Second meeting of the Capacity-building Coordination

The secretariat convened the second annual coordination meeting for international and regional organizations in Geneva in November 2004, at which the participants reported on their capacity-building activities. In order to gather further information, the secretariat subsequently carried out a survey of projects and programmes implemented by these organizations since the first meeting of the Parties . The survey aimed to assist with the review and assessment of capacity-building initiatives and to identify any resources such as materials, staff or office resources that were or would become available for use in other capacity-building activities in a particular country or region. It also attempted to identify the important lessons with regard to the implementation of the Convention learned in the course of the projects’ implementation, as well as any lessons learned related to the project implementation itself. Finally, it looked at needs and challenges identified during the implementation of projects, further assistance needed and any follow-up foreseen as being needed.