Policy on Sponsorship of Delegates

FAVERO M (AC CHAIR, SECRETARIAT)

Punta del Este

Encuentro; Eighth Meeting of the Advisory Committee; 2014

Acuerdo sobre la Conservación de Albatros y Petreles

At MoP4 several Party delegations expressed a desire to have a policy developed to provide transparent guidance on the sponsorship of delegates and experts to meetings, together with an application procedure and criteria for qualification and selection. The Secretariat was requested to develop a policy in the intersessional period for consideration at MoP5. At AC7 the Secretariat presented a draft policy for consideration, which included selection criteria, an application procedure and a process for assessment (AC7 Doc 18). A number of amendments were proposed at AC7, which have been incorporated into this document.