doc.7.1 Financial and budgetary matters – Report of the Subgroup on Finance: Report on financial matters for 2018 and 2019
7.2
Report of the auditor on the financial statements 2018 (included in item 7.1)
7.3
Status of annual contributions
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5 June 2019
SC57 Doc.7.3 Financial and budgetary matters – Report of the Subgroup on Finance: Status of annual contributions
7.4
Small Grants Fund – Proposal for final beneficiaries
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5 June 2019
SC57 Doc.7.4 Financial and budgetary matters – Report of the Subgroup on Finance: Small Grants Fund - Proposal for final beneficiaries
8
Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention
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8 May 2019
SC57 Doc.8 Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention
9
Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention
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24 May 2019
SC57 Doc.9 Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Strategic Plan of the Ramsar Convention
10
Report of the Effectiveness Working Group and approval of the terms of reference of the Group (SC57 Doc.10)
11
Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups
11.1
Transition Committee
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26 March 2019
SC57 Doc.11.1 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Transition Committee
11.2
Resource Mobilization Working Group
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26 March 2019
SC57 Doc.11.2 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Resource Mobilization Working Group
11.3
Working Group on CEPA Implementation
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2 April 2019
SC57 Doc.11.3 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Working Group on CEPA Implementation
11.4
Facilitation Working Group
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2 April 2019
SC57 Doc.11.4 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Facilitation Working Group
11.5
Language Strategy Working Group
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4 April 2019
SC57 Doc.11.5 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Language Strategy Working Group
11.6
Staffing Working Group
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26 March 2019
SC57 Doc.11.6 Final reports of the Chairs of retired working groups: Staffing Working Group
12
Report of the Executive Team
12.1
Terms of reference of the Executive Team
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3 April 2019
SC57 Doc.12 Terms of reference of the Executive Team
13
Review of the Rules of Procedure
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3 April 2019
SC57 Doc.13 Review of the Rules of Procedure
14
Review of all previous Resolutions and decisions
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9 April 2019
SC57 Doc.14 Review of all previous Resolutions and Decisions
15
Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA)
15.1
Establishment of the CEPA Oversight Panel
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7 June 2019
SC57 Doc.15.1 Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA): Establishment of the CEPA Oversight Panel
15.2
Report of the Secretariat on World Wetlands Day (No document)
15.3
Implementation of Resolution XIII.1 on World Wetlands Day (UN request) (No document)
16
Work plan of the Secretariat for 2019-2021
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27 March 2019
SC57 Doc.16 Workplan of the Secretariat for 2019-2021
17
Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions
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29 March 2019
SC57 Doc.17 Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies with other multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions
17Bis
Contributions of the Convention to the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2020 (No document)
18
Observer status in the United Nations General Assembly (No document)
19
Ramsar Convention Resource Mobilization Work Plan
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25 March 2019
SC57 Doc.19 Ramsar Convention Resource Mobilization Work Plan
20
Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel, including draft work plan for 2019-2021
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6 June 2019
SC57 Doc.20 Rev.1 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel, including draft work plan for 2019-2021
21
Follow up to COP13 and preparation of COP14
21.1
Report of the Secretariat on COP13
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24 May 2019
SC57 Doc.21.1 Follow up to COP13 and preparation of COP14: Report of the Secretariat on COP13
21.1Bis
Oral report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Award on Innovation
21.2
COP14 Host and establishment of the Subgroup on COP14 (No document)
22
National Reports for COP14
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15 April 2019
SC57 Doc.22 Draft format for National Reports to COP14
23
Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance
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17 June 2019
SC57 Doc.23 Rev.1 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance
24
Ramsar Advisory Missions: Operational guidance
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29 April 2019
SC57 Doc.24 Ramsar Advisory Missions: Operational guidance
25
Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives in 2018 and 2019, and establishment of the Ramsar Regional Initiatives Working Group
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24 April 2019
SC57 Doc.25 2019 update on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives
26
Wetland City Accreditation: Guidance for the 2019-2021 triennium
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29 May 2019
SC57 Doc.26 Wetland City Accreditation: Guidance for the 2019-2021 triennium
27
58th meeting of the Standing Committee
27.1
Implications of joint meetings of the Standing Committee and the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
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3 June 2019
SC57 Doc.27.1 58th meeting of the Standing Committee: Implications of joint meetings of the Standing Committee and the Scientific and Technical Review Panel
27.2
Dates of the 58th meeting (No document)
28
Adoption of the report of the meeting (No document)
29
Any other business (No document)
30
Closing remarks (No document)