Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, 24-28 February 2014
The Third Meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ICNP-3) will be held at the Alpensia Convention Center, Gangwon-do, in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, from 24 to 28 February 2014.

Decision XI/1 of the eleventh meeting of the COP decided to reconvene the Intergovernmental Committee for a third meeting to address outstanding issues in its work plan, in preparation for the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol.

The Parties decided that the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee should also address the following issues:

• Monitoring and reporting;
• Exchange of views on the development, updating and use of sectoral and cross-sectoral model contractual clauses, voluntary codes of conduct, guidelines and best practices and/or standards; and
• Exchange of views on the state of implementation of the Nagoya Protocol.

For in-depth detail on these items, please see the Annotated Provisional Agenda.