Sharing compliance experiences at all levels can greatly enhance Parties’ compliance efforts. Although networking efforts need not be official or global in nature to be effective, networks expressly designed to facilitate compliance can further these efforts.
There are a great number of networking initiatives that seek to build capacity and exchange experiences at the national, regional, subregional, and global levels. There is also a great variation in the effectiveness of these initiatives.
Additional examples of networking can be found following Guidelines 11(b) (AMCEN), 44 (CERN), 49(a) (AIMS), and 49(e).
In addition to global networking efforts, there are numerous regional and subregional networks. While the successful global networks tend focus on a particular professional or topical niche where there is a shared interest, if not a shared context — for example, public interest environmental advocates — regional and subregional networks frequently are able to take advantage of shared languages, similar legal systems, and transboundary ecosystems and resources that require collaborative efforts to ensure their sustainability.