Status of implementation
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Preparation of reports for the third meeting of the Parties
Reporting requirements
Reports from international, regional and NGOs 2008
Reports from international, regional and NGOs 2005
Reporting
requirements
Article 10,
paragraph 2, of the Convention requires the Parties
at their meetings to keep under continuous review
the
implementation of the Convention on the basis
of regular
reporting by the Parties.
The Meeting
of the Parties, through Decision I/8, elaborated
on
this requirement and agreed upon procedures for
reporting and
upon the reporting format itself.
Key
features of the Aarhus reporting regime
· Each
Party should prepare, for each ordinary meeting
of the
Parties, a report on:
(a) The necessary legislative, regulatory or other
measures that
it has taken to implement the provisions
of the Convention; and
(b) Their practical implementation
according to the format set out in the annex to
Decision I/8.
· Signatories
and other States not Party to the Convention,
pending
their ratification or accession, may also submit
reports
on measures taken to apply the Convention.
· International,
engaged
in programmes or activities providing support to
Parties
and/or other States in the implementation
of the Convention
may submit reports on their programmes
or activities and
lessons learned.
· Reports
submitted by Parties, Signatories and other States
should be prepared through a transparent and consultative
process involving the public. The process of preparing
reports
should therefore start in time for drafts
to be made available for
public consultation.
· Implementation
reports should be submitted to the secretariat
electronically
and on paper in one of the official languages of
the Convention, as well as in the language(s) of
the Party, so
as to arrive no later than 120 days
before the meeting of the
Parties for which it is
prepared.
· The
secretariat will prepare a synthesis report for
each
meeting of the Parties summarizing the progress
made and
identifying significant trends, challenges
and solutions.
· The
secretariat will arrange for translation of reports
submitted by Parties into the other official languages
and will
format and circulate these together with
the synthesis report
as part of the official meeting
documentation for the Meeting of
the Parties. The
reports submitted by Signatories and other
States,
as well as those prepared by international, regional
and
non-governmental organizations, will also be
circulated in
advance of the meeting in the language
in which they are
received by the secretariat.
Preparation
of reports for the third meeting of the Parties
(Riga, June 2008)
For the second
reporting cycle, the deadline to submit the reports
to the secretariat is 24 January 2005.
The Working Group of
the Parties agreed that in
order to ensure sufficient time for
public consultation,
the deadline to prepare draft reports and
make them
available to the public is ?? ??? ember
2007.
To ensure a meaningful consultation process and timely submission of reports, they may wish to consider using the following timeline for the national report
preparation process, keeping in mind that, in accordance with decision II/10, the reports should be submitted to the secretariat 180 days in advance of the meeting of the Parties:
National Consultation on the content of the report
3 months:
Mid-May – mid-August 2007
First draft
1 month:
Mid-August – mid-September 2007
Consultation on the draft
30–60 days:
Mid-September – mid-November 2007
Final report preparation (including translation, where necessary)
30 days:
Mid-November – mid-December 2007
NIRs submission deadline
180 days in advance of the meeting of the Parties
Mid-December 2007
For further guidance on the preparation of national implementation reports, see the Guidance on reporting requirements - E F R.
Implementation reports may be prepared and submitted online. Parties, Signatories and other States are encouraged to use this method of submitting reports.
To access the
online
reporting format, click
here.