41st meeting of the Standing Committee

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)
41st Meeting of the Standing Committee
Kobuleti, Georgia, 26 April - 1 May 2010

The 41st meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands will take place in the town of Kobuleti, near Batumi, the capital city of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, in the western part of Georgia. More information for participants can be found here.

Documentation for the meeting

Document	Agenda	Title and Web link	Word	PDF
SC41-01 Rev 2	item 2	Draft agenda, Revision 2
SC41-02	MWG	Review of the process for recruitment of the Secretary General
SC41-03	Finance	Review of 2009 core and projects income and expenditure, including audited financial statements
SC41-04	Finance	Current status of the Reserve Fund
SC41-05	Finance	Status of the Secretariat services agreement with IUCN
SC41-06	Finance	Contracting Parties that are consistently in arrears with payments to the Convention (see PDF for annexed table)
SC41-07	Finance	Review of process and mechanisms for Secretariat staff salary awards
SC41-08	Finance	Ramsar Secretariat Core Budget 2010 (see PDF for annexed table)
SC41-09	Finance	Ramsar Secretariat non-Core requirements and activities 2010
SC41-10	Finance	Towards a new budget Framework for COP11
SC41-11	Finance	Progress report on engagement with the Global Environment Facility
SC41-12	Finance	Report on the Ramsar Small Grants Fund
SC41-13	Finance	Regional Initiatives 2009-2012 in the framework of the Ramsar Convention
SC41-13 add.	Finance	Regional Initiatives, Addendum: Reports 2009 and Proposals for 2009-2012 (Index to PDFs)
SC41-14	COP11	[Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Romania]
SC41-15	COP11	Report on preparations for COP11
SC41-16	COP11	Criteria and Procedures for the COP11 Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award
SC41-17	item 4	Report of the Secretary General (see PDF for annexed table)
SC41-18	item 5	Roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee
SC41-19	item 10	Progress report on the appointment of a Partnership Coordinator
SC41-20	item 11	COP10 outputs requiring action or review by Standing Committee
SC41-21	item 12	Review of the Ramsar Convention’s relationship with its International Organization Partners
SC41-22	item 13	Promotion and utilization of the “Changwon Declaration”
SC41-23	item 13	Ramsar Secretariat work plan 2010 – Report on activities since January 2010 (see PDF for annexed table)
SC41-24	item 15	Draft National Report Format for COP11
SC41-25	item 16	Update on the status of sites in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance
SC41-26	item 17	Report of the STRP Chair and STRP Work Plan for 2010-2011
SC41-26 add.1	item 17	STRP Work Plan 2009-2012 -- updated March 2010
SC41-27	item 17	Progress and advice on IPBES
SC41-28	item 18	Report of the CEPA Programme Officer
SC41-29	item 18	World Wetlands Day  themes for 2011 and 2012
SC41-30	item 18	Plans for the Convention’s 40th anniversary
SC41-31	item 19	Update on business partnership activities
SC41-32	item 17	Report of the STRP Oversight Committee
SC41-33	item 14	Report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Administrative Reform
		All Standing Committee documents in one ZIP file (Word=1MB, PDF=9MB)