Documents
Agenda item 1: Opening of the Meeting and Adoption of the Agenda
Agenda item 1.1: Adoption of the Agenda
Agenda item 2: Report from the Secretariat
Agenda item 2.1: Follow up to the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe on 16-17 May 2023 in Reykjavík, Iceland
- Ad hoc Multidisciplinary Group on the Environment (GME)
Agenda item 2.2: Staff announcements
Agenda item 3: Financing and strategic development of the Bern Convention
Agenda item 3.1: Voluntary contributions received in 2024 and 2025: state of play
- T-PVS/Inf(2024)08Rev2 - Table of the voluntary contributions received in 2024
- T-PVS/Inf(2025)18 - Table of the voluntary contributions received in 2025
Agenda item 3.2: Report on the use of the resources from the Special Account of the Bern Convention
Agenda item 3.3: Working Group on overseeing implementation of the Strategic Plan
- T-PVS(2025)01 – Report of the 3rd meeting of the Working Group overseeing the implementation of the Strategic Plan
- T-PVS/Inf(2025)05 - Draft questionnaire for the 2025 voluntary national updates on the implementation of the Strategic Plan
Agenda item 3.4: Working Group on exploring mechanisms to guide amendments to the appendices of the Bern Convention
- T-PVS(2025)03 – Report of the 1st meeting of the Working Groupon exploring mechanisms to guide amendments to the appendices of the Bern Convention
Agenda item 4: Implementation of the Programme of activities and budget for 2025
- Calendar of meetings 2025
- T-PVS(2024)09 ‑ Programme of Activities and budget for 2025
Agenda item 4.1: European Diploma for Protected Areas
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)04 Draft Agenda of the meeting of the Group of Specialists on the European Diploma for Protected Areas
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)05 Draft agenda of the celebratory event of the 60th anniversary of the European Diploma
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)06 Draft Granada Declaration
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)08 Draft agenda of the roundtable of the managers of the European Diploma holding areas
- State of preparation of the 60th anniversary
- Communication campaign
Agenda item 4.2: Emerald Network: Workplan for 2025
Agenda item 4.3: Reporting under Resolution No. 8 (2012) on the conservation status of species and habitats
Agenda item 4.4: Joint meeting with the CMS MIKT on IKB and Group of Experts on the Conservation of Birds
Agenda item 4.5: Follow-up to the decisions of the Standing Committee to downlist the wolf (Canis lupus) from Appendix II to Appendix III of the Convention
Agenda item 4.6: Large Carnivores
Agenda item 4.7: Group of Experts on Amphibians and Reptiles
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)11 Draft Agenda of the meeting of the Group of Experts on the Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles
Agenda item 4.8: Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species
- T-PVS/Agenda(2025)10 Draft Agenda of the meeting of the Group of Experts on Invasive Alien Species
Agenda item 5: Monitoring of the implementation of the legal aspects of the Convention (Biennial reporting and Online reporting system)
Agenda item 5.1: Online Reporting System
Agenda item 6: Implementation of the Convention: Case-files
- T-PVS/Inf(2025)17– Register of Bern Convention’s case-files
Agenda item 6.1: Methodology proposed by the UK for monitoring the implementation of recommendations arising from individual case files
Agenda item 6.2: Open files
- 1986/08: Greece: Recommendation No. 9 (1987) on the protection of Caretta caretta in Laganas Bay, Zaynthos
- T-PVS/Files(2025)1986-08_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)1986-08_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 1995/06: Cyprus: Akamas peninsula
- T-PVS/Files(2025)1995-06_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)1995-06_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2010/05: Greece: Threats to marine turtles in Thines Kiparissias
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2010-05_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2010-05_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2012/09: Türkiye: Presumed degradation of nesting beaches in Fethiye and Patara SPAs
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2012-09_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2012-09_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2013/01: North Macedonia: Hydro power development within the territory of the Mavrovo National Park
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2013-01_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2013-01_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2016/05: Albania: Presumed negative impact of developments on the Vjosa river including hydro-power plant development and Vlora International Airport
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2016-05_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2016-05_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2017/02: North Macedonia: Negative impacts to Lake Ohrid and Galichica National Park candidate Emerald Sites due to infrastructures developments
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2017-02_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2017-02_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2019/05: Türkiye: Habitat destruction in Mersin Anamur Beach
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2019-05_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2019-05_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2020/09: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Possible negative impact of hydro-power plant development on the Neretva River
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-09_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-09_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/03: Norway: Wolf culling policy
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-03_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-03_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2023/03: Switzerland: New wolf culling policy
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2023-03_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2023-03_comp ‑ Complainant Report
Agenda item 6.3 Possible files
- 2001/04: Bulgaria: Motorway through the Kresna Gorge
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2001-04_comp_gov ‑ Government / Complainant Joint Report
- 2020/04: Armenia: The Amulsar gold mine project and its impacts on Emerald Network sites
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-04_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-04_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/06: Serbia: Possible negative impact of mining activities in Bosilegrad and in the Homolje Mt region
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-06_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-06_comp ‑ Complainant Report
Agenda item 6.4: Complaints on stand-by
- 2016/09: Georgia: Possible threat to “Svaneti 1” Candidate Emerald Site (GE0000012) from Nenskra Hydro Power Plant development
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2016-09_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2016-09_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2018/01: Ukraine: Presumed threat to Emerald site “Polonina Borzhava” (UA0000263) from wind energy development
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2018-01_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2018-01_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2018/05: Ukraine: Alleged threats to the Emerald Network sites Skhidnyi Svydovets, Marmaroski ta Chyvchyno-Hryniavski Hory and Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2018-05_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2018-05_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2019/04: United Kingdom: Badger Culling Policy in England
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2019-04_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2019-04_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2020/06: Portugal: Presumed threat to Tagus Estuary Special Protected Area from a new airport
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-06_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2020-06_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2021/02: Norway: Alleged threat to birds and protected sites due to the proposed construction of windfarms
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2021-02_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2021-02_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2021/05: Germany: Habitat loss in Baden-Württemberg threating the conservation of Tetrao urogallus
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2021-05_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2021-05_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2021/06: France: Conservation of the Western hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia rhenana)
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2021-06_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2021-06_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/01: Serbia: Alleged habitat destruction in the area of Novi Sad due to proposed infrastructure constructions
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-01_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2022-01_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/02: Austria: Alleged violation of the Convention in relation to deliberate killing of lutra lutra
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-02_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-02_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/04: Montenegro: Hydropower plant development on Emerald Network site Komarnica (ME000000P)
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-04_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-04_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2022/07: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Possible negative impact of mining activities in Trstionica – Gornja Bukovica and Vareš
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2022-07_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2022-07_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2023/01: Albania: Alleged habitat destruction due to the construction of the Skavica Hydropower Plant on the Drin River
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2023-01_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2023-01_comp ‑ Complainant Report
Agenda item: 6.5 New complaints
- 2024/01: France: Alleged insufficient protection of the Hermann's tortoise (Testudo Hermanni)
- T-PVS/Files(2024)39 - Complaint form
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2024-01_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025) 2024-01_comp ‑ Complainant Report
- 2024/02: Ukraine: Deforestation in an Emerald Network site (UA0000338) in Kyiv Region
- T-PVS/Files(2024)74 - Complaint form
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2024-02_gov ‑ Government Report
- T-PVS/Files(2025)2024-02_comp ‑ Complainant Report
Agenda item 6.6: New complaint forms received
- Wolf issues
- Other new complaint forms received
Agenda item 7: Any Other Business
Agenda item 7.1: Dates of the next Bureau meetings
Agenda item 7.2: Presentation of the webpage dedicated to the sturgeons