Thursday 21 | Delegates met in an informal drafting group throughout the day to discuss the "conclusions and concrete recommendations on further steps in the implementation of the CCD." The report contains draft conclusions and recommendations covering matters under the seven thematic issues addressed by the CRIC:

• participatory processes involving civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs);
• legislative and institutional frameworks or arrangements;
• linkages and synergies with other environmental conventions and, as appropriate, with national development strategies;
• measures for the rehabilitation of degraded land;
• drought and desertification monitoring and assessment; early warning systems for mitigating the effects of drought;
• access by affected country Parties, particularly affected developing country Parties, to appropriate technology, knowledge and know-how; and
• resource mobilization and coordination, both domestic and international, including conclusions of partnership agreements.

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Text of the convention and useful information

CCD information on desertification and the Convention

Official Documents of the First Session of the CRIC

Press release on the CRIC

CRIC1 - Tentative Schedule

Adoption of the Agenda and Organization of Work

Arrangements for the First Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention

Linkages desertification issues page and COP-5 summary report.