Information collection through questionnaires

The eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention invited developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to provide information to the Secretariat on their needs for technical assistance and technology transfer, and their difficulties in implementing the Convention. It also invited developed-country Parties and others to provide information to the Secretariat on the technical assistance and technology that they have available to be transferred to developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition.

A questionnaire targeted to the developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition was sent to the respective Official Contact Points to the Rotterdam Convention on 14 March 2024. The deadline for submitting the completed questionnaire is by 31 May 2024.

A questionnaire targeted to the developed country Parties and with the same deadline was also sent to the respective Official Contact Points to the Rotterdam.

Taking into account the information collected, the Secretariat will prepare a report on the progress made in providing technical assistance and capacity-building as well as facilitating the transfer of environmentally sound technologies to Parties. This report will be submitted to the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in 2025.

Additional information about the needs assessment questionnaires for all three Conventions is located on the Synergies Needs Assessment webpage.