Harmonized Reporting

Each international agreement places a certain number of requirements on contracting parties. These include the requirement to periodically submit national reports and other information. As a country may be party to a wide range of international agreements, it could be required to submit a significant amount of information. This can be quite a burden, particularly if the various reporting processes are not well coordinated at the national level.

Meanwhile there is only limited collaboration between the secretariats of the international agreements to harmonise and streamline their approaches to the collection, management and use of information. This is recognised, and efforts are underway to improve the situation.

UNEP has been working with a range of countries and convention secretariats to review and test different ways of achieving increased harmonization and streamlining. This website provides information on these approaches and links to other relevant websites.

• National Reports: reports to international processes, reporting formats and guidelines
• Pilot Projects: to review and test approaches to harmonized reporting
• Workshops: harmonized reporting to international agreements and information management
• Environmental Management Group (EMG): work of the EMG on harmonization of reporting and information management in support of MEA implementation
• Relevant Papers: papers on harmonization and information management
• Key Links: websites demonstrating or discussing approaches to harmonization