Event
37th Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme
The Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme operates under the guidance of UNESCO Member States, and its International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) is its main governing body. Participation is by invitation only.

26 September 2025 - 28 September 2025
37th session of the Man and the Biosphere International Coordinating Council
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Location
Hangzhou, China
Rooms :
Hangzhou, China
Type :
Cat II – Intergovernmental meeting, other than international conference of States
Arrangement type :
In-Person
Participants
Please note that access to this meeting is by invitation only.
The following persons may attend as participants :
- Official representatives of the 34 Member States that are members of the ICC. Each Council member shall have one vote but it may send as many experts or advisers as it deems necessary to sessions of the Council.
The following may attend, by invitation, as observers:
- Representatives of the Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO that are not members of the Council;
- Representatives of the United Nations, as well as other intergovernmental organizations of the U.N. system, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme;
- Representatives of international non-governmental organizations who are invited by the Council and/or the Director-General of UNESCO.
Registrations
Registrations will open soon.
Registrations
Participation is by invitation only
Deadline for registration is 20 June 2025
Information Documents
- SC-25/CONF.237/INF-1 List of Participants – will be made available at the meeting
- SC-25/CONF.237/INF-2 List of Documents – available soon
- SC-25/CONF.237/INF-2 List of Documents – available soon
Composition of the International Coordinating Council of the MAB Programme
November 2023
SC-25/CONF.237/INF-3a

Statutes of the International Coordinating Council of the MAB Programme
2012
SC-25/CONF.237/INF-3b
36 C/Resolution 32 adopted by the General Conference in 2011

Rules and Procedures of the International Coordinating Council of the MAB Programme
avril 2001
SC-25/CONF.237/INF-3c

Final Report 36th Session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and Biosphere Programme
5 July 2024
SC-25/CONF.237/INF-4

- SC-25/CONF.237/INF-5 National Reports of Member States, and Reports of regional and thematic networks