51st Meeting of the Standing Committee
23 Nov - 27 Nov 2015
The 51st meeting of the Standing Committee will take place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday 23 to Friday 27 November 2015.
Featured documents
16 February 2016
Report and Decisions of the 51st meeting of the Standing Committee (SC51)
16 February 2016
Decisions of the 51st meeting of the Standing Committee (SC51)
25 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report to the Finance Sub Group on financial matters and outstanding annual contributions
25 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report to the Finance Sub Group on fundraising
27 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report to Standing Committee of the Sub Group on Finance
26 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report of the STRP Chair
26 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Ramsar Regional Initiatives
26 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Progress Report on the development of the format for National Reports to COP13
26 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Process and proposals for timeframe to implement the Wetland City accreditation of the Ramsar Convention
27 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report on the draft CEPA Action Plan
27 November 2015
SC51 Presentation: Report on preparations for World Wetlands Day 2016, and proposed themes for 2017 and 2018
18 November 2015
Opening statement by the Chair to the 51st meeting of Standing Committee
24 November 2015
Joint statement to the 51st meeting of Standing Committee on behalf of the International Organization Partners
20 November 2015
Updated list of meeting documents for SC51
27 November 2015
SC51-01 Rev.7 Final Agenda and Programme
18 November 2015
SC51-01bis Rev.2 Annotated Draft Agenda
19 August 2015
SC51-02 Matters arising from the 49th and 50th meetings of the Standing Committee
19 August 2015
SC51-03 Matters arising for the Standing Committee from COP12 Resolutions
19 August 2015
SC51-04 Costs of actions to be taken to implement COP12 Resolutions in the 2016-2018 triennium
19 August 2015
SC51-06 Report of the Secretary General and the Secretariat
19 August 2015
SC51-07 Secretariat Work Plan for the 2016-2018 triennium
19 August 2015
SC51-08 Ramsar Convention Secretariat Work Plan for 2016
19 August 2015
SC51-09 Progress report on the development of the format for National Reports to COP13
19 August 2015
SC51-10 Progress on implementing Resolution XI.6 on Partnership and synergies with Multilateral Environmental Agreements and other institutions and plan on how to increase cooperation with other MEAs
19 August 2015
SC51-11 Regional initiatives in the framework of the Ramsar Convention
16 November 2015
SC51-12 Proposals for new Ramsar Regional Initiatives
16 November 2015
SC51-13 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) and draft STRP 2016-2018 work plan
19 August 2015
SC51-14 CEPA Action Plan for the Ramsar Secretariat 2016-2024
19 August 2015
SC51-15 World Wetlands Day themes
19 August 2015
SC51-16 Update on the status of Sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance
20 August 2015
SC51-17 Consultancy support for the development of a strategy outlining the potential phased integration of Arabic or other UN languages into the work of the Convention
21 August 2015
SC51-18 Ramsar financial matters 2014 / 2015 / 2016
25 November 2015
SC51-19 Rev.1 Contracting Parties with outstanding annual contributions
20 August 2015
SC51-20 Report on efforts to raise funds for COP12 delegates as per Resolution XII.1
20 August 2015
SC51-21 Report on prioritization of fundraising activities to fund non-core budget activities from all sources, with a view to significantly increasing non-Party contributions
20 August 2015
SC51-22 Status of and recommendations for the Small Grants Fund
30 October 2015
SC51-23 Rev.2 Update on formal agreements and joint work plans of the Ramsar Convention and partners
20 August 2015
SC51-INF.DOC.01 Legal Memo re: Legal issues relating to the adoption of new rules of procedure at the conclusion of the meeting of the Conference of the Parties and their use in governance of meetings
20 August 2015
SC51-INF.DOC.02 Information documents for the Working Group on IUCN, Standing Committee and Secretary General
20 August 2015
SC51-INF.DOC.03 Briefing for new members on the roles and responsibilities of the Standing Committee Chairs and members
30 October 2015
SC51-INF.DOC.04 UNEP Paper: “Elaboration of Options for Enhancing Synergies among Biodiversity-Related Conventions”
19 November 2015