Notification 2016-001

Dear Madam/Sir, Reference is made to notification 2015-152, dated 23 December 2015, inviting Parties of the Central and Eastern European region to nominate a representative to take part in the Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-11 March 2016. Parties that have not yet done so are kindly reminded to submit their nominations as soon as possible but no later than 15 January 2016 to enable the Secretariat to finalize arrangements for the workshop in a timely manner. Nominations are to be sent to the Executive Secretary via e-mail at secretariat@cbd.int or by fax at +1-514-288-6588. The official nomination letter should be accompanied with the attached nomination form indicating activities in which the nominee has been involved that are relevant to LMO detection and identification as well as the anticipated benefits of the workshop. Participants will be selected on the basis of their relevant expertise and gender balance. Incomplete forms will not be considered. Due to the limited availability of funds for the workshop, only nominees from eligible Parties will receive financial assistance to cover the cost of travel and a daily subsistence allowance. Relevant organizations are also welcome to nominate representatives with practical experience in the subject matter of the workshop, by filling in the attached nomination form. Funding is not available to support the participation of organizations. Thank you for your continued cooperation and support towards the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, Relevant Organizations