17th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee
7-8 September 2026 | Vienna, Austria
The 17th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee will take place in Vienna, Austria on 7-8 September 2026.
The Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC) acts as a monitoring body and is responsible for preparing political decisions for the Conference of the Parties. The 17th meeting of the CCIC will provide updates on the progress made since the 16th CCIC meeting held 2-3 December 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting’s primary objective will be to prepare for the 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention (CC COP8), to be held on 1–4 December 2026, including the negotiation of CC COP8 decisions and the finalization of all relevant documents.
REGISTRATION
The 17th meeting of the CCIC is open for participation by Member States and observers. Registration is open until 17 July 2026.
All registrations must be submitted online via the INDICO registration system. Please note that:
- Registration will require the creation of an INDICO account for first-time users
- The review and verification process of the registration to the CCIC meeting is not automatic and may take a few days, depending on the volume of registrations received
- Approved participants will receive an email notification with a confirmation from the INDICO portal, which is used to finalize the registration process when arriving at the United Nations Office at the Vienna International Centre in person and for collecting badges
- The registration link will take you to both the online and in-person registration forms
BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS
Overall:
DECISION COP7/1 Implementation of the Carpathian Convention
- Carpathian Biodiversity Framework
- Carpathian Biodiversity Framework Implementation Plan 2027-2035
- CARPATHIAN LIFE Info Note
- Ministerial Declaration of the Carpathian Convention on the impact of war in Ukraine on the environment and the need for cooperation and assistance
- Set of measures – support to Ukraine within the Carpathian Convention
DECISION COP7/2 Cooperation with regional and local authorities and all relevant stakeholders
DECISION COP7/6 Implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
DECISION COP7/8 Strengthening science-policy-practice interface and cooperation with scientific networks
- Recommendations from the Science for the Carpathians (S4C) to the Carpathian Convention
- Recommendations from the Student Conference on Conservation Science for the Carpathian Convention
- ProBioTIC project documents:
DECISION COP7/9 Conservation and sustainable use of biological and landscape diversity
- 16th WG Biodiversity – Meeting Final Agenda
- 16th WG Biodiversity – Meeting Report
- International Action Plan on Conservation of Large Carnivores and Ensuring Ecological Connectivity in the Carpathians
- Proposal for a Concerted Action for the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) Proposed for Listing on Appendix II of the CMS Convention
- Proposal for the Inclusion of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Appendix II and Balkan Lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) in Appendix I of the CMS Convention
- WG Biodiversity Work Plan 2024- 2026
DECISION COP7/13 Sustainable Forest Management
- WG Forest Work Plan 2023 – 2026
- Assessment of climate change risks and adaptation options for the Carpathian forest ecosystems and their services
DECISION COP7/15 Sustainable tourism
- Memorandum of Cooperation between the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention and the Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform (CSTP) Centre Romania
- Central Mountains project documents:
- Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform Solution: Cross-Border Working Teams
- Action Plan for sustainable tourism development
- CSTP WorkPlan: Designing and Testing a new Carpathian Sustainable Platform Cooperation System
- Action Plan for sustainable tourism development in the Carpathians – Draft
- Transnational structures for long-term cooperation in mountain areas – Draft
- Carpathian Sustainable Tourism Platform work plan – Draft
DECISION COP7/16 Cultural Heritage and traditional knowledge
DECISION COP7/19 Awareness raising, education and public participation
