United Nations Environment Programme
14 January 2015
The Committee of Permanent Representatives to UNEP
CALENDAR OF MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVES (CPR) TO UNEP DURING THE INTERSESSIONAL
PERIOD BETWEEN UNEA-1 and UNEA-2
TENTATIVE
Date
Meeting agenda
Tuesday
27 January
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Update on budget, expenditure and human resources
 Update on UMOJA
 Resource mobilization strategy
Thursday
5 February
2015
 Briefing on UNEP’s work on disaster risk reduction and environmental
emergency response
 Briefing on logistical issues related to the UN World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai, Japan, 14-18 March 2015)
Thursday
12 February
2015
 Briefing on UNEP’s forthcoming work on indicators, monitoring,
reporting of SDGs
 Briefing on the results of IPBES- 3
 Briefing on the preparation of the triple conferences of the Parties to
the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and their regional
preparatory meetings
Thursday
19 February
2015
 Briefing on the International Resource Panel and on resource
efficiency opportunities
 Briefing on 10YFP in support of environmental sustainability and SDGs
 Briefing on UNEP’s review of technology transfer mechanisms
24-27
February
2015
41st session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Nairobi
Tuesday
CPR subcommittee
3 March 2015
 Further lessons-learned in implementing UNEP’s Medium-term
Strategy and coordination of human resources and budget
approaches
Tuesday
10 March
2015
 Briefing on UNEP activities in the West Asian region
 Briefing on environmental rule of law
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Tuesday
17 March
2015
 Briefing on fresh waters activities of UNEP related to GEMS/Water
TuesdayFriday
24-27 March
2015
African regional preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Parties to
the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in 2015 in Nairobi
ThursdayFriday
26-27 March
2015
Workshop to support the ratification and early implementation of the
Minamata Convention on Mercury in Nairobi
Monday
30 March
2015
Brainstorming meeting of the UNEA Bureau in Nairobi (tbc)
Joint meeting of the UNEA and CPR Bureaus (tbc)
Tuesday
31 March
2015
130th meeting of the CPR
TuesdayThursday
14-16 April
2015
2nd meeting of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III in Nairobi
MondayFriday
17-23 April
2015
25th session of the UN-Habitat Governing Council in Nairobi
Tuesday
28 April 2015
CPR subcommittee
 Annual programme performance review of the implementation of the
Medium-term Strategy and the Programme of Work, including
discussion on the format of the half-yearly review of UNEP’s
performance
Thursday
30 April 2015
CPR subcommittee
Initial discussion on the strategic priorities of the Medium-term
Strategy 2018-2021 and the Programme of Work 2018-2019, taking
into account global and regional priorities
Tuesday
5 May 2015
 Briefing on UNEP’s Global Partnerships (South-South cooperation, PEI,
UN REDD, UNEP FI, CTCN, CCAC, etc.)
Thursday
21 May 2015
 Briefing on UNEP’s cooperation with major groups and stakeholders
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Thursday
4 June 2015
Tuesday
16 June 2015
Tuesday
23 June 2015
Tuesday
30 June 2015
Thursday
3 September
2015
Thursday
1 October
2015
Thursday
8 October
2015
 Briefing on the UN system-wide cooperation in the environment
 Briefing on UNEP activities in Asia and the Pacific region
131st meeting of the CPR
 Election of new CPR Bureau
 Briefing on the progress in promoting science-policy interface
CPR subcommittee
 Sub-programme approach for the Programme of Work and Budget
2018-2019, including indicators, baselines, units and methods of
measurement, and organizational aspects of monitoring and
evaluation plans
 Briefing on UNEP activities in Europe, North America and in Latin
America and the Caribbean
 Briefing on the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the
Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) and its global
partnerships on marine litter, nutrients and waste water in the context
of the 20th anniversary of the GPA
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for the 3rd annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR,
including the 132nd meeting of the CPR
 Briefing on SAICM
Thursday
22 October
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for the 3rd annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR,
including the 132nd meeting of the CPR
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
MondayFriday
26-30
October 2015
3rd annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR, including the 132nd
meeting of the CPR
Tuesday
3 November
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
Tuesday
10 November
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
Tuesday
17 November
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
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2015
Tuesday
24 November
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
Thursday
26 November
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
Tuesday
1 December
2015
CPR subcommittee
 Preparations for OECPR-2 and UNEA-2
Tuesday
15 December
2015
133rd meeting of the CPR
MondayFriday
15-19
February
2016
2nd meeting of the open-ended CPR (OECPR-2)
MondayFriday
23-27 May
2016
2nd session of the United Nations Environment Assembly
(UNEA-2)
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CPR MEETINGS ALREADY HELD:
Dates
Meeting agenda
Tuesday
13 January
2015
129th meeting of the CPR
Thursday
15 January
2015
 Joint briefing by the Executive Directors on the UNEP – UN-Habitat
partnership
Thursday
4 December
2014
 Briefing by the Executive Secretary of the Ozone Secretariat on the
outcomes of the meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the
Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol (Paris, France, 17 to 21
November 2014)
 Briefing by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals on the outcomes of
the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (Quito, Ecuador,
4-9 November 2014)
Tuesday
25 November
2014
 Briefing by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) on the outcomes of the 12th meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity; the outcomes
of the 7th meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety; and the outcomes of the 1st meeting of the Conference of
the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya
Protocol (Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, October 2014)
 Briefing by Dr. Jacqueline Alder, Head of the Regional Seas
Programme, on the UNEP Regional Seas Programme
27-31
October 2014
2nd annual subcommittee meeting of the CPR, including the 128th
meeting of the CPR
Tuesday
7 October
2014
CPR subcommittee
 Assessment of UNEA-1
 Briefing on the 1st International Environment Forum for Basin
Organizations (Nairobi, 26-28 November 2014)
 Briefing on the preparation of the 11th meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species
of Wild Animals (Quito, 4-9 November 2014)
 Briefing on the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP)
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