The 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee will take place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday 4 to Friday 8 September 2023.
Registration for the meeting will open on 15 May 2023.
| 1 | Opening statements (no documents) | ||||
| 1.1 | Chair of the Standing Committee (China) | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Procedural matters | |||||
| 2 | Adoption of the provisional agenda | Show / hide docs | |||
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| 3 | Adoption of the provisional working programme (document SC62 Doc.3) | ||||
| 4 | Admission of observers (document SC62 Doc.4) | ||||
| Administrative and financial matters | |||||
| 5 | Report of the Chair of the Standing Committee and the Executive Team (document SC62 Doc.5) | ||||
| 6 | Report of the Secretary General (document SC62 Doc.6) | ||||
| 7 | Report of the Management Working Group (no document) | ||||
| 8 | Financial and budgetary matters (for consideration by the Subgroup on Finance) | ||||
| 8.1 | Report on financial matters for 2022 and 2023 including the audited statements for 2022 (document SC62 Doc.8.1) | ||||
| 8.2 | Status of annual contributions (document SC62 Doc.8.2) | ||||
| Strategic matters | |||||
| 9 | Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention: Update on wetlands inventories (document SC62 Doc.9) | ||||
| 10 | Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Strategic Plan of the Convention on Wetlands (document SC62 Doc.10) | ||||
| 11 | Secretariat report on institutional strengthening to support the implementation of the Convention (document SC62 Doc.11) | ||||
| 12 | Report of the Secretariat on enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Convention on Wetlands (document SC62 Doc.12) | ||||
| 13 | Work plan of the Secretariat for 2023-2025 (document SC62 Doc.13) | ||||
| 14 | Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies in partnership with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other institutions (document SC62 Doc.14) | ||||
| 15 | Review and consolidation of current Resolutions (document SC62 Doc.15) | ||||
| 16 | Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA) | ||||
| 16.1 | Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel (document SC62 Doc.16.1) | ||||
| 16.2 | CEPA Work Plan (document SC62 Doc.16.2) | ||||
| 16.3 | Report of the Secretariat on World Wetlands Day (no document) | ||||
| 17 | Report of the Youth Working Group (document SC62 Doc.17) | ||||
| 18 | Update of the Convention on Wetlands’ Resource Mobilization Work Plan (document SC62 Doc.18) | ||||
| Scientific matters | |||||
| 19 | Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel, including draft work plan for 2023-2025 (document SC62 Doc.19) | ||||
| Implementation matters | |||||
| 20 | Follow up to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP14) and preparation of COP15 | ||||
| 20.1 | Report of the Secretariat on COP14 (document SC62 Doc.20.1) | ||||
| 20.2 | Establishment of the Subgroup on COP15 (no document) | ||||
| 21 | National Report for COP15 (document SC62 Doc.21) | ||||
| 22 | Update on the status of Sites in the List of Wetlands of International Importance (document SC62 Doc.22) | ||||
| 23 | Report of the process undertaken by the Secretariat to include a site on the List of Wetlands of International Importance (document SC62 Doc.23) | ||||
| 24 | Update of the Secretariat on the implementation of Resolution XIV.20 (document SC62 Doc.24) | ||||
| 25 | Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives (document SC62 Doc.25) | ||||
| 26 | Wetland City Accreditation | ||||
| 26.1 | Establishment of the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) (document SC62 Doc.26.1) | ||||
| 26.2 | Proposal for operational guidance for Wetland City Accreditation (document SC62 Doc.26.2) | ||||
| Concluding matters | |||||
| 27 | Dates of the 63rd meeting of the Standing Committee (no document) | ||||
| 28 | Adoption of the report of the meeting (no document) | ||||
| 29 | Any other business (no document) | ||||
| 30 | Closing remarks (no document) | ||||
