Africa: Uganda Asia: Mongolia Europe: France & Central America and the Caribbean: Argentina Oceania: Australia In accordance with paragraph 3) of the Terms of reference, the Working Group remained open to participation by other interested Governments. The following Governments participated in the Working Group on that basis: Norway Switzerland The Secretariat convened two meetings of the Working Group with the financial support of Switzerland. The first meeting was held from 19-20 September 2016 in Bonn, Germany. In accordance with the Terms of reference, the Working Group elected Australia as Chair and Uganda as Vice-Chair (para. 3) and determined the structure of its work (para. 5)). The second meeting was held from 7-8 November 2016 in Bonn, Germany, back-to-back with the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee. As further financial resources were available from Switzerland, additional members of the Standing Committee were able to participate in the second meeting of the Working Group: Africa: Africa Asia: Kyrgyzstan Europe: Ukraine South & Central America and the Caribbean: Bolivia and Costa Rica Oceania: The Philippines Documents relating to the meetings can be here: ; . Best practices identified from established review mechanisms At its first meeting, the Working Group discussed and compared the features and methodologies of existing review mechanisms of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), taking into account their advantages, disadvantages and the costs involved, in accordance with its Terms of reference. The review mechanisms of the following MEAs were presented at the meeting: AEWA (CMS, African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement) ACCOBAMS (CMS, Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area) CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity - Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols) Bern Convention Ramsar Convention CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Aarhus Convention UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Presentations on the review mechanisms of the respective MEAs can be found . Following a comprehensive discussion, the Working Group compiled and agreed on a list of best practices, found in the mechanisms presented at the meeting and structured them according to the following key questions (): What are the benefits of a review process?
Africa: Uganda Asia: Mongolia Europe: France & Central America and the Caribbean: Argentina Oceania: Australia In accordance with paragraph 3) of the Terms of reference, the Working Group remained open to participation by other interested Governments. The following Governments participated in the Working Group on that basis: Norway Switzerland The Secretariat convened two meetings of the Working Group with the financial support of Switzerland. The first meeting was held from 19-20 September 2016 in Bonn, Germany. In accordance with the Terms of reference, the Working Group elected Australia as Chair and Uganda as Vice-Chair (para. 3) and determined the structure of its work (para. 5)). The second meeting was held from 7-8 November 2016 in Bonn, Germany, back-to-back with the 45th meeting of the Standing Committee. As further financial resources were available from Switzerland, additional members of the Standing Committee were able to participate in the second meeting of the Working Group: Africa: Africa Asia: Kyrgyzstan Europe: Ukraine South & Central America and the Caribbean: Bolivia and Costa Rica Oceania: The Philippines Documents relating to the meetings can be here: ; . Best practices identified from established review mechanisms At its first meeting, the Working Group discussed and compared the features and methodologies of existing review mechanisms of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), taking into account their advantages, disadvantages and the costs involved, in accordance with its Terms of reference. The review mechanisms of the following MEAs were presented at the meeting: AEWA (CMS, African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement) ACCOBAMS (CMS, Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area) CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity - Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols) Bern Convention Ramsar Convention CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Aarhus Convention UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Presentations on the review mechanisms of the respective MEAs can be found . Following a comprehensive discussion, the Working Group compiled and agreed on a list of best practices, found in the mechanisms presented at the meeting and structured them according to the following key questions (): What are the benefits of a review process?
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