The Environment and Natural Resources Management Department was the National Focal Point for the CBD until 2011, the change of focal point is mostly attributed to internal organization of work rather than to specific functions of the Climate Change and International Relations Department on biodiversity matters. Several other departments of the Ministry are involved in implementation of the CBD. The Protected Areas Management Department is the Focal Point for the Programme of Work on Protected Areas (PoWPA) and the Department of Botany of the National University of Mongolia is the Focal Point for the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Occasionally delegations have been larger, namely, including representatives of NGOs.