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Regional meetings(Back to top)

The following meetings concern the Northern Mediterranean annex only in the framework of the SRAP/RAP.

Date	Venue	Title of meeting	Documentation available
21 September 2009	Buenos Aires,Argentina	Regional consultation of Northern Mediterranean affected country Parties	•	Report
			•	Annex I to the Report
			•	Annex II to the Report
8- 10 July 2009	Rome, Italy	Regional Meeting of Northern Mediterranean and other affected country Parties in preparation for the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties and the meetings of its subsidiary bodies, held in Rome from 8 to10 July 2009	•	Report
8- 10 July 2009	Rome, Italy		•	Agenda
16 March 2007	Buenos Aires,Argentina	Regional Meeting of Annex IV Focal Points	•	Minutes
24 - 27 July 2006	Bonn, Germany	Regional meeting for Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe and other affected coutnry Parties in preparation of CRIC5	•	Agenda (pdf)
			•	List of participants (pdf)
			•	Outcome (pdf)
21 October 2005	Nairobi, Kenya	Second regional meeting to strengthen the cooperation among Northern Mediterranean countries in the field of land resources management	•	Agenda (pdf)
21 October 2005	Nairobi, Kenya		•	Conclusions (pdf)
2-3 May 2005	Bonn, Germany	Regional Consultation for Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern European and other affected country Parties	•	Work programme (pdf)
			•	List of participants (pdf)
			•	Background information (pdf, eng)
				(pdf, fre)
				(pdf, spa)
17-18 May 2004	Bonn, Germany	Regional meeting to strengthen the cooperation among Northern Mediterranean countries in the field of land resources management	•	Report (pdf)
			•	Conclusions (pdf)
			•	List of participants (pdf)
			•	Activity Master (pdf)
10-11 July 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Second Regional Meeting for Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern European and Other Affected Country Parties in preparation of COP6	•	Conclusions (pdf)
10-11 July 2003	Geneva, Switzerland		•	Revised Provisional Agenda (pdf)
9 July 2003	Geneva, Switzerland	Second Workshop for Northern Mediterranean focal points on regional cooperation activities within Annex IV	•	Final Agenda (pdf)
			•	Conclusions (pdf)
			•	List of participants (pdf)
9-10 April 2003	Bonn Germany	First Workshop for Northern Mediterranean focal points on regional cooperation activities within Annex IV	•	Conclusions (pdf)
21 November 2002	Rome, Italy	Second regional consultative meeting of Annex IV	•	Conclusions (pdf)
21 November 2002	Rome, Italy	Second regional consultative meeting of Annex IV	•	List of participants (pdf)
23-26 July 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	First regional meeting for Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern European and other affected country Parties in preparation of CRIC1	•	ICCD/CRIC(1)/5/Add.3 (pdf)
23 July 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	First regional consultative meeting of Northern Mediterranean country Parties, (Annex IV)	•	Conclusions (pdf)

Sub-Regional meetings:(Back to top)

Date	Venue	Title of meeting	Documentation available
April 2007	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Kick-off meeting on Drought Management Centre for Southeastern Europe within the context of UNCCD	•	Leaflet (pdf)
15 November 2006	Geneva, Switzerland	Meeting to discuss follow-up actions for the establishment of the Drought management Centre for South-eastern Europe DMCSEE, Geneva Switzerland	•	Report (pdf)
26 September 2006	Geneva, Switzerland	Meeting of selection of host country for the DMC-SEE	•	Info note (pdf, eng)
26 September 2006	Geneva, Switzerland	Meeting of selection of host country for the DMC-SEE		(pdf, fre)
26-28 April 2006	Sofia, Bulgaria	Second Technical Workshop on the establishment of a subregional centre relating to drought in South-Eastern Europe within the context of the UNCCD	•	Report (pdf)
			•	Agenda (pdf)
			•	Conclusions (pdf)
			•	List of participants (pdf)
4 May 2005	Bonn, Germany	Subregional focal points meeting of Annex IV
25-26 October 2004	Poiana Brasov, Romania	Technical workshop on drought preparedness in the Balkans within the context of the UNCCD	•	Report (pdf)
25-26 October 2004	Poiana Brasov, Romania		•	List of participants (pdf)
18 May 2004	Bonn, Germany	Subregional focal points meeting of annex IV	•	Minutes (pdf)
19 November 2003	Rome, Italy	Subregional focal points meeting of annex IV	•	Minutes (pdf)
20 November 2002	Rome, Italy	Subregional focal points meeting of annex IV
22 July 2002	Geneva, Switzerland	Subregional focal points meeting of annex IV	•	Minutes (pdf)
10 October 2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Sub-Regional Meeting of Focal Points of Annex IV	•	Points of Agreement (pdf)
18 June 2001	Athens, Greece	Focal Point meeting of the group of Annex IV countries
16 March 2001	Ancona, Italy	Sixth Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Annex IV Countries	•	Proceedings (pdf)
27-28 November 2000	Brussels, Belgium	Group of Annex IV Countries Focal Points Meeting
16 June 2000	Murcia, Spain	Ministerial Meeting of the the Group of Annex IV Countries (the 5th)	•	Conclusions and Annexes (pdf)
15 June 2000	Murcia, Spain	Meeting of Focal Points of the Group of Annex IV Countries
20 September 2000	Brussels, Belgium	Group of Annex IV Countries Focal Points Meeting
17 February 2000	Rome, Italy	Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Annex IV countries
22 November 1999	Recife, Brazil	Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Annex IV countries	•	Conclusions (pdf)
18 November 1999	Recife, Brazil	Meeting of Expert/Focal Points of Annex IV Countries
13-14 September 1999	Rome, Italy	Experts Meeting on the Preparation of the Regional Action Programme of Annex IV of UNCCD	•	Conclusions and Recommendations (pdf)
18 June 1999	Lisbon, Portugal	Meeting of Focal Points of the Group of Annex IV Countries
17 June 1999	Lisbon, Portugal	Ministerial Meeting of the the Group of Annex IV countries	•	Summary of proceedings (pdf)
2 December	Dakar, Senegal	A meeting of Focal Points of the Annex IV countries
28-30 May 1998	Athens, Greece	First meeting of the National Committees and the Focal Points of Annex IV countries	•	Summary of proceedings (pdf)
3 May 1998		Newsletter Nº7 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
28 February 1998		Newsletter Nº6 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
4 November 1997		Newsletter Nº5 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
29 September - 10 October 1997	Rome, Italy	Meeting of Annex IV countries during COP1
20 August 1997		Newsletter Nº4 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
20 August 1997	Geneva, Switzerland	Northern Mediterranean Group, INCD10, resume session
28-29 July 1997	Matera, Italy	International Seminar on the implementation of the Convention to combat Desertification
22-23 May 1997	Murcia, Spain	Meeting of Northern Mediterranean Countries
10-12 April 1997		Newsletter Nº3 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
10-13 April 1997	Lisbon, Portugal	Meeting of the Northern Mediterranean Focal points
16 February 1997		Newsletter Nº2 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
2 February 1997		Newsletter Nº1 of the North Mediterranean Group	•	Newsletter (pdf)
10 January 1997	New York, USA	Northern Mediterranena Group, INCD10
6 January 1997	New York, USA	Meeting of the Annex IV for the Northern Mediterranean Countries	•	Report (pdf)
30 Oct-1 November 1996	Crete, Greece	The countries of the reflection group on Annex IV	•	Conclusions (pdf)
10 September 1996	New York, USA	Northern Mediterranean Group meeting during INCD9	•	Proceedings (pdf)
18-19 July 1996	Madrid, Spain	Meeting of the Reflection group of the Annex of the Northern Mediterranean region	•	Report (pdf)
9 February 1996	Geneva, Switzerland	Northern Mediterranean meeting during INCD8
9 August 1995	Nairobi, Kenya	Northern Mediterranean Group meeting during INCD7
26-28 June 1995	Almeria, Spain	First Regional conference on desertification in the northern Mediterranean Region	•	Final Report (pdf)

Interregional meetings:(Back to top)

The following meetings concern issues related to exchange and cooperation between Northern Mediterranean annex and other annexes of the Convention on the implementation of the Convention.

Date	Venue	Title of meeting	Documentation available
16-18 June 2000	Murcia, Spain	The Participation of Mediterranean NGOs in National programmes to combat desertification and drought	•	Conlusions, Proposals and Recommendations of NGOs
18 February 2000	Rome, Italy	Workshop Desertification, Climate Change, Biodiversity and Forest	•	Proceedings (english, pdf)
18 February 2000	Rome, Italy		•	Proceedings (french,pdf)
16 February 2000	Rome, Italy	European Awareness Scenario Workshop organized by ANPA
8-12 October 1999	Alghero, Sardinia, Italy	Desertification Convention
9-13 November 1998	Marrakech, Morocco	Desertification Information System for planning needs in the Mediterranean Area	•	Final report (eng, pdf)
19-20 November 1998	Barcelona, Spain	V(Vème) Mediterranean Environmental Forum and the Second General Assembly of MED Forum
29-31 October 1998	Matera, Italy	Second International Forum on European Policies to Combat Desertification in the Mediterranean Basin
18-20 September 1998	Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy	International Seminar on Indicators for Assessing Desertification in the Mediterranean
July 1997	Matera, Italy	1st International Forum- European Initiatives to Combat Desertification in the Mediterranean
19-21 December 1996	Montpellier, France	Euro Mediterranean NGO Forum on partnership arrangements for the Matera
13-14 December 1996		4ème Forum environnemental de la Méditerranée
29 Oct-1 November 1996	Crete, Greece	International Conference on Mediterranean Desertification	•	Conclusions and Recommendations (pdf)
29 Oct-1 November 1996	Crete, Greece	International Conference on Mediterranean Desertification	•	Proceedings (table of contents only, pdf)
28-30 June 1993	Almeria, Spain	Workshop on Desertification and Land issue in the Mediterranean Basin	•	Conclusions (pdf)

Other meetings:(Back to top)

The following meetings concern desertification in general but with a relation to Northern Mediterranean annex.

Date	Venue	Title of meeting	Documentation available
6-9 November 2006	Sedeh Boker, Israel	Deserts and Desertification - Challenges and Opportunities	•	Conclusions and Recommendations (pdf)
6-9 November 2006	Sedeh Boker, Israel	Deserts and Desertification - Challenges and Opportunities	•	Summary (pdf)
16-19 March 1999	Perpignan, France	International Conference on Synergies in Desertification Processes in the Mediterranean Region-Mechanisms and Early Warning Indicators	•	Conclusions (pdf)
11 February 1994	Almeria, Spain	Almeria Statement on Desertification and Migration	•	Statement Text (pdf)

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