Twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity and First meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
12 - 18 November 2023 - Geneva, Switzerland
Highlights
- Closing the 2023 Geneva Meetings
- Governments meet in Geneva to develop a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources
- Traditional Knowledge at the centre of discussions for the upcoming meeting of the United Nations Biodiversity Convention
- International Dialogue on implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and Gender Plan of Action
Ad Hoc Open-ended Intersessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity
The twelfth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions of the Convention will be held in Geneva from 12 to 16 November 2023. The meeting will be preceded by an international dialogue with indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders on the implementation of the Framework and the Gender Plan of Action, on 9 and 10 November, and regional group consultations, on 11 November.
The meeting of the Working Group, starting on 12 November, will focus on the call by governments made in Montreal at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in December of 2022, to develop a new programme of work on Article 8(j) and other provisions of the Convention related to indigenous peoples and local communities that will be aligned with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence
The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources will be held in Geneva from 14 to 18 November 2023.
Governments will discuss the development and operationalization of a multilateral mechanism, including a global fund, for the sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, to be finalised by COP 16 in 2024.
Governments and other stakeholders will conduct their negotiations on the multilateral mechanism based on a synthesis of a compilation of views from governments, indigenous peoples and local communities and other organizations, as well as lessons learned from other international funding mechanisms.
The Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Benefit-sharing from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources will meet a second time, in Montreal, Canada in August 2024, to further the discussions and to make recommendations for consideration and adoption by the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth meeting (COP 16).