The Conference of the Parties

1. Takes note of the map of Carpathian administrative units1 which presents information received from each Party on the administrative units where the Parties implement or plan to implement the Carpathian Convention and its Protocols, as appropriate, and which Parties may disseminate for information purposes among local and regional stakeholders possibly involved in the implementation of the Carpathian Convention in their respective territories, as appropriate, with the note that the map of Carpathian administrative units does not imply any opinion concerning Article 1 – “Geographical Scope” of the Carpathian Convention and its Protocols, or the definition of the Carpathian region, and thanks the Parties and the Secretariat for the efforts in establishing the map and the European Environment Agency for providing the crucial technical support.

2. Encourages the WG Spatial Development to consider for its future activities the relevance of the revision of Territorial Agenda of the European Union, the Urban Agenda for the EU and Leipzig Charter of Sustainable European Cities.