Prague, Czech Republic from 9 to 11 May 2022
Venue: The Eastern Europe regional preparatory meeting for the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions took place from 9 to 11 May 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. The meeting was held back-to-back with a regional meeting of the Strategic Approach on International Chemicals Management, taking place at the same venue on 12 and 13 May 2022.
Meeting Objectives: The objective of the regional preparatory meeting was to give Parties within the Eastern Europe region the possibility to consult each other in advance of the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 COPs, consider meeting documents, discuss substantive matters, identify regional priorities and challenges, and facilitate the preparation of regional positions. The programme for the meeting was developed in consultation with members of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the three conventions from the Eastern Europe region. As indicated in the programme, the break out group sessions of the meeting were closed to observers in order to allow Parties to discuss regional positions on items of the agendas of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties.
Working Language: English and Russian.
Organizers: The meetings were organized in cooperation with the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic (SCRC-Czech Republic). The regional preparatory meetings for the 2022 face-to-face segment of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were organized thanks to the generous financial support provided by the Governments of Norway and Switzerland, as well as the European Union through the Programme on Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs Programme).
Participants were invited to consult the meeting documents of the face-to-face segment of the 2021/2022 conferences of the Parties in advance of the regional preparatory meeting.
Regional preparatory meeting for the 2021 online segment of the COPs for the Eastern Europe region
Information about the regional preparatory meetings for the 2021 online segment of the COPs for the Eastern Europe region held online on 11 and 12 May 2021 is found here.