9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to AEWA

The 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) will take place on 11-14 November 2025 in Bonn, Germany. The meeting will be held under the theme “United for Flyways”, reflecting the core mission of AEWA to bring countries and the wider conservation community together to safeguard migratory waterbirds and their habitats along the African-Eurasian Flyways. The slogan celebrates the unity already achieved under AEWA while serving as a call to action to further strengthen international cooperation and collective efforts under the framework of the treaty. By working in a coordinated and united way, AEWA Parties and partners will use MOP9 to both celebrate and reaffirm their shared commitment to ensuring the long-term conservation of migratory waterbirds across Africa and Eurasia.

MOP9-relevant deadlines

Event	Deadline
Submission to the Technical Committee through the Secretariat of text of and reasons for proposed amendments to the Agreement text and/or its annexes (preferably 300 days prior to opening, but no later than 250 days)	14 January 2025 (300 days) / 5 March 2025 (250 days)
Submission of National Reports on the implementation of the Plan of Action for Africa (240 days prior to MOP9 opening)	15 March 2025
Nominations for the AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award 2025	12 September 2025
Submission of National Reports on the implementation of the Agreement, including harvest data reporting module (180 days prior to MOP9 opening)	14 May 2025
Nominations for vacant positions in the Technical Committee (180 days prior to MOP9 opening)	14 May 2025; extended until 15 August 2025
Submission of proposals for amendments to the Agreement text and/or its annexes (150 days prior to MOP9 opening)	13 June 2025
MOP9 registration deadline	Funded delegates: 31 July 2025 Other participants: 30 September 2025
Circulation of the budget proposal for 2026-2028 (90 days prior to MOP9 opening)	13 August 2025
Nominations for the AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award 2025	12 September 2025
MOP9 upload of meeting documents and draft Resolutions (60 days prior to MOP9 opening)	12 September 2025 (will be delayed until StC26 has taken place)
Comments of the Contracting Parties to the proposals for amendments to the Agreement text and/or its annexes (60 days prior to MOP9 opening)	12 September 2025
Submission of proposals to MOP9 other than for amendments to the Agreement text and/or its annexes, e.g. draft Resolutions (60 days prior to MOP9 opening)	12 September 2025
Application for side events & poster exhibitions	15 September 2025
Preparatory meeting for MOP9 (Pre-MOP9) for African Contracting Parties (virtual meeting)	16-17 September 2025
26th Meeting of the Standing Committee (virtual meeting)	24- 25 September 2025
MOP9	11-14 November 2025, Bonn, Germany