The S4C meeting on 10 June 2009 established an interim Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) to guide the development of the S4C initiative. The Memorandum outlines aims, objectives, structure and the functioning of the initiative and the SSC.
S4C Bucharest Statement COP2
In June 2008, right after the launch of the S4C initiative, the vision and preliminary goals of the S4C initiative were presented to the 2nd Ministerial Conference of Parties (COP2) of the Carpathian Convention on 17-19 June 2008 in Bucharest, Romania (Björnsen Gurung 2008).
COP2 Report to the Framework Convention
The same meeting (17-19 June 2008) adopted the Decision COP2/9 welcoming the establishment of S4C as a platform of researchers for and in the Carpathians for the implementation of Article 12 (Environmental assessment and information system, monitoring and early warning) of the Carpathian Convention” (ISCC 2008:3).
S4C Side Event at COP3
The side-event aimed at informing on S4C activities, the publication of the Research Agenda for the Carpathians, and joint interests with the Carpathian Convention (26 May 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia).