• The CORMON meeting on Biodiversity and Fisheries (28^th February - 01^st march 2017) will take place in Madrid, Puertos Del Estado, Sala plurifuncional, 1^st floor Avenida Del Partenón, 10 -28042. It's two minutes walk from the "Campo de las Naciones" metro station.
• It will be followed by a science-Policy Interface (SPI) workshop on 02^nd March 2017 at the Ministry of Environment, located at Nuevos Ministerios Plaza San Juan de la Cruz s/n, Madrid. It will take 5 minutes walk from the "Nuevos Ministerios" train and metro station.

• Usually the Metro (line 8) is the best way to get to the venue from Madrid downtown. Unfortunately it will be closed due to public works from January to April 2017.

  Thus, transportation from Madrid downtown to the meeting venue, back and forth, will be kind of complicated.

  For this reason, to ease your transportation from Madrid downtown to the meeting venue, SPA/RAC will provide a shuttle bus (photos hereafter) that will departure from two points to ensure participants transportation during the 2 days of the CORMON meeting (28 February and 1st March 2017) as follows:

  • From the hotel Espahotel Plaza Basilica (address Comandante Zorita, 27-31, 28020, Madrid), departure at 8:00 am,
  • From the Nuovos Minesterios Metro station, departure at 8:15 am.

  Return from the venue to the same departure points will be provided by the end of the daily session at 6:00 pm.

Travel arrangements

• Participants are kindly requested to arrange their travel by the most direct and appropriate means of transport given the distance involved. All flights should be economy, using if possible tickets at reduced rates (Pex, excursion, etc.). Approval must be obtained from SPA/RAC secretariat prior to purchasing travel tickets. Thus, when booking the flight ticket, we highly appreciate receiving, by e-mail the flight schedule and the corresponding price for the reimbursement.
• SPA/RAC will reimburse the designated participants through an approved perdiem rate to cover accommodation and meals.
• Travel expenses shall be reimbursed on presentation of original supporting documents, tickets and invoices or, in case of online bookings, the printout of the electronic reservation and boarding pass. The documents supplied must show the class of travel used, the time and date of travel and the amount paid. On the impossibility of presenting original documents, participants must justify such circumstances and present a copy of the relevant document/s.
• Reimbursement will be done in cash in site.
• Participants are responsible for their transportation from/to Madrid airport and from/to the meeting venue.

Visas

• All participants should ensure that they are in possession of appropriate entry and/or transit visas prior to their departure. It is suggested that visa applications are submitted to the Embassy of Spain as early as possible.

Hotels

• Participants are responsible of their own hotel booking. A list and a map of hotels situated around the meeting venue and in Madrid downtown is provided here after.