OTSOPA    Bonn Agreement Working Group

1. On the basis of Rule 8 of the Bonn Agreement Rules of Procedure, which state: "A Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions (OTSOPA) is established with the task of providing Contracting Parties with the necessary elements for decisions in these areas", the Working Group on Operational, Technical and Scientific Questions (OTSOPA) shall:
   1. execute its Work Programme as established by the meeting of Contracting Parties;
   2. facilitate the implementation of the Bonn Agreement by Contracting Parties through operational, technical and scientific contacts and cooperation between representatives of Contracting Parties and, as appropriate, observers;
   3. report to the meeting of Contracting Parties on its activities.

2. OTSOPA is responsible for the following areas of implementation of the Bonn Agreement:
   1. factual updates of existing information in Bonn Agreement manuals and handbooks;
   2. arrangements for (all types of) exercises and aerial surveillance activities which the meeting of Contracting Parties decided to organise, assisted by the lead countries for those activities;
   3. arrangements for R&D collaboration within the Bonn Agreement framework, after Contracting Parties have identified and established the principle agreements on a case-by-case basis.

3. OTSOPA shall report proposals which could have financial, legal or political implications to the meeting of Contracting Parties. Each Contracting Party can also ask the meeting of Contracting Parties to deal with any subject dealt with by OTSOPA that it considers to be of a financial, legal or political nature.

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