Topics (Source Decisions) | Actions expected by COP-MOP6 | Intersessional Activities | Timeframe 2025-2026 (Notification issued) | Types of Actions Expected/taken by Parties and Observers |
I | II | III |
Report of the Compliance Committee NP-5/3 | Consider the report and recommendations of the Committee to take appropriate action. | Convene the fifth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing | Meeting will be held from 27–29 May 2026
Montreal, Canada | | | |
Second assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol NP-5/5 | In accordance with decision NP-5/5, SBI will consider a document prepared by the ES that include the conclusions from the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the Compliance Committee under the Nagoya Protocol. | Submission of views to inform a preliminary review of the compliance procedures and mechanisms | Completed Notif 2025-080 and 2025-098. Deadline: 5 September 2025 | | X | |
Parties to submit their first national reports on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol | National reports due by 28 February 2026 Notif: 2024-074 Reminder notification Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 | | X | |
Nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (IAC) | Completed Composition announced Notif. 2025-118 Deadline for nominations: 10 August 2025 | X | | |
Convene Informal Advisory Committee on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol | Meeting will be held from 1–4 June 2026 Montreal, Canada | | | |
Survey to support the review of the operation and implementation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House | Notif 2025-113 Deadline 31 December 2025. | | X | |
Study as requested in decision paragraph 7(b) of decision NP-5/5 | Planned for October 2025-February 2026 | | | |
Targeted survey (paragraph 6, NP-5/5) | Planned October-November 2025 | | X | |
Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and information-sharing. NP- 5/4 | Consider the progress in the operation of the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House in accordance with the modalities of operation, feedback from the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and taking into account the findings of the second assessment and review of the Nagoya Protocol. | Sixth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House | Completed Composition announced 2025-119 Meetings scheduled tentatively: - Q4 of 2025 - Q1 of 2026 - Q3 of 2026 (all online) | X | | |
Financial Mechanism and Resources NP-5/2 | Consider recommendations from SBI and GEF report | Submission of national funding priorities, including nationally prioritized funding needs that could be considered as eligible for funding under the financial mechanism specifically for the period July 2026 to June 2030 | Notif 2025-066 Reminder sent Notif 2025-086 Deadline 31 July 2025 | | X | |
Specialized international access and benefit-sharing instruments in the context of Article 4, paragraph 4, of the Nagoya Protocol NP-5/8 | SBI to consider the synthesis of views of information with regards to specialized international access and benefit sharing instruments and draft recommendation for COP-MOP 6 | Submission of views on specialized international and access and benefit sharing instruments | Notif. 2025-033 4 Deadline October 2025 | | X | |
Review of effectiveness of processes under the Convention and its Protocols. NP-5/10 | SBI-6 will consider proposals for further improving the effectiveness of meetings under the Convention and its Protocols, with a view to developing draft decisions for consideration by COP-17, COP-MOP 12 and COP-MOP 6, taking into account SBI recommendation 4/12 of 29 May 2024, including the compilation of submissions contained in annex II to the recommendation. | A consultant (qualified external expert) to be engaged to assist with research, consultations with Parties, partners and stakeholders, and preparation of a working document for consideration by SBI 6.t A survey to be conducted for Bureau members | Notif 2025-112 Deadline 3 october | | X | |
Digital sequence information on genetic resources. NP-5/14 | See table of intersessional activities for COP17 (link coming soon) | | | | | |
