Summary of the outcomes of COP-MOP 1

The gist of the decisions adopted by COP-MOP/1 can be summarized as follows:

• Decision procedure (Article 10, para.7)
• Information-sharing and the Biosafety Clearing-House (Article 20, para.4)
• Capacity-building (Article 22; Article 28, para.3)
• Handling, transport, packaging and identification (Article 18)
• Compliance (Article 34)
• Liability and redress (Article 27)
• Monitoring and reporting (Article 33)
• Secretariat (Article 31, para.3)
• Guidance to the financial mechanism (Article 28, para. 5, Article 22)
• Consideration of other issues necessary for the effective implementation of the Protocol (e.g., Article 29, para.4)
• Medium-term programme of work
• Date and venue for the second meeting of the COP-MOP

Decision procedure (Article 10, para.7)

Adopted procedures and mechanisms to facilitate decision-making by Parties of import. COP-MOP will continue to identify and build upon mechanisms that will further facilitate capacity building including financial assistance or other means to facilitate importing Parties’ decision making. The guidelines and procedures state, inter alia, that Parties shall cooperate to ensure that importing Parties have access to the BCH, procedures and mechanisms should be demand-driven by importing Parties; and the roster of experts and the BCH are referred to as main mechanisms to provide support to facilitate decision making.