Guidance to assist developing country Parties to assess the impact of the implementation of response measures, including guidance on modelling tools
This technical paper first provides an overview of the work under the Convention in relation to assessing the impact of the implementation of response measures. The elements of and approaches to assessment of this impact are then discussed, and relevant assessment approaches, including modelling tools, are compiled with a view to providing guidance to developing country Parties. The discussion draws on relevant information in: reports on the work of the forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures as well as submissions, presentations and statements made by Parties and observer organizations during previous sessions of the Conference of the Parties and the subsidiary bodies; national communications, biennial reports and biennial update reports submitted by Parties; and independent sources published by international organizations and research institutions. The paper concludes by presenting possible items for the work programme of the improved forum on the impact of the implementation of response measures to be undertaken by the subsidiary bodies.