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At the institutional level: meetings of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC), meetings of the Committee on Science and Technology (CST), meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP), and meetings at regional level. [...] According to its Terms of Reference, the CRIC shall assist the COP in the review of the implementation of the Convention under the authority and guidance of the COP and as an integral part of the Performance Review and Assessment of Implementation System (PRAIS). [...] It captures perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government’s commitment to such policies. [...] Reporting process A reporting process covers the period where Parties to the UNCCD initiate the process of compiling data and information and submit a national report to the Conference of the Parties (COP), and it culminates in the review of information submitted to the COP through the intersessional session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC). [...] Sustainable Sustainable consumption and production refers to the use of services and related products, consumption and which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimizing the use of production natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the service or product so as not to jeopardize the needs of future g.