Decisions 13.14 to 13.15 - National Reports

The Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, shall undertake a revision of the National Report format and its guidance document to reflect lessons learnt during the reporting period and take into account the outcomes of the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and, to the extent appropriate, further strengthen synergies within the CMS Family and with reporting processes of other Multilateral Environmental Agreements, and submit the revisions to the Standing Committee at its 52nd meeting.

The Standing Committee is requested to consider and, as appropriate, endorse the revision of the National Report format and the guidance document produced by the Secretariat further to Decision 13.14, so that it can be issued at least a year (preferably more) in advance of the deadline for submission of reports to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties and make any appropriate recommendations to the 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties concerning the National Report format, including on its subsequent use.