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Appendix IV: Draft Resolution on the Modus Operandi of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Pages 90-96

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... (STRP) in providing reliable guidance to the Conference of the Contracting Parties; APPROVES the revised modus operandi for the STRP as annexed to this Resolution, and DECIDES that the provisions in the Annex supersede those in the previous Resolutions on the STRP dealing with the same issues; RECOGNIZES the urgent need to ensure both that the Pane} is provided with the necessary resources to undertake its work effectively and efficiently and that the Ramsar Bureau has sufficient capacity to support this work, and URGES Contracting Parties and others to afford the highest priority for securing continuity of such funding; I
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From page 91...
... the International Mire Conservation Group the International Peat Society the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CESIN) , Columbia University, USA the International Association for hop act Assessment (LANA)
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From page 92...
... b) establish the STRP work plan for the biennium, based on the tasks and priorities identified by the COP and Standing Committee, taking into account also issues arising from the Panel's role in reviewing strategically current tools and guidance available to Parties, and new and emerging issues for the Convention; establish an expert Working Group for each substantive task in the STRP work plan, identify the members of each Working Group, and agree the modus operandi for each Working Group to undertake its tasks; d)
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From page 93...
... 8. Each expert Working Group shall, as resources permit, meet in a workshop approximately nine months after the 1St STRP meeting, in order to review draft materials, amend their parts of the work plan as necessary, and agree the steps to be taken for timely completion of their tasks.
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From page 94...
... d) 94 undertake strategic review of the current tools and guidance available to Parties and new and emerging issues for the Convention; determine and agree a mechanism for the delivery of each of these tasks, including the establishment of expert Working Groups as appropriate, advise on which tasks it does not have the expertise or capacity to progress, and receive the advice of the Standing Committee for this work plan; identify, for each task the Panel proposes to undertake, and with the advice of any Working Group on the topic, the best global expertise either from within or outside the Panel, to undertake drafting work, taking into account geographical and gender balance and language ability; identify, for each product in the work plan, and with the advice of any Working Group on the topic, additional experts to undertake review by correspondence of draft materials, as necessary; make expert review of the draft products in its work plan, taking into account the views expressed by additional experts in d)
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From page 95...
... A Working Group Lead need not necessarily be an STRP member, but could also come from an IOP or other observer organization or from among the invited experts. A Working Group Lead should have proven international expertise in the theme of the Working Group and, ideally, previous experience of the modus operandi of the Convention and its bodies and the nature of scientific and technical materials required by the Convention.
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From page 96...
... 31. STRP observer status shall be a consistent mechanism for engaging the involvement of all scientific and technical organizations with which the Convention develops formal collaborative agreements.
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