The United Kingdom will host ACAP’s next meeting in May 2023

Edinburgh Castle looms large in the city's skyline; photograph by David Hills
The United Kingdom is hosting ACAP's next meeting in the Scottish capital in May 2023

The Thirteenth Meeting of ACAP’s Advisory Committee (AC13) will be held next year in Edinburgh, United Kingdom from Monday 22 to Friday 26 May. A Heads of Delegation meeting will be convened on Sunday 21 May in the late afternoon/evening. 

Meetings of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group (SBWG) and the Population and Conservation Status Working Group (PaCSWG) will precede AC13 (SBWG11 from Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 May, and PaCSWG7 from the final session of Thursday 18 to Friday 19 May). As decided by AC11, a joint SBWG11/PaCSWG7 meeting will be held during the first three sessions of Thursday 18 May, to discuss cross-cutting issues. 

Information on key dates for meeting location and dates, meeting agenda, submission of documents, applications for Observer status, as well as other relevant information, can be found in Meeting Circular 1 on the ACAP website.

AC13 marks the first time the UK has hosted an ACAP meeting and only the fourth ACAP meeting to be held in the northern hemisphere after meetings in France (AC7), Norway (MoP3) and Spain (MoP5). Next year’s Advisory Committee meeting follows on from AC12, held online 31 August – 2 September 2021 and the Seventh Session of the Meeting of Parties (MoP7), also held online in May 2023.  The Eighth Session is due to be held in New Zealand in 2025.

Scotland’s capital city, Edinburgh is well known for its impressive architecture including its medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town. Dominating the cityscape is the impressive Edinburgh Castle which sits atop Castle Rock - a plug of black basalt sealing the vent of an extinct volcano standing 76 metres above the valley floor. Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Parliament and is Scotland's biggest city with a population of 548 000.

9 November 2022