The 4th INFO/RAC National Focal Points meeting is taking place in the conference room of Botanical Garden in Palermo. This biennial gathering brings together representatives from several Mediterranean countries to discuss shared priorities and strengthen regional cooperation.
In this beautiful setting, the meeting presents the Progress Report on the Status of Implementation of the 2024–2025 Programme of Work on Knowledge Management, Information, and Communication of INFO/RAC.
The Contracting Parties representatives are invited to provide their comments and inputs on the document and complement it, where necessary.
Based on the comments and recommendations of the meeting, the Secretariat will elaborate a new version of the document after the meeting, that will serve as basis for the INFO/RAC activities to be integrated in the overall UNEP/MAP Programme of Work for 2026-2027 that will be submitted to the meeting of MAP Focal Points and COP 23 for adoption as appropriate
INFO/RAC presents the update of the MAP Operational Strategy for the biennium 2026-27, focusing on the activities for the MAP50 anniversary and the follow up related to next PoW.