Harmonization of National Reporting

UNEP-WCMC with UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Conventions, in collaboration with the secretariats of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, African – Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and Indian Ocean South-East Asian Marine Turtle Memorandum of Understanding (IOSEA), has implemented from 2006-2008 a project on Knowledge Management. As part of this project, new suggestions for simplified reporting procedures for biodiversity-related agreements were identified. A number of reports were produced:

Joint core reporting elements of biodiversity-related conventions and agreements. Main Report | Annex
Joint reporting for CMS, AEWA and IOSEA. Main Report | Annex
Joint reporting on drylands for CBD and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Main Report | Annex
A joint reporting framework for inland waters for CBD and Ramsar. Main Report | Annex

See also the report of the final workshop of the Knowledge Management workshop, held in March 2008 in Cambridge, UK.

UNEP Pilot Projects
In October 2000, UNEP convened a workshop ?Towards the harmonization of national reporting? where representatives of eight convention and agreement secretariats, eight countries and several international organizations met in Cambridge, UK to discuss options for harmonization of reporting. The workshop resulted in the establishment of UNEP-sponsored pilot projects in four countries to explore different approaches to harmonization of national reporting to biodiversity-related conventions.

	Final Project Reports	MoUs

Ghana - "Report on the national reporting mechanisms for the Biodiversity-related Conventions and State of the Environment"

Indonesia - "Streamlined National Reporting under Biodversity-related Conventions"

Panama - "Harmonizing Reports on International Biodiversity-related Conventions"

Seychelles - "Streamlined National Reporting under Biodversity-related Conventions -The Republic of Seychelles Pilot Case Study"

In September 2004, the second Harmonisation Workshop reviewed the results of the pilot projects and further recommendations for development were put forward in the Workshop Report.

Supporting Information on Harmonization and Pilot Projects

Information submitted and/or presented at international meetings by UNEP-WCMC resulting from UNEP's work to facilitate harmonization of reporting and information management in support of the implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements.

Event	Documents

Interlinkages - Regional Workshop on Integrated Capacity Development in ASEAN on MEAs, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 24-26 March 2003	Paper

World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August - 4 September, 2002	Presentation

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), 7th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, Bonn, Germany, 18-24 September 2002 and 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), Bonn, Germany, 25-27 September 2002	Paper
	Poster
	Presentation

EU Presidency Meeting on International Co-operation on Environmental Reporting and Information Management, Copenhagen, Denmark, 26 September 2002	Paper
	Presentation

Collaborative Partnership on Forests Task Force on Forest-related Reporting, Bonn, Germany, 19-20 November 2002	Paper
	Presentation

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, 8 th Conference of the Parties, Valencia, Spain, 18-26 November 2002	Paper
	Poster