Environmental Ministers and High Level Representatives of the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic and Ukraine will meet on 23 – 26 September in Mikulov, Czech Republic for the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP4) to the Carpathian Convention. As the main decision-making body of the Convention, the COP will decide the strategic policy direction of the Carpathian Convention for the next three years.

COP4 is hosted by the Czech Government and marks the handover of the Slovak presidency of the Carpathian Convention to the Czech Republic, which will preside over the Convention until 2017.

The COP is the main decision-making body of the Carpathian Convention. It is a forum that allows the parties to exchange their views, to coordinate mechanisms towards the realization of the aims of the treaty, to adopt amendments, protocols and decisions for implementation, and to enforce the obligations contained in the treaty.

For more information please visit the website: www.carpathianconvention.org