6th Meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

The 6th meeting of the Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (WG SARD) that will take place on 26-27 April 2023 in Vatra Dornei, Romania.

Considering the special focus of the WG SARD meeting that will be placed on Carpathian pastoralism, the Secretariat prepared a background note for discussion, see enclosed Pastoralism in the Carpathians and the Carpathian Convention.  The stakeholders involved in pastoralism or related activities, are encourage to join the meeting in order to contribute to and benefit from the meeting discussions and possible future activities.

As per usual practice of the Carpathian Convention, the meetings of the Working Groups gather the officially designated national experts, as well as interested observers that are invited to contribute to the meeting discussions.

Online registration will be open until 29 March 2023. We kindly encourage early registrations. For registering for the WG SARD meeting please follow the LINK.

Draft agenda of the meeting that was agreed with the WG SARD – Romania, together with the logistics information are available.

Should you require any further information about the WG SARD meeting, please do not hesitate to contact our office!

The Secretariat would like to extend thanks to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests of Romania and the National Agency for Mountain Areas for the support in organizing the meeting!