ORGANIZATION

Alpine Conference (Conference of the Contracting Parties)
Art. 5, 6 and 7 of the Alpine Convention

• RULES of Procedure of the Alpine Conference*
   
• Ministers of the Contracting Parties of the Alpine Convention

The Alpine Conference is the political decision-making body of the Alpine Convention
and consists of the Ministers of the Alpine States. Meetings of the Conference are
normally held every two years by the Member State holding the Presidency of the
Convention (one state holds the presidency for two years). 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 non-governmental organizations
may be also admitted as observers. Decisions are adopted on the basis of consensus.

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
adopt its Rules of Procedure and makes the necessary financial decisions.

The official languages of the Alpine Conference are French, German, Italian and Slovene,
as it is also the case of the Working Groups and of the Permanent Committee.

Decisions of the Alpine Conference

• XIIth Alpine Conference: Poschiavo 2012*
• XIth Alpine Conference: Brdo pri Kranju 2011*
• Xth Alpine Conference: Evian 2009*
• IXth Alpine Conference: Alpbach 2006*
• VIIIth Alpine Conference: Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2004
  (Find in DE, IT, SL, FR pages)  

* un-official English translations provided by Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

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

Period	Presidency	Alpine Conference
2011-2012	Switzerland	Poschiavo
2009-2011	Slovenia	Brdo pri Kranju
2007-2008	France	Evian (March 2009)
2005-2006	Austria	Alpbach
2003-2004	Germany	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2001-2002	Italy	Merano
1999-2000	Switzerland	Lucerne
1996-1998	Slovenia	Bled
1995-1996	Slovenia	Brdo
1991-1994	France	Chambery
1989-1991	Austria	Salzburg
1989	Germany	Berchtesgaden

President of the Alpine Conference

Minister Andrea Orlando
Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare
Via Cristoforo Colombo, 44
00147 – Roma
Segreteria del Ministro
segreteria.ministro@pec.minambiente.it