Bern Convention institutions
15-18 November 2016 Strasbourg, France

36th Standing Committee meeting

5-6 September 2016 Strasbourg, France

T-PVS Bureau Meeting (2)

22 March 2016 Strasbourg, France

T-PVS Bureau Meeting (1)

scientific and technical meetings
19 September 2016 Strasbourg, France

Ad-Hoc Restricted Group of Experts on Reporting on the Emerald Network of Areas of Special Conservation Interest

28 June 2016 Council of Europe Office in Paris

Meeting of a Select Group of Experts on the European Action Plan for the recovery and reintroduction of the Osprey

31 May - 1 June 2016 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group of Experts on Biodiversity and Climate change

23-27 May 2016 Iceland

Monitoring and Advisory visit

14-15 April 2016 Tirana, Albania

3rd Meeting of the Special Focal Points for Illegal killing, trapping and trade of wild birds

31st March - 1st April 2016 Rome, Italy

Select Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species

26 January 2016 Skype

Consultative Group on the Intergovernmental Task Force to address illegal killing, taking and trade of migratory birds in the Mediterranean region

Ecological networks
1-2 December 2016 Tbilisi, Georgia

Emerald biogeographical Seminar for bird species for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

Final event of the EU/CoE Joint Programme: “Reaching concerted site conservation at pan-European level: progress, challenges and future of the Emerald Network”

6-8 September 2016 Kyiv, Ukraine

Emerald Network Biogeographical Seminar for all habitats and species (except birds) for the Steppic region (the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine), the Alpine Caucasus (the Russian Federation), the Marine Black Sea (Ukraine, the Russian Federation) and the Marine Caspian Sea

14-15 June 2016 Trondheim, Norway

2nd Emerald biogeographical Seminar for Norway

11-13 May 2016 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Emerald Network biogeographical Seminar for all habitats and species (except birds) for the Continental Region (Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation and Ukraine) and the Pannonian and Alpine Carpathians (Ukraine)

14 January 2016 Strasbourg, France

3rd Steering Committee meeting of the EU/CoE Joint Programme "Emerald Network - Phase II"

European Diploma for Protected Areas (EDPA)
7 March 2016 Strasbourg, France

Group of Specialists on the European Diploma

Highlights

The work of the Bern Convention contributes to the implementation of the Council of Europe Strategy on the Environment and Action Plan by addressing the triple planetary crisis of pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss through multilateral cooperation.