Digital sequence information on genetic resources
The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol first addressed the issue of digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources at their respective meetings held in December 2016.
In December 2022, at its fifteenth meeting, the COP decided to establish a multilateral mechanism for benefit-sharing from the use of DSI on genetic resources. Digital sequence information on genetic resources was also included in Goal C and Target 13 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
At its sixteenth meeting, COP, with decision 16/2 adopted the modalities for operationalizing the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of DSI on genetic resources, including a global fund, as set out in the annex to the decision. The COP decided that the global fund will be known as the "Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources".
Latest notifications:
- 2025-04-02 - Operationalization of the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Composition of the Steering Committee
- 2025-03-06 - Operationalization of the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources: Extension of deadline for nominations to the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Allocation Methodology
- 2025-02-07 - Extension of Deadline: Nominations for the Steering Committee of the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, including a global fund ("The Cali Fund")
- 2024-12-10 - Submission of information on national, regional or international standards on thresholds determining small, medium and large entities
- 2024-12-10 - Submission of views on possible new tools and models, such as databases, for making digital sequence information on genetic resources publicly available and accessible
- 2024-12-10 - Submission of views on possible additional modalities of the multilateral mechanism
- 2024-12-10 - Operationalizing the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, including a global fund (“The Cali Fund”): Follow up to decision 16/2 of the Conference of the Parties