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STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION FOR ABS: NEW PRODUCTS AND TOOLS

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ABS Capacity Development Initiative/ DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBH

Date and Time
5 July 2012 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
Second Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on ABS (ICNP-2)

While international negotiations on certain aspects of the Nagoya Protocol are still going on, part of the focus of the ABS community has moved to national implementation. One of the challenges for those in charge is to communicate effectively and efficiently with a broad variety of stakeholders. In the past few years, the ABS Capacity Development Initiative has developed a series of products to support ABS communication. The two most recent ones are (i) an introductory film of 25 minutes that explains the basic concepts of ABS and illustrates them with three real-life examples, and (ii) a Guide that looks at the specifics of ABS implementation at the country level and suggests concepts, approaches and tools to meet the related communication challenges. The Guide is structured along "8 Fields of Action for ABS implementation" and "10 Steps for Strategic Communication", and will be published shortly in print, online and on DVD. The Side Event at ICNP-2 is a perfect opportunity to present both products and obtain feedback from the audience.