16th Meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee
2-3 December 2025, Belgrade, Serbia
Upon a kind invitation of the Serbian Presidency of the Carpathian Convention, the 16th meeting of the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee will take place in Belgrade, Serbia in 2-3 December 2025.
The Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee (CCIC) acts as a monitoring body and is in charge of preparing political decisions for the Conference of the Parties. Following the 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention (CC COP7) on 11-13 October 2023 in Belgrade, Serbia, this 16th meeting of the CCIC will provide relevant updates and describe the progress made since the 15th CCIC meeting.
MEETING DOCUMENTS
Presentations:
CCIC Day 1 Progress Report Presentation
CCIC Day 2 Progress Report Presentation
Presentations by speakers:
- Multi-Country Mountain Flagship under the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – Serbia — Ivan Svetozarevic, UNEP Consultant
- Forum Carpaticum 2025 and related recommendations for the Carpathian Convention — Jakub Csabay, Comenius University Bratislava; Secretariat
- Report on Working Group Biodiversity activities, including updates from the Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA) – Eliška Rolfová, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
- LECA project: Supporting the coexistence and conservation of Carpathian Large CArnivores — Martin Duľa, Mendel University in Brno / LECA Project Lead Partner
- NaturaConnect project: Building a resilient ecological network of conserved areas across Europe for nature and people — Hildegard Meyer, WWF CEE
- Carpathian Wetland Initiative (CWI) — Natália Kubicová, CWI Coordinator
- ForestConnect project: Towards a climate-smart forest connectivity for large carnivores in the Balkan-Carpathian-Dinaric region – Tanya Georgieva-Schnell, WWF Bulgaria; Elisabeth Wiegele, CUAS The Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
- Multifunctional farming conference — Stephen Bramwell, Professor at the Washington State University
- “Transhumance – the seasonal droving of livestock” file submission to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Humanity — Ioana Baskerville, Romanian Academy – Iasi Branch; CSTP relevant outcomes and way forward for WG Tourism – Alina Dragan, Braşov County Council/CSTP Romania
- Strengthening Governance and Stakeholder Participation under the Carpathian Convention through the Central Mountains project – Isidoro De Bortoli, Agnese Brigatti
- Sharing experiences on decarbonization and just transition – LIFE IP North-HUTrans – Zsuzsa Piskóti, Head of the Coal Commission Secretariat
- Ukrainian Carpathians Need Your Help – Report by Natalya Voloshyna, representative of the NGO Ecosphere
Overall:
- Tentative Calendar 2026 of Carpathian Convention meetings
- CC COP7 Decisions
- CC Programme of Work 2024-2026
DECISION COP7/1 Implementation of the Carpathian Convention
- Carpathian Biodiversity Framework
- 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 COP7/6 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
- 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
