× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Programme of work and budget of the Carpathian Convention Document type Decision Reference number COP6/20 Date Nov 25, 2020 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Environment gen. Treaty Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (May 22, 2003) Meeting 6th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention Website www.informea.org Abstract The Conference of the Parties 1. Recalling its Decision COP5/15 on the Programme of Work and budget of the Carpathian Convention; 2. Having considered the report of the Secretariat on the implementation of the Programme of Work3 (CC/COP6/DOC6); 3. Takes note of the balance statement of the Trust Fund of the UN Environment Programme - Vienna Office – Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention; 4. Encourages the Parties to continue to finance their participation in meetings related to the implementation of the Programme of Work, and/or to share their expertise through their participation in online consultations and through providing leadership to the Working Groups; 5. Requests the Secretariat to continue to facilitate the online consultations and information sharing by making available the appropriate tools, procedures and processes; 6. Approves the Programme of Work for 2021 – 2023 of the Carpathian Convention as in Annex 14 and mandates the CCIC to revise and periodically update it. 7. Having considered the experience gained during COVID-19 pandemic, agrees that some of the Carpathian Convention meetings might be organized in an online format following Operating Procedures for the Virtual Meetings - the supplementing document to the “Rules of Procedures for the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention”, and requests the Secretariat to support the relevant organization of the meetings; 8. Adopts the Budget for 2021, 2022 and 2023 for the Carpathian Convention as in Annex 25; 9. Calls upon the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention to actively promote and service the implementation of the Programme of Work and the implementation of COP Decisions; 10. Decides that each Party will contribute to the Trust Fund on a yearly basis in accordance with the attached scale of assessment as in Annex 36.