Minutes of the CITES Working Group Meeting
July 8, 2004, Budapest, Hungary
Participants
Name
Organization
E-mail
Anna IVÁNYI
CEEweb
ivanyi@ceeweb.org
Borys KALA
Salamandra
borys@salamandra.org.pl
Márton A. KELEMEN
Milvus Group
marton.kelemen@milvus.ro
Andrzej KEPEL
Salamandra
andrzej@salamandra.org.pl
Ivailo KLISUROV
Green Balkans
greenbalsz@orbinet.bg
Tana PASKOVA
BROZ
paskova@changenet.sk broz@changenet.sk
James STEPHENSON
Green Balkans
greenbalsz@orbinet.bg
Minute-taker
Anna Iványi, CEEweb
Progress report
Márton A. Kelemen, the Chair of the Working Group gave a brief overview on
the progress made since the last meeting, held in Krakow in November. The
consequences drawn were the following:
the mailing list is working quite well, however it could be made even livelier
the website of the Working Group is being slowly, but continuously improved
the promotional leaflet will be soon ready for printing
Preparation for Working Group presentation
The Chair has been asked to present the activities of the Working Group the
following day at the IFAW conference. The members present finalized the presentation,
and added the results achieved so far.
Finalization of project concept
The participants discussed and finalized the project concept aiming to assess
the implementation of the CITES treaty in certain CEE countries. The goal
of the project is to gain a clear picture of the deficiencies and urgent needs
in the field of international and domestic wildlife trade.
Participation at CITES CoP13
The last issue discussed was the representation of the Working Group at the
13th Conference of the Parties of CITES, organized in Bangkok, Thailand, from
2 to 14 October, 2004. The participants of the meeting decided to send two
representatives, Márton Kelemen and Andrzej Kepel to the CoP, depending on
the availability of budget.
