63rd meeting of the Standing Committee

Gland Switzerland

3 Jun - 7 Jun 2024

The 63rd meeting of the Standing Committee will take place at Secretariat headquarters in Gland, Switzerland, from Monday 3 to Friday 7 June 2024.

Provisional agenda

1 Opening statements (no documents)
1.1 Chair of the Standing Committee (China)
1.2 Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
1.3 International Organization Partners (IOPs)
1.4 Secretary General of the Convention
Procedural matters
2 Adoption of the provisional agenda Show documents Hide documents
3 Adoption of the provisional working programme (document SC63 Doc.3)
4 Admission of observers (document SC63 Doc.4)
Administrative and financial matters
5 Report of the Chair of the Standing Committee and of the Executive Team (document SC63 Doc.5)
6 Report of the Secretary General (document SC63 Doc.6)
7 Report of the Management Working Group
7.1 Report on the activities of the Management Working Group (document SC63 Doc.7.1)
7.2 Report on the process for recruiting a new Secretary General (document SC63 Doc.7.2)
8 Report of the Secretariat on the implementation of the Decisions of the Standing Committee (document SC63 Doc.8)
9 Financial and budgetary matters (for consideration by the Subgroup on Finance)
9.1 Report on financial matters for 2023 and 2024 (document SC63 Doc.9.1)
9.2 Status of annual contributions (document SC63 Doc.9.2)
Strategic matters
10 Urgent challenges to the wise use of wetlands to receive enhanced attention: Update on wetlands inventories (document SC63 Doc.10)
11 Report of the Strategic Plan Working Group (document SC63 Doc.11)
12 Report of the Working Group on Institutional Strengthening (document SC63 Doc.12)
13 Report of the Secretariat on implementation of Resolution XIV.3
13.1 Strategy for communication with Contracting Parties (Resolution XIV.3 paragraph 11) (document SC63 Doc.13.1)
13.2 Enhancing intersessional collaboration between Contracting Parties (follow-up to Standing Committee Decision SC62-18) (document SC63 Doc.13.2)
14 Work plan of the Secretariat for 2024 (document SC63 Doc.14)
15 Enhancing the Convention’s visibility and synergies in partnership with multilateral environmental agreements and other international institutions (document SC63 Doc.15)
16 Review and consolidation of current Resolutions (document SC63 Doc.16)
17 Communication, capacity building, education, participation and awareness (CEPA)
17.1 Report of the Chair of the CEPA Oversight Panel (document SC63 Doc.17.1)
17.2 Report of the Secretariat on the proposed future operations of the CEPA Oversight Panel, in accordance with Resolution XIV.8 (document SC63 Doc.17.2)
17.3 Report of the Secretariat on World Wetlands Day 2023 (document SC63 Doc.17.3)
17.4 World Wetlands Day themes for 2025, 2026 and 2027 (document SC63 Doc.17.4)
18 Report of the Youth Working Group (document SC63 Doc.18)
Scientific matters
19 Report of the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel on implementation of the STRP work plan (document SC63 Doc.19)
20 Technical proposal of the STRP on resourcing and implementing waterbird population estimates (document SC63 Doc.20)
Implementation matters
21 Preparation of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15)
21.1 Report of the Secretariat on COP15 (document SC63 Doc.21.1)
21.2 Report of the Subgroup on COP15 (document SC63 Doc.21.2)
21.3 Proposal of the Secretariat on the process for preparation and review of draft resolutions (document SC63 Doc.21.3)
21.4 Proposal of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards (document SC63 Doc.21.4)
22 Report of the Secretariat on the challenges and opportunities related to the submission and updating of Ramsar Information Sheets (document SC63 Doc.22)
23 Report of the Secretariat on proposals on strengthening the process to include a Site on the List of Wetlands of International Importance (document SC63 Doc.23)
24 Update of the Secretariat on the implementation of Resolution XIV.20 (document SC63 Doc.24)
25 Report of the Secretariat on the Ramsar Regional Initiatives (document SC63 Doc.25)
Concluding matters
26 Dates of the 64th meeting of the Standing Committee (no document)
27 Adoption of the report of the meeting (no document)
28 Any other business (no document)
29 Closing remarks (no document)