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Agenda item 1.    OPENING OF THE MEETING & ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

Agenda item 1.1. Adoption of the agenda

Agenda item 1.2. Statement by Mr Rafael Benitez, Director of Social rights, Health and Environment

Agenda item 2.    REPORT FROM THE SECRETARIAT

Agenda item 2.1.    Follow up to the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe on 16-17 May 2023 in Reykjavík, Iceland

- Creation of the Department on the Reykjavík process and the Environment / Directorate of Social rights, Health and Environment

- Involvement of the Bern Convention in the Reykjavík process

Agenda item 2.2.   Staff turnover

Agenda item 3.   FINANCING AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BERN CONVENTION

Agenda item 3.1.   Draft Protocol amending the Bern Convention – state of play

Agenda item 3.2.    Voluntary contributions received in 2023 and 2024: state of play

  • T-PVS/Inf(2023)11Rev - Table of the voluntary contributions received
  • T-PVS/Inf(2024)08 - Table of the voluntary contributions received

Agenda item 3.3.    Report on the use of the resources from the Special Account of the Bern Convention

Agenda item 3.4.    Rules of Procedure – initial discussion on possible future modifications

Agenda item 3.5.    Working Group on overseeing implementation of the Strategic Plan

Agenda item 3.6.    Case-file reflection: Prioritising new complaints and facilitating the closure/dismissal of case-files

Agenda item 4.    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET FOR 2024

Agenda item 4.1.    European Diploma for Protected Areas: results of the meeting of the Group of Specialists (20-21 February 2024) and planning of the appraisal visits in 2024


Agenda item 4.2.    Emerald Network: work plan for 2024 and preparation of the Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks (Vaduz, 17-18 April 2024)

  • T-PVS/Agenda(2024)01 – Agenda of the Group of Experts on Protected Areas and Ecological Networks

Agenda item 4.3.    Kresna technical workshop in line with Recommendation No. 212 (2021): “Challenges & opportunities for the conservation of reptiles and large carnivores during linear infrastructure development in South-East Europe” (22-24 April 2024): State of play

Agenda item 4.4.    Reporting under Resolution No. 8 (2012) on the conservation status of species and habitats

Agenda item 4.5.    Group of Experts on the Conservation of Birds and IKB

Agenda item 4.6.    Large Carnivores

Agenda item 4.7.    Important Herpetofauna Areas

T-PVS/Inf(2024)07 –Survey_Development of Important Herpetofauna Areas

Agenda item 4.8.    Reinforcing the collaboration between the Group of Experts on Amphibians and Reptiles and the Group of Experts on invasive alien species

Agenda item 5.    MONITORING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CONVENTION (Biennial reporting and Online reporting system)

Agenda item 6.    IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION: CASE-FILES 

  • T-PVS/Notes(2024)1 – Summary of open and possible case files
  • T-PVS/Notes(2024)2– Summary of complaints on stand-by
  •  T-PVS/Notes(2024)3– Summary of new & pending complaints
  •  T-PVS/Inf(2024)1 – Register of Bern Convention’s case-files

Agenda item 6.1.    Open files

  • 2016/5: Albania: Presumed negative impact of developments on the Vjosa river including hydro-power plant and Vlora International Airport
  • 2017/02: North Macedonia: Alleged negative impacts to Lake Ohrid and Galichica National Park candidate Emerald Sites due to infrastructure developments
  • 2019/5: Türkiye: Habitat destruction in Mersin Anamur Beach
  • 2020/09: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Possible negative impact of hydro-power plant development on the Neretva river

Agenda item 6.2.    Possible files

Agenda item 6.3.    Complaints on stand-by 

  • 2014/08: Greece: Presumed large-scale exploitation and marketing of protected marine shelled molluscs
  • 2016/09: Georgia: Possible threat to “Svaneti 1” Emerald Site (GE0000012) from Nenskra Hydro Power Plant development 
  • 2020/06: Portugal: Presumed threat to Tagus Estuary Special Protected Area from a new airport
  • 2021/2: Norway: Alleged threat to birds and protected sites due to the proposed construction of windfarms
  • 2021/05: Germany: Habitat loss in Baden-Württemberg threating the conservation of Tetrao urogallus
  • 2021/06: France: Conservation of the Western hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia rhenana)
  • 2022/01: Serbia: Alleged habitat destruction in the area of Novi Sad due to proposed infrastructure constructions 
  • 2022/02: Austria: Alleged violation of the Convention in relation to deliberate killing of lutra lutra
  • 2022/03: Norway: Wolf Culling Policy in Norway
  • 2022/04: Montenegro: Hydropower plant development on Emerald Network site Komarnica (ME000000P)
  • 2022/06: Serbia: Possible negative impact of mining activities in Bosilegrad and in the Homolje Mt region 

Agenda item 6.4.    New (pending) complaints

  • 2022/7: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Possible negative impact of mining activities in Trstionica – Gornja Bukovica and Vareš

Agenda item 6.5.    New complaints

  • 2023/1: Albania: Alleged habitat destruction due to the construction of the Skavica Hydropower Plant on the Drin River 
  • 2023/2: Switzerland: Alleged damage to protected habitats and species due to logging activities in the Belpau Emerald Network site (CH0000028)
  • 2023/3: Switzerland: New wolf culling policy

Agenda item 6.6.    Resumption of certain Ukrainian case-files

Agenda item 6.7.    Follow-up of previous recommendations and case-files

Agenda item 7.    ANY OTHER BUSINESS

Agenda item 7.1.    Dates of the 44th Standing Committee meeting

(Strasbourg) 18-19 March
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