2024/024: Call for Support for the Programme of Work for the Intersessional Period between COP14 and COP15

The Secretariat is pleased to share the final Programme of Work for the intersessional period between COP14 and COP15.

The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CMS (COP14, February 2024, Samarkand) endorsed, on an exceptional basis, a provisional Programme of Work for the intersessional period between COP14 and COP15, as contained in Annex 6 of Resolution 14.2. 

COP14 further requested the Secretariat to finalize the Programme of Work and to submit it to the Standing Committee for its consideration, and further requested the Standing Committee to adopt a final Programme of Work. 

Following several rounds of consultations and revisions of a draft final Programme of Work and an informal online meeting of Standing Committee members, this final Programme of Work for the intersessional period between COP14 and COP15 was adopted on 5 October 2024 by the Standing Committee through a written procedure.

The Secretariat has prepared a list of POW activities that require funding and that are pressing in terms of timeframe. The list is enclosed to the notification.  The selection of these activities takes into account the limited timeframe for the POW implementation in view of COP15 (March 2026) and considers available resources.

The Secretariat invites Parties and other stakeholders to explore opportunities to allocate resources to support the implementation of activities of the Programme of Work.

For further information, please contact Mrs Laura Cerasi, Fundraising and Partnerships Officer, CMS Secretariat, at [email protected].