Side Event

COORDINATION MEETING OF GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS IMPLEMENTING AND/OR FUNDING CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN LMO DECISION-MAKING - AN INPUT BY THE COORDINATION MEETING ON BIOSAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING

Organizer
Coordination Meeting of Governments and Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Capacity-Building Activities

Date and Time
11 October 2010 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BS COP MOP 5)

Participants of the Coordination Mechanism from Austria, Namibia, Netherlands, and Norway will discuss initiatives on and experiences with socio-economic considerations in LMO decision making with delegates and observers. The aim of this side-event is to receive information and suggestions on the issue in order to support the work of the Coordination Mechanism which was requested by MOP-4 in Dec. IV/16 to "consider possibilities for cooperation in identifying needs for capacity-building among Parties for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of living modified organisms". Read more about the BSCMCB recommendations at http://www.cbd.int/doc/meetings/bs/bscmcb-06/official/bscmcb-06-02-en.pdf, para 33&34.