The Group of Specialists on the European Diploma for Protected Areas held its annual meeting on 23-24 February 2022 by video-conference.

The Group assessed the lessons learned from the advisory visits which took place virtually or in hybrid set up last year. Linked to this, the Group discussed the foreseen appraisal visits planned in 2022 including those which were postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic and whether the virtual scenario for advisory visits is an appropriate alternative to maintain the monitoring of the European Diploma.

The Group further examined the situation in several sites requiring a particular attention and exchanged views on the communication outputs resulting from the strategy agreed on last year.

For more information, visit the European Diploma for Protected Areas meeting page.