The ASEAN workshop on harmonization of reporting to biodiversity-related conventions took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, 15-17 April 2009, organised by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, supported by experts from UNEP-WCMC and other institutions. Its main aim was to build the reporting capacity of ASEAN countries and strengthen the collaboration between focal points at the national level. The meeting resulted in an action plan for harmonization of reporting to the biodiversity-related conventions in the ASEAN region.

• 2009 ASEAN Workshop on harmonization of reporting to biodiversity-related conventions(pdf, 103Kb)

In October 2000, UNEP convened its first harmonization workshop entitled 'Towards the Harmonization of National Reporting', which involved eight convention secretariats and eight countries in discussing options for harmonization, and resulted in the establishment of pilot projects in four countries (Ghana, Indonesia, Panama and the Seychelles). The completion of the four pilot projects called for the organisation of a second workshop, to discuss the results and plan a way forward based on this and other experience. The 2004 harmonization workshop in Haasrode was convened by UNEP-WCMC in cooperation with the governments of Belgium and the UK.

The objectives of this workshop were:

• To review conclusions and recommendations from the four pilot projects
• To review the conclusions and recommendations of other recent harmonization and streamlining initiatives and the implications of other recent developments in reporting processes
• To use these inputs as a means for further identifying and clarifying mechanisms to support harmonization at the national level
• To develop plans and set priorities for future work in this area

• Workshop Report (pdf, 80Kb)
• Introduction to the Workshop (pdf, 44Kb)
• Agenda (pdf, 36Kb)
• List of Documents (pdf, 41Kb)
• List of Participants (pdf, 49Kb)
• Information for Participants (pdf, 44Kb)
• Report of October 2000 Workshop (pdf, 120Kb)
• Ghana Pilot Project(pdf, 62Kb)
• Indonesia Project Report(pdf, 273Kb)
• Panama Project Report(pdf, 233Kb)
• Seychelles Project Report(pdf, 117Kb)
• Summary Report of Pilot Projects (pdf, 183Kb)
• Discussion paper 1: Where next on modular reporting?(pdf, 44Kb)
• Discussion paper 2: Where next on consolidated reporting? (pdf, 44Kb)
• Discussion paper 3: Where next on links to SoE processes?(pdf, 44Kb)
• Discussion paper 4: Where next on regional support?(pdf, 44Kb)
• Discussion paper 5: Biodiversity Reporting Manual (pdf, 45Kb)
• Discussion paper 6: Developing the ‘Big Picture’ (pdf, 47Kb)
• Background Paper: Observations of the CITES Secretariat(pdf, 47Kb)
• Background Paper: Ramsar Convention Views (pdf, 43Kb)
• Background Paper: Indian Ocean - South-East Asian Marine Turtle MoU (pdf, 1.9Mb)
• Background paper: CPF Task Force on Forest-related Reporting(pdf, 65Kb)
• Background paper: Synergies and Cooperation (pdf, 251Kb)

• Patrick Ofori-Danson: Lessons from the Ghana pilot project (pdf, 78Kb)
• Setyawan Adi: Lessons from the Indonesia pilot project(pdf, 1.8Mb)
• Scott Muller: Lessons from the Panama pilot project (pdf, 421Kb)
• Joseph Francois: Lessons from the Seychelles pilot project (pdf, 3Mb)
• James Williams: Reporting Harmonization: The UK Experience (pdf, 202Kb)
• Gordon McInnes: Lessons learnt from efforts to harmonise reporting in Europe(pdf, 481Kb)
• Tiina Vähänen: Streamlining forest-related reporting(pdf, 45Kb)
• Gerardo Fragoso: The CMS Information Management System(pdf, 25Kb)
• Douglas Hykle: Indian Ocean - South-East Asian Marine Turtle MoU (pdf, 1.9Mb)
• Ines Verleye: Issue-based modules in support of coherent implementation of biodiversity-related conventions(pdf, 98Kb)

 As part of the process of streamlining reporting to international agreements, UNEP sponsored a workshop at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, 30-31 October 2000.

The objectives of the workshop were:

• To identify and consider options for streamlining and harmonizing reporting
• To identify and consider feasible solutions for streamlining and harmonizing reporting
• To develop an action plan and project concepts for pilot testing potential solutions

• Workshop report(pdf, 101Kb)
• Summary report(pdf, 48Kb)
• Introduction to the workshop(pdf, 38Kb)
• Agenda(pdf, 33Kb)
• List of participants(pdf, 44Kb)
• Discussion paper 1 - Modular reporting(pdf, 50Kb)
• Discussion paper 2 - Consolidated national reporting(pdf, 37Kb)
• Discussion paper 3 - Support from regional processes and organizations(pdf, 39Kb)
• Discussion paper 4 - Reporting obligations database(pdf, 40Kb)
• Discussion paper 5 - Virtual reporting(pdf, 62Kb)
• Discussion paper 6 - Handbook for national reporting(pdf, 36Kb)
• Background paper 1 - Guiding principles for national reporting(pdf, 31Kb)
• Background paper 2 - reporting: an outcome of information management(pdf, 32Kb)
• Background paper 3 - National report drafting mechanism(pdf, 33Kb)
• Background paper 4 - National coordination mechanisms(pdf, 34Kb)