What are National Action Programmes and National Reports?
National Action Programmes are at the heart of the Convention and constitute the conceptual and legal framework for implementing it at the national and local levels. Their purpose is to identify the factors contributing to desertification and the practical measures necessary to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. The Convention indicates that affected countries shall elaborate and implement them with the full participation of local communities and all interested stakeholders and fully integrate them with other development programmes. Further, country Parties and observers regularly report to the Conference of the Parties on progresses made in the implementation of the Convention. Based on these National Reports, developments are evaluated and analyzed during the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC), a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties held annually, in order to identify and share best practices, shortcomings and
(back to top) National Action Programmes are at the heart of the Convention and constitute the conceptual and legal framework for implementing it at the national and local levels. Their purpose is to identify the factors contributing to desertification and the practical measures necessary to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought. The Convention indicates that affected countries shall elaborate and implement them with the full participation of local communities and all interested stakeholders and fully integrate them with other development programmes.
