Geneva, Switzerland, from 27 to 29 November 2025
Venue: Room Rhin, Aare and Rhone, International Environment House II, 7-9 chemin de Balexert, CH-1219 Châtelaine
Format: The second meeting of small intersessional working group on the improvement of the functioning of the prior informed consent procedure will be convened face-to-face. Registered members or observers not in a position to participate in person in the meeting may receive, upon request to the Secretariat, an online viewer access allowing them to follow the meeting without the right to intervene. Viewers would also not be included in the list of participants to the meeting.
Highlights: The objective of the meeting is to further investigate the options for improving the functioning of the prior informed consent procedure, taking into account the Report on challenges in the implementation of the prior informed consent procedure and best practices, possible approaches and initiatives to improve its functioning, as well as options for possible ways forward and the comments received pursuant to paragraph 31 of the decision BC-17/2, for consideration by the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention at its fifteenth meeting and by the Conference of the Parties at its eighteenth meeting.
The Secretariat gratefully acknowledges the European Union and the Government of Japan for their generous financial support to hold the meeting of the small intersessional working group on the improvement of the functioning of the prior informed consent procedure.
Working language: English