Joint Meeting of the Bern Convention Network of Special Focal Points (SFPs) on Eradication of Illegal Killing, Trapping, and Trade in Wild Birds, and the CMS Intergovernmental Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT)
Online
The Joint Meeting of the Bern Convention Network of Special Focal Points (SFPs) on Eradication of Illegal Killing, Trapping, and Trade in Wild Birds, and the CMS Intergovernmental Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT) will take place on 22 October 2026, online.
During this brief Joint Meeting on illegal killing, taking and trade of birds (IKB), there will be brief presentations on progress on the implementation of the Rome Strategic Plan 2020-2030: Eradicating Illegal Killing, Taking, and Trade in Wild Birds in Europe and the Mediterranean Region. Specifically, two important work items completed during 2026 will be introduced to members and observers. Firstly, the key findings of the mid-term assessment of the Rome Strategic Plan and recommended priorities for the remaining period to 2030, and secondly the results of the survey on IKB Motivations and Drivers.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, 22 October 2026 from 0930 to 1300hrs (CEST).
The primary objectives of the meeting are to:
Illegal killing, taking and trade of migratory birds (IKB) has been of growing concern in the Mediterranean region over the past decades. In response to this threat, the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (CMS COP11, Quito, 2014) adopted CMS Resolution 11.16 (Rev. COP15) to establish an Intergovernmental Task Force on Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Migratory Birds in the Mediterranean (MIKT). MIKT members and observers have been actively working towards the eradication of IKB. This will be the 7th meeting of the Task Force (MIKT7) after its meetings in Cairo in 2016 (MIKT1), in Malta in 2017 (MIKT2), in Rome in 2019 (MIKT 3), online in 2021 (MIKT4), in Valencia in 2022 (MIKT5) and in Bonn in 2025 (MIKT6). Since 2017 these meetings have been held jointly with the Bern Convention SPFs on IKB.
For further details about the meeting, please refer to the Meeting Documents section.
