Focal Points Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean Region (Nairobi Convention) - April, 2018

The Nairobi Convention holds a Conference of Contracting Parties (COPs) after two years to review the implementation of decisions of past COPs. The Contracting Parties to the Nairobi Convention held the Eighth Conference of Parties (COP8) on 22-24 June 2015 in Mahe, Seychelles. The meeting was organized in two segments: experts meeting on 22 June 2015; and Heads of Delegation meeting on 23-24 June 2015. At the Heads of Delegation meeting, 15 decisions were adopted. The Secretariat organised three meetings of Focal Points to report on the implementation of the COP8 decisions and the Convention’s Work Programme. The meetings were held on 23-24 March 2016 in Ebene, Mauritius, on 12 April 2017 in Flic en Flac, Mauritius, and on 17 November 2017 in Mahe, Seychelles.

The Ninth Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention on August 2018 will be organized to take stock of the progress made from the projects and programmes that were implemented during the 2015-2017 period in the context of the 2013-2017 Work Programme of the Nairobi Convention, and to review decisions from the Eighth Conference of Parties (COP8) that was held in Mahe, Seychelles, on 22-24 June 2015, and identify new areas that may require decisions at the COP9