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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Fifteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15)
9-20 May 2022
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
UNCCD
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Content last updated on: 19 May 2022 16:34 CEST

Programme of Meetings and Agenda

Conference of the Parties

Plenary Hall

COP

5th meeting................................. Plenary Hall

1. UNCCD 2018–2030 Strategic Framework ....................... [item 2] (d) Report of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention and its recommendations to the Conference of the Parties Action on draft decisions

MET-02

COP - Bureau Meeting

Committee of the Whole

MET-19

CoW Contact Group on other matters

(closed meeting)
Plenary Hall

COW

4th meeting ................................. 

1. UNCCD 2018–2030 Strategic Framework ...................... [item 2]

(b) Review of progress in the implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification communication plan and the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010–2020)

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.9

(c) Follow-up on the midterm evaluation of the UNCCD 2018–2030 Strategic Framework

Action on draft decision

2. Promotion and strengthening of relationships with other relevant conventions and international organizations, institutions and agencies ................ [item 3]

Action on draft decision

3. Policy frameworks and thematic issues ......................... [item 4]

Action on draft decisions ICCD/COP(15)/L.10, ICCD/COP(15)/L.11, ICCD/COP(15)/L.12 and ICCD/COP(15)/L.13

4. Programme and budget .................................... [item 6]

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.5

5. Procedural matters ....................................... [item 7]

(a) Participation and involvement of civil society organizations in meetings and processes of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Action on draft decisions ICCD/COP(15)/L.1 and ICCD/COP(15)/L.3

(b) Participation and involvement of the private sector in meetings and processes of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the business engagement strategy

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.2

(c) Programme of work for the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.8

MET-03

CoW Contact Group on Budget

(closed meeting)
MET-19

CoW Contact Group on other matters

(closed meeting)

Forthcoming official meetings

Friday, 20 May 2022

Official meetings

MET-02

COP - Bureau Meeting

(closed meeting)
MET-02

COP-Closing Press Conference: Presentation of the Outcomes of COP 15

Conference of the Parties

Plenary Hall

COP - Time to be announced

Time To be announced.

........ 6th meeting ................................. Plenary Hall

1. Organizational matters .................................... [item 1]

(c) Election of officers other than the President:

(ii) Election of the Chair of the Committee on Science and Technology

(iii) Election of the Chair of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

(d) Credentials of delegations (ICCD/COP(15)/22/Rev.1)

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.16

(f) Organization of work, including the sessions of the subsidiary bodies.

Consideration of the report of the Committee of the Whole

2. Report on the session ..................................... [item 8]

Adoption of the report of the Conference of the Parties

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.6

Committee of the Whole

Plenary Hall

COW - Immediately followed by a COP Plenary

5th meeting ................................. Plenary Hall

1. UNCCD 2018–2030 Strategic Framework ...................... [item 2]

(c) Follow-up on the midterm evaluation of the UNCCD 2018–2030 Strategic Framework

Action on draft decision* ICCD/COP(15)/L.17

2. Promotion and strengthening of relationships with other relevant conventions and international organizations, institutions and agencies ................ [item 3]

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.18

3. Policy frameworks and thematic issues ......................... [item 4]

Action on two draft decisions

4. Programme and budget .................................... [item 6]

(a) Programme and budget for the biennium 2022–2023

Action on two draft decisions: ICCD/COP(15)/L.19 and other

5. Procedural matters ....................................... [item 7]

(a) Participation and involvement of civil society organizations in meetings and processes of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification;

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.14

(b) Participation and involvement of the private sector in meetings and processes of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the business engagement strategy;

Action on draft decision ICCD/COP(15)/L.15

(c) Programme of work for the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties.

Action on draft decision

Other meetings

The designations employed do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
MET-08

CSO Consultations

MET-14

FAO - Private Meeting

(closed meeting)
MET-20

Annex I (Africa)

(closed meeting)
MET-03

Annex V (Central and Eastern European)

(closed meeting)
MET-19

Annex II (Asia)

(closed meeting)
MET-18

Annex III (GRULAC)

(closed meeting)
MET-15

JUSCANZ COORDINATION MEETING

(closed meeting)
MET-03

Annex V (Central and Eastern European)

(closed meeting)
MET-08

CSO - Consultations des jeunes

Side events

The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply any opinion or endorsement by the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
MET-13

CSRS (Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques) - Autonomisation des communautés rurales pour la gestion durable et la valorisation des systèmes naturels et agricoles

MET-12

IOM - Preserving ASAL ecosystems through the IGAD Protocol on Transhumance

MET-11

Nigeria - Scaling up degraded lands revitalization through large-scale LDN bankable investments and tracking progress on the ground from space