The Conference of the Parties

1. appreciates the concrete contribution of the Central European Initiative (CEI) to the Carpathian Convention and welcomes the scientific support provided by EURAC;

2. takes note of the information submitted in Annex to the Secretariat note on Sustainable transport –Article 8 of the Carpathian Convention UNEP/CC/COP1/10;

3. decides to support the establishment of a Working Group on sustainable industry, energy, transport and infrastructure under the Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee;

4. requests the interim Secretariat to convene the first meeting of the aforementioned Working Group in order to define its terms of reference and initiate its concrete work.