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Working Group on Monitoring
Report to Inter-sessional on Outcome of WGM Sessions
Shanghai, People's Republic of China,9-12 June 2014
WORKING GROUP ON MONITORING
• Work Programme / Terms of Reference
- Agreement on updates to Work Programme 2014
- First round of debate on proposed revisions to ToRs
• Central African Republic (CAR) [with WGS and WGDE]
- CAR to further implement Work Plan and roadmap
- Participants to provide CAR with Technical Assistance
- Review Mission if security situation permits
EU-JRC/USGS monitoring of diamond mining
activities
- Draft-AD on ensuring that diamonds produced in CAR
are not introduced into the legitimate trade
WORKING GROUP ON MONITORING
• Peer Review System – Annual Reporting Exercise
- Submission of Annual Reports 2013 by most
Participants
- Assessments of Reports to be completed by 31 July
- Civil Society Coalition: Report on Activities 2013
• Peer Review System – Review Visits/Missions
- Final Reports: Russian Federation and Liberia (Work
Plan)
- Follow-up to Report recommendations: Canada, USA,
Switzerland, Singapore, Vietnam, Cote d’Ivoire
(Act. Plan)
- Review Visits proposed for 2014/15: China and Guinea,
plus Armenia, Guyana, Togo, Australia, Cote
d’Ivoire, plus Rep. of Congo, DRC, EU, Swaziland, Mexico
WORKING GROUP ON MONITORING
• West-Africa – Regional Approach
- Presentation by Mano River Union countries of RA
initiative, Regional Action Plan and national Action Plans
- Presentation by Technical Team on support activities
- Presentations from Implementing Partners (PRADD)
- “Friends of Mano River Union” group established
• Internet Trading (Ebay)
- Revival of Technical Expert Team on Internet Trading
- Template for Participants to write to service providers
WGM: WORK PROGRAMME 2014No Action Timeline Lead1. Annual Reporting exercise 2014 -
Submission of Annual Reports 201331 March
2014KP Chair, ASM
WGM Chair2. Pending Review Visit Reports - South
Africa, Liberia and Russian Federation31 March
2014WGM Chair
CH, DRC, SA3. Fraudulent Certificates and suspicious
shipments – New KP website space for early warnings and alerts
30 April 2014 KP Chair, ASM
WGM Chair4. WGM Terms of Reference - Options for
amendments30 April 2014
9-12 June 2014
WGM Chair
5. Annual Reporting exercise 2014 – Assessments of Annual Reports 2013
31 May 2014 WGM Members
6. Review Visit report recommendations – Follow-up
9-12 June 2014
WGM Chair
RV Teamleaders
7. Central African Republic (CAR) – Follow-up on monitoring activities
9-12 June 2014
KP Chair
WGM Chair8. West-Africa Regional Cooperation – Follow-
up on high-level technical workshop9-12 June
2014WGM Chair
DRC9. Annual Reporting exercise 2015 – New
template and guidelines for Annual Report 2014
27 August 2014
India
10. Côte d’Ivoire – Review Visit Sept./Oct. 2014
WGM Chair
11. Annex II Recommendations - Advance
notifications and import confirmations (19 and 21)
10-14 November
2014
WGM Chair
12. National Stakeholders Forum – Sharing of experiences
10-14 November
2014
WGM Chair
Zimbabwe
13. Information Sharing (best practices)
10-14 November
2014
WGM Chair
14. Provisional Planning of Review Visits 2014/15
See Annex II WGM Chair
Teamleaders
WGM: REVIEW VISITS 2014/15No Participant Dates Comments1. China 24-28 February
2014Team Leader: SA
Other participants: ANG, EU, RF, USA, WDC
2. Guinea 10-14 March 2014
Team Leader: DRC
Other participants: EU, IND, SL, USA WDC, CSC
3. Armenia (June/July 2014) Team Leader: RF
Other participants: ANG, EU, UAE, WDC
4. Guyana 15-19 September 2014
Team Leader: (CAN)
Other participants: ANG, USA,
5. Togo (August/Sept. 2014)
Team Leader: (CHINA)
Other participants: WDC
6. Australia 15-19 September 2014
Team Leader: (EU)
Other participants: USA, ZIM, WDC7. Côte d'Ivoire (December 2014)
Team Leader: (DRC)
Other participants: EU, GN, LIB, SA, SL, US, WDC, CSC
8. Swaziland 2015 Team Leader:
Other participants:
9. Congo-Brazzaville
2015 Team Leader:
Other participants: (CAR)
10. DRC 2015 Team Leader:
Other participants:
WORKING GROUP ON MONITORING
• Thanks to WGM members for a fruitful week
• Thanks to WGS and WGDE for joint session
• Thanks to KP Chair HE ViceMinister Wei Chuanzhong
• Looking forward to Plenary meeting in November