Cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme

The Conference of the Parties

1. Acknowledges that closer cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention will enhance implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development including the Sustainable Development Goals;
2. Notes with appreciation the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention’s regular contributions to the UNEP Executive Director’s quarterly report to the Committee of Permanent Representatives of UNEP highlighting the key achievements and policy developments of the Carpathian Convention;
3. Welcomes UNEP’s initiative to consult Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) including the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention on the development of the new UNEP medium-term strategy for 2022 – 2025 and the related programme of work, to ensure that the Conventions’ priorities are taken into consideration in the programmatic work of UNEP;
4. Welcomes the continued work of the “MEAs Focal Points Network” for enhancing communication and cooperation among the MEA Secretariats as well as the Secretariats of MEAs and UNEP;
5. Encourages activities to enhance synergies and programmatic cooperation between UNEP and the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention, and requests the Secretariat, with support of UNEP, to identify potential areas for future cooperation in the light of their respective mandates and the latest scientific information;
6. Encourages greater engagement by the Carpathian Convention, in the activities of the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) by inter alia taking part in structured dialogues and informal events relating to Multilateral Environment Agreements in order to strengthen programmatic cooperation between UNEP and the Convention, and requests the Secretariat to support such initiatives;
7. Invites greater engagement of Major Groups and Stakeholders from the Carpathian Region in the UNEA and its preparatory process, and request the UNEP Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention to support such engagement;
8. Invites UNEP to participate in the regional forums of ministers of environment, and in the Ministerial Conference of the Carpathian Convention