48th Meeting of the Standing Committee

26 Jan - 30 Jan 2015

The 48th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC48) will be held at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Wednesday 28 to Friday 30 January 2015. SC48 will be preceded by meetings of the Management Working Group and the Strategic Plan Working Group on Monday 26 January, and of the Subgroup on COP12 and the Subgroup on Finance on Tuesday 27 January.

Featured documents

11 February 2015

Featured documents

Report of the 48th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC48)

Decisions of the 48th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC48)

SC48-01 Rev.2: Provisional Agenda

SC48-02 Rev.1: List of meeting documents and Draft Resolutions anticipated for COP12 consideration

SC48-03: Proposals for amendment to the Rules of Procedure

SC48-04 Considerations of the Strategic Plan Working Group on visibility and stature of the Convention and on synergies

SC48-05 Legal Brief: Opinion on the accommodation of Arabic and other UN languages into the Ramsar Convention

SC48-06 Progress with preparations for COP12

SC48-07 Guidance to Contracting Parties about the operation of COP12

SC48-09 Rev.1 Ramsar financial matters 2014 / 2015

SC48-10 Contracting Parties with outstanding annual contributions

SC48-11: Report of the Secretary General and the Secretariat

SC48-12 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel

SC48-13 Provisional COP12 Agenda

SC48-14: Running order of proposed Draft Resolutions for discussion

SC48-15 Information Paper: Management effectiveness assessments for Ramsar Sites

SC48-16: List of Draft Resolutions presented by Contracting Parties for COP12 consideration: document history

SC48-17 Follow up on Resolution XI.1: Languages of the Convention, visibility and stature, ministerial COP segments, and synergies with multilateral environmental agreements and other international entities

SC48-18 Proposed new framework for delivery of scientific and technical advice and guidance on the Convention

SC48-19 The Ramsar Strategic Plan 2016-2021

SC48-20 Rev.1 Budget scenarios for 2016-2018 and Draft Resolution on financial and budgetary matters for the 2016-2018 triennium

SC48-21 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance

SC48-22 Resource Mobilization and Partnership Framework of the Ramsar Convention and an Application for IOP Status

SC48-23 Rev.1: The Convention’s Programme on communication, capacity development, education, participation and awareness (CEPA) 2016-2021 (revised version including Key Result Areas)

SC48-24 Regional initiatives operating in the framework of the Ramsar Convention

SC48-25 Evaluating and ensuring the effective management and conservation of Ramsar Sites

SC48-26 Responsibilities, roles and composition of the Standing Committee and regional categorization of countries under the Ramsar Convention

SC48-27 Draft Resolution on Conservation of Mediterranean Basin island wetlands

SC48-28 Draft Resolution on Wetlands and disaster risk reduction

SC48-29 Draft Resolution on Ramsar Community Accreditation

SC48-30 Draft Resolution: Call to action to ensure and protect the water requirements of wetlands for the present and the future

SC48-31 Draft Resolution on Peatlands, climate change and wise use: Implications for the Ramsar Convention

SC48-32 Supplementary Provisional Agenda Item: Draft Resolution on Undertaking an inventory of polar and subpolar wetlands

Proposed Amendments to the Ramsar Rules of Procedure: Comparative Study of Rules of Procedure in Intergovernmental Organizations