"This workshop intends to bring the CBD and GEF processes further closer and promote all the outcomes to achieve a sum greater than the individual efforts." --- by Mr. Braulio Dias, Executive Secretary of the Convention

1. Overview on purpose of the workshop by CBD Secretariat and GEF Secretariat
2. Introduction of participants.
3. Developments in Implementing the CBD and its Protocols, by CBD Secretariat
4. Programming Opportunities to Implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, 2011-2020 through the GEF-6 Biodiversity Strategy and other Programming Windows during GEF-6, by GEF Secretariat
5. Financial Reporting, by CBD Secretariat
6. Summary and wrap up

The following workshops have been financed by the Japan Biodiversity Fund

For the following countries: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan + Armenia, Belarus, and Russian Federation

Proceedings on 8 September

For the following countries: Afghanistan, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria, and Yemen + Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia + Iran, Turkey GEF ECW Workshop in Jordan

Proceedings on 20 July

For the following countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda GEF ECW Workshop in Uganda

Proceedings on 22 June

For the following countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine GEF ECW Workshop in Georgia

Proceedings on 18 May

For the following countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe GEF ECW Workshop in Gabon

Proceedings on 4 May

For the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts And Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago GEF ECW Workshop in Bahamas

For the following countries: Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and The Gambia
GEF ECW Workshop in Cabo Verde

For the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay + Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador
GEF ECW Workshop in Paraguay

For the following countries: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam + Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka + China
GEF ECW Workshop in Sri Lanka

Proceedings on 2 March

For the following countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela GEF ECW Workshop in Nicaragua

Proceedings on 16 February

For the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe GEF ECW Workshop in Namibia