Guidelines

Operational Guidelines of the Convention include a set of texts elaborated by the Intergovernmental Committee and adopted by the Conference of Parties, providing general guidelines for the implementation and application of the provisions of the Convention. They are to be considered as a “roadmap” for understanding, interpretation and implementation of specific articles of the Convention.

Operational Guidelines were approved by the Conference of Parties at its second session (Paris, 15-16 June 2009), third session (Paris, 14-15 June 2011), fourth session (Paris, 11-13 June 2013) and fifth session (Paris, 10-12 June 2015).