The Joint Meeting of BP/PAP/INFO National Focal Points will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, on May 25-27, 2009.

The objectives of the meeting will be to put the three RACs' activities in the 2008-2009 biennium under a detailed review and discussion, as well as to comment on the proposed work programme for the biennium to come.

PAP/RAC will take care of the logistical aspect of the meeting.

The representatives of all Contracting Parties have been invited to the meeting, as well as a number of experts and representatives of other MAP Centres and various intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.

The meeting will take three full days, ending on the third day in the evening. It will be carried out in plenary, without breakout sessions for the centres. All the participants will, thus, attend all sessions. The available time will be divided among Centres as follows: BP/RAC one day, PAP/RAC one day and INFO/RAC half a day. The remaining half a day will be divided between opening and closing sessions.

The working languages of the meeting will be English and French, and simultaneous interpretation will be provided.