The 8th Meeting of the CP/RAC National Focal Points will be held in Barcelona in May

From 22nd to 24th of May 2011 the 8th Meeting of CP/RAC National Focal Points will take place in Barcelona (Spain). The meeting is being convened pursuant to the Decisions of the 16th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention (Marrakech, November 2009).

The objectives of the Meeting are to exchange information on the activities developed by CP/RAC over the last 2 years and to discuss and approve a proposed programme of work of CP/RAC for the biennium 2012-2013. That programme of work will be submitted for adoption by the 17th Ordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention.

The working languages of the meeting will be English and French and this event will be organized and carried out in a sustainable way, which means that paper will be minimized to maximum.

In addition to the CP/RAC official Focal Points, the invitation to participate in the Meeting is being extended to specialized agencies of the United Nations, other governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as to the international professional organizations and associations whose activities are relevant for the work of CP/RAC.

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