The Conference is the decisional body of the Alpine Convention, and decisions are reached unanimously.
and any issue shared by the Contracting Parties and their co-operation comes under its remit of authority. Contracting parties undertake to inform the Alpine Convention of all the measures they have taken to fully implement the Convention and its Protocols.
Meetings of the Conference are normally convened every two years by the Contracting Party holding the Chair of the Convention. Working Groups may be established if they are deemed necessary for the implementation of the Convention, in view of assessments based on scientific information.
The Conference will adopt its Rules of Procedure and make the necessary financial decisions.
 

The Chair and the location will change every two years, following the Ordinary Meeting of the Conference and are both chosen by the Alpine Conference. The Contracting Party holding the Chair shall draft the Agenda for the Session of the Alpine Conference and each Contracting Party may add other items to be included in the agenda.


Table summarising the periods of each Chair and of the Standing Committee:

Contact

National Focal Point:

Ministère de l’écologie, du développement et de l’aménagement durables
Marie-Joelle Couturier
20. Avenue de Ségur
F-75302 Paris, Frankreich
Tel. +33.1.4219 1707
Fax +33.1.4219 1719
Email marie-joelle.couturier@ecologie.gouv.fr

Conference Sessions and Participants:

At the Conference, each Contracting Party is represented by a Delegation and each Head of Delegation will inform the Chair on the names and functions of its members beforehand and will be authorized to take part in the work of the sessions.
The United Nations, its specialized agencies, the Council of Europe and all European countries may attend the meetings as observers. The same applies to cross-border associations of Alpine territorial Authorities. In addition, relevant nongovernamental organizations may be also admitted as observers.
Each Contracting Party shall have a vote at the Conference.
The European Union may exercise its vote within the areas of its competence, and its vote corresponds to a number of votes equal to the number of its Member States which are Contracting Parties to the Alpine Convention, It will not exercise its right to vote in cases where Member States exercise theirs.
As in the case of the Working Groups and of the Standing Committee, French, German and Slovene are the official languages of the Alpine Conference.


Decisions

• Lucerna 2000
• Bled 1998