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The Conference of the Parties
1. Recalling its Decision COP5/15 on the Programme of Work and budget of the Carpathian Convention;
2. Having considered the report of the Secretariat on the implementation of the Programme of Work3 (CC/COP6/DOC6);
3. Takes note of the balance statement of the Trust Fund of the UN Environment Programme - Vienna Office – Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention;
4. Encourages the Parties to continue to finance their participation in meetings related to the implementation of the Programme of Work, and/or to share their expertise through their participation in online consultations and through providing leadership to the Working Groups;
5. Requests the Secretariat to continue to facilitate the online consultations and information sharing by making available the appropriate tools, procedures and processes;
6. Approves the Programme of Work for 2021 – 2023 of the Carpathian Convention as in Annex 14 and mandates the CCIC to revise and periodically update it.
7. Having considered the experience gained during COVID-19 pandemic, agrees that some of the Carpathian Convention meetings might be organized in an online format following Operating Procedures for the Virtual Meetings - the supplementing document to the “Rules of Procedures for the Conference of the Parties to the Carpathian Convention”, and requests the Secretariat to support the relevant organization of the meetings;
8. Adopts the Budget for 2021, 2022 and 2023 for the Carpathian Convention as in Annex 25;
9. Calls upon the Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention to actively promote and service the implementation of the Programme of Work and the implementation of COP Decisions;
10. Decides that each Party will contribute to the Trust Fund on a yearly basis in accordance with the attached scale of assessment as in Annex 36.