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Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

21 October - 1 November 2024

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

4 - 8 March 2024, Montreal, Canada

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

17 - 24 November 2023, Online

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

1 - 3 November 2023, Montreal, Canada

Global risk assessment workshop

30 - 31 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

Eighteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

24 - 26 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

Resumed second part of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

19 - 20 October 2023, Nairobi, Kenya

Information session on the resumed second part of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

26 September 2023, Online

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91278 (2023-099)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House national focal points

Submission of information related to the detection and identification of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91277 (2023-100)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH national focal points, and relevant organizations

Resumed second part of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (the resumed Meetings), 19-20 October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/GT/91193 (2023-097)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, cc: SBSTTA focal points

Webinar on the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2023, Online

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023

Issue 18 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Extension of the terms of office of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WM/TS/KG/PD/BG/PS/91221 (2023-092)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, Nagoya Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

21 - 25 August 2023, Online

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023, 7:00 a.m. EDT

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/UN/MW/91216 (2023-089)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Global Risk Assessment Workshop, 30-31 October 2023 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91206 (2023-084)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: BCH national focal points

Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/GT/91194 (2023-082)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal Points, ABS focal points

Resumed sessions of the second part of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/91193 (2023-081)
To: To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, Cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points

Online discussions of the Open-Ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91172 (2023-079)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91069 (2023-078)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), 14-17 August 2023 - Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91105 (2023-068)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of ASEAN member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and Timor Leste

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-057)
To: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91069 (2023-059)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: CBD national focal points, BCH national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points

International Day for Biological Diversity: “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”

22 May 2023, Montreal, Canada

Twelfth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

15 - 16 May 2023, Montreal, Canada

Request for additional nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-053)
To: CBD national focal points, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Follow-up to decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at its tenth meeting

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90971 (2023-052)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points and CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: Nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Consultations on the establishment of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Fund by the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/YX/GT/90953 (2023-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

10 - 21 April 2023, Online

Selected experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90718 (2023-040)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Extension of deadline: Submission of nominations for the position of Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/90846 (2023-033)
To: CBD, Cartagena Protocol, ABS, SBSTTA Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

20 - 31 March 2023, Online

Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/ZJ/AB/90837 (2023-030)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points, members of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House, and relevant stakeholders

International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques

14 - 16 March 2023, Berlin, Germany

Submission of views and experience on participating in or conducting virtual and hybrid meetings

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WDY/IM/90891 (2023-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2023

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/90900 (2023-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/90892 (2023-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/90846 (2023-015)
To: CBD, Cartagena Protocol, ABS, SBSTTA Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Issue 4 of the Action Agenda for Nature and People newsletter is now available

Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: submission of information and Online Forum

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90762 (2023-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90775 (2023-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Protocol Focal Points

Letter from COP 15 President to all National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/90792 (2023-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

International treaty on protecting biodiversity through the Biosafety Protocol will mark its twentieth anniversary this year

International treaty on protecting biodiversity through the Biosafety Protocol will mark its twentieth anniversary this year