High-Level Panel on Resourcing

A list of High-Level Panel and other relevant meetings can be found here.

Name Location Date Documents

3rd Meeting of the HLP Brasilia, Brazil 14-15 April 2014 Documents
The meeting sough to:
  1. Review the third draft of the report, and refine on its content and structure
  2. Finalise the Key Messages
  3. Develop a first draft of the Executive Summary
  4. Discuss the products expected for COP-12
  5. Plan the engagement with WGRI-5, and other relevant meetings and initiatives

2nd Meeting of the HLP Chennai, India 2-4 December 2013 Documents
The meeting sought to:
  1. Review the regional assessments and the first draft of the research report to be completed at the latest by 22 November 2013;
  2. Hear an update on the process of the Post-2015 Sustainable development Agenda and explore opportunities for effective engagement; and
  3. Begin constructing the key messages of the High-level Panel to be presented at fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on the Review and Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-5) and the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 12).

1st Meeting of the HLP Trondheim, Norway 30-31 May 2013 Documents
The relevant COP 11 Decisions were introduced, as well as the Terms of Reference for the High-Level Panel. The importance of aligning the Panel’s work with various UN processes and initiatives was also highlighted, including the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO 4) and the Post-2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. Later, the ToR for the Project Manager (Consultant) were introduced. The discussion subsequently turned to the ToR of the HLP, roles and responsibilities of the HLP and the expected outcome of its work.