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BARSELONA SÖZLEŞMESİ THE BARCELONA CONVENTION

Article 21 3. The Parties shall, in matters of mutual assis- PART V various groups;
tance, give priorıty to the SPAMIs and species
MUTUAL COOPERATION appearing in the Annexes to this Protocol. INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS (b) convening and organizing the meetings of
the National Focal Points and providing them
1. The Parties shall, directly or with the assistan- with secretariat services;
ce of the Centre or international organizations Article 23 Article 24
concerned, establish cooperatıon programmes REPORTS OF THE PARTIES NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS (c) formulating recommendations on guidelines
to coordinate the establishment, conservation, and common criteria pursuant to Article 16 of
planning and management of specially protec- The Parties shall submit to ordinary meetings Each Party shall designate a National Focal Po- this Protocol;
ted areas, as well as the selection, management of the Parties a report on the implementation int to serve as liaıson with the Centre on the (d) creating and updating databases of special-
and conservation of protected species. There of this Protocol, in particular on* technical and scientific aspects of the imple- ly protected areas, protected species and other
shall be regular exchanges of information con- (a) the status and the state of the areas inclu- mentation of this Protocol. The National Focal matters relevant to this Protocol;
cerning the characteristics of protected areas ded in the SPAMI List; Points shall meet periodically to carry out the
and species, the experience acquired and the functions deriving from this Protocol. (e) preparing reports and technical studies that
problems encountered (b) any changes in the delimitation or legal sta- may be required for the implementation of this
tus of the SPAMIs and protected species; Article 25 Protocol;
2. The Parties shall, at the earliest opportunity,
communıcate any situation that might endan- (c) possible exemptions allowed pursuant to Ar- COORDINATION (f) elaborating and implementing the training
ger the ecosystems of specially protected areas ticles 12 and 18 of this Protocol. 1. The Organization shall be responsible for co- programmes mentioned in Article 22, parag-
or the survival of protected species of flora and ordinating the implementation of this Protocol. raph 2;
fauna to the other Parties, to the States that For this purpose, it shall receive the support (g) cooperating with regional and international
might be affected and to the Centre. of the Centre, to which it may entrust the fol- governmental and non-governmental organi-
lowing functions. zations concerned with the protection of are-
Article 22 as and species, provided that the specıficity of
(a) assisting the Parties, in cooperation with the
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE competent international, intergovernmental each organization and the need to avoid the
duplication of activities are respected;
1. The Parties shall cooperate, directly or wıth and non-governmental organizations, in: (h) carrying out the functions assigned to it in
the assistance of the Centre or the internati- - establishing and managing specially protected the action plans adopted in the framework of
onal organizations concerned, in formulating, areas in the area to which this Protocol applies, this Protocol;
financing and implementing programmes of - conducting programmes of technical and
mutual assistance and assistance to developing scientific research as provided for in Article 20 (i) carrying out any other function assigned to
countries that express a need for it with a view of this Protocol; it by the Parties.
to implementing this Protocol.
- conducting the exchange of scientific and te- Article 26
2. These programmes shall include public envi- chnical information among the Parties as provi-
ronmental education, the training of scientific, ded for in Article 20 of this Protocol; MEETINGS OF THE PARTIES
technical and management personnel, scienti-
fic research, the acquisition, utilization, design - preparing management plans for specially 1. The ordınary meetings of the Parties to this
and development of appropriate equipment, protected areas and species; Protocol shall be held in conjunction with the
ordınary meetings of the Contracting Parties
and transfer of technology on advantageous - developing cooperative programmes pursuant to the Convention held pursuant to Article 14
terms to be agreed among the Parties concer- to Article 21 of this Protocol;
ned. of the Convention. The Parties may also hold
- preparing educational materials designed for extraordinary meetings in conformity with that
Article.

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