Cooperation with other conventions and international bodies

The Conference of the Parties

1. Welcomes and supports further specific cooperation with international conventions and international bodies, including the Convention on Biological Diversity; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat; the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; the European Landscape Convention; the Council of Europe; the Committee of the Regions, European Environment Agency, the UN Environment; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); European Association of Mountain Areas (EUROMONTANA); the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR); the Central European Initiative; the Visegrad Group; the Regional Environmental Centre (REC); GRID Arendal, GRID Warsaw; the Mountain Partnership; Eurac Research;
2. Welcomes the cooperation with the Alpine Convention in the framework of the concluded Memorandum of Understanding, and requests the Secretariat to continue to strengthen the cooperation with the Alpine Convention in fields such as institutional cooperation, the exchange of information and experience, the development and implementation of common projects, collaboration on implementation of the Conventions and their respective Programmes of Work, the implementation of the Programmes of Work of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on Protected Areas and on Mountain Biodiversity and collaboration in the field of protected area networks in the Alps and the Carpathians;
3. Welcomes outcomes of the Mountain Week organized during Expo 2015 in Milan, Italy, which was initiated by the Ministry of the Environment of Italy in collaboration with the Alpine Convention and the Carpathian Convention, promoting sustainable mountain development and mountain products from all around the world and thanks to the Czech Republic for organizing a seminar on Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Regions as a part of the event;
4. Welcomes the cooperation with the Alpine Convention on the organization of the Conference The Role of Women in Mountain Regions, held on 18 - 19 April 2017 in Alpbach, Austria, which focused on the unique role of women in mountain regions, examining their indispensable contribution to the protection, preservation and development of these regions, and encourages the Secretariat to continue the cooperation in order to implement the Final Declaration of the Conference and its recommendations, raise awareness on the topic and present this initiative in various international fora, among which the World Mountain Forum in 2018;
5. Welcomes the cooperation between the Secretariats of the Carpathian and Alpine Conventions and the Regional Academy on the United Nations (RAUN) in mentoring a group of researchers for the development of a study on women’s access to natural resources, participation in natural resource preservation and management in mountain areas, to be presented at the RAUN 2017 - 2018 Conference on Women and Girls in a Changing World: Prospects and Challenges, in January 2018 in Vienna, Austria, and requests the Secretariat to follow the process;
6. Appreciates invitation and support of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas to members of the CNPA for organization of the Youth at the Top events in 2016 and 2017 within the collective project of ALPARC and Educ´Alps, and encourages the Parties and the CNPA members to join the initiative in the future;
7. Supports the establishment and implementation of programmes to foster the further experience exchange between the Alps, Carpathians and other mountain regions, requests the Secretariat to implement the required activities and promote partnerships with other mountain regions, including interregional cooperation, and invites UN Environment, all interested partners and donors, to participate in and to contribute to the process.