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

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/DAIN/CSt/fd/87981 (2019-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, partner organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities

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

Call for expression of interest to participate in the project on "Integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress, and the Convention on Biological Diversity"

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/KG/PD/PS/86494 (2017-040)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Call for expression of interest to participate in the pilot project on “Capacity-building to promote integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity at the national level”

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/85125 (2015-119)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Call for Expression of Interest: Study to Provide Knowledge Base for the Development of the Long-Term Strategic Framework on Capacity-Building Beyond 2020

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/ET/KT/CP/87979 (2019-033)
To: CBD, CPB, ABS, SBSTTA National Focal Points, relevant organizations

Budget document for COP-14

Reference: SCBD/OES/CPP/87743 (2018-092)
To: CBD Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Briefing Webinars for SBSTTA 24 and SBI 3

Reference: SCBD/IMS/SSSF/AS/JMF/JB/89296 (2021-004)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations, cc: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop, 11 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/ABw/86024 (2016-124)
To: Parties participating in the UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (UNEP-GEF BCH III Project)

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop, 11 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/ABw/86024 (2016-132)
To: Parties participating in the UNEP-GEF Project for Sustainable Capacity Building for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (UNEP-GEF BCH III Project)

Biosafety Clearing-House Survey

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/60997 (2007-155)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce the release of a new online survey on the recently revamped BCH. It is available at <a href='http://bch.cbd.int/survey/'>http://bch.cbd.int/survey/</a>.

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, Nagoya, Japan, 8-9 October 2010 (prior to COP-MOP/5)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/72371 (2010-144)
To: CPB Focal Points, BCH Focal Points

I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, in collaboration with and support of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Project, will convene a training workshop for National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs) on 8-9 October 2010, immediately before the fifth meeting of the Conference o ...

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, Hyderabad, India, 28-29 September 2012 (prior to COP-MOP/6)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/80287 (2012-097)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs)

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, 26-27 September 2014 – Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/83790 (2014-102)
To: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 9-10 May 2008 (Prior to COP-MOP/4)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/61315 (2007-160)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, with the kind support of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Project, will be convening a training workshop for BCH National Focal Points, 9-10 May 2008, immediately prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parti ...

Availability of new IT features for the development of Biosafety Clearing-House national nodes (Hermes and the BCH Ajax Plug-In)

Reference: SCBD/BS/PL/61720 (2008-005)
To: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, in close collaboration with the UNEP-GEF BCH Project, has developed and publicly released two new IT features, Hermes and the BCH Ajax Plug-In. These features serve to make all data submitted to the BCH Central Portal immediately available in BCH n ...

Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to gather information corresponding to indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/GF/Abw/81875 (2013-042)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Article 35): Survey to Gather Information Corresponding to Indicators in the Strategic Plan

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/81875 (2014-071)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFPs), National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFPs), CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Asia-Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86928 (2017-117)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region

Asia-Pacific Science-Policy Dialogue on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MM/DA/86928 (2017-111)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific region

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 to 9 April 2008

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-030)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and Relevant organizations

Please refer to my earlier notifications of 28 January and 19 February 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was to have taken place ...

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-29 February 2008

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-008)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the sub-regional workshop for Asia will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27 to 29 February 2008. This workshop will bring together scientists, regulators and decision-makers who are involved in risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms.

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-024)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Please refer to my notification of 28 January 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was scheduled to take place from 27 to 29 Februa ...

Appointment of the new Head of the Biosafety Unit

Reference: SCBD/CPU/WM/UN/MW/89103 (2020-067)
To: Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, BCH National Focal Points, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, and relevant organizations

Announcement: Online-Conference on Capacity-Building in Environmental Risk Assessment and Post-Release Monitoring of LMOs, 3-14 November 2008

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/65224 (2008-131)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety CBD National Focal Points (where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the “Online Conference on Capacity-building in Environmental Risk assessment and Post-Release Monitoring of LMOs” will be held from 3 to 14 November 2008.

Announcement: Fifth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities, 9 to 11 March 2009, San José, Costa Rica

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/65806 (2008-163)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB-NFPs have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the Government of Costa Rica, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), has kindly offered to co-organise and host the fifth Coordination Meeting from 9 to 11 March 2009 in San José at the IICA Headquarters.

Announcement of the Online-Conference on Capacity-Building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans, Strategies and Programmes, 19 January to 6 February 2009

Reference: SBD/BS/CG/ET/jh/66040 (2009-004)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB NFP) CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), National Focal Points to the Biosafety Clearing-House, Relevant Organizations

I have the pleasure to inform you that the “Online-Conference on Capacity-Building for Integration of Biosafety into National Development Plans, Strategies and Programmes” will be held from 19 January to 6 February 2009 through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH).

African Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Addis Ababa, 23-25 August 2007

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/jh/59310 (2007-086)
To: National Focal Points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and other Governments Relevant organizations

In paragraph 2 of decision BS-II/9, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol the Executive Secretary is requested to convene, prior to its fourth meeting, regional workshops on capacity-building and exchange of experiences on risk assessment and risk ma ...

African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 4), 12 -16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/63071 (2008-045)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points – African Regional Group

I have the honour to inform you that, with to the generous financial support of the Government of Germany and the African Union, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the COP/MOP 4 will take place on 10-11 May 2008 at Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. The meeting will be assisted by Mr. Wo ...

Advancing the Biodiversity Agenda: Ministerial Roundtable on main outcomes of the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference and the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework: A high-level event to be held at the margins of UNEA-4, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday 14 March 2019, 2pm to 4pm

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/NP/87989 (2019-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, relevant organizations

Adoption of an interim budget for 2021 by the extraordinary meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/89067 (2020-093)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, UN Organizations and Specialized Agencies, IGOs, NGOs, indigenous peoples and local communities, and other stakeholders

Activities of the Open-ended Online Expert Forum on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and nomination of experts

Reference: SCBD/SPS/DC/MPM/MW/87111 (2018-009)
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

Actions requested or invited by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP/3) as regards to handling, packaging, transport and identification of living modified organisms (par

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/55012 (2006-051)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I would like to invite you to take measures towards implementing decision BS-III/10, the Curitiba rules, and in particular to submit the information requested under paragraphs 2 and 11 of the decision to the Secretariat at your earliest convenience, but no later than 14 December 2007, in order t ...

Actions requested or invited by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP/3) as regards handling, packaging, transport and identification of living modified organisms (paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) and paragraph 3 of Article 18)

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/55077 (2006-061)
To: Relevant organizations

Decisions BS-III/8 and BS-III/9 on paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) of Article 18, and paragraph 3 of Article 18, respectively, were adopted by COP‑MOP/3: The notification draws attention to those parts of the decisions where organizations are invited to provide views and/or information for synthesis b ...

Actions requested or invited by the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Biosafety Protocol (COP-MOP/3) as regards handling, packaging, transport and identification of living modified organisms (paragr

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/55013 (2006-052)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

I would like to invite you to submit your views and information as requested in decisions BS-III/8 and BS-III/9 to the Secretariat at your earliest convenience, but no later than 14 December 2007, in order to enable us to prepare synthesis reports of the views and information for consideration b ...

Actions requested as regards to handling, packaging, transport and identification of living modified organisms (paragraph 2(a) Article 18)

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/55076 (2006-060)
To: Relevant organizations

Decision BS-III/10 on the detailed requirements of identification of living modified organisms intended for direct use as food or feed, or for processing as provided under paragraph 2(a) of Article 18 of the Protocol for information and subsequent action, as appropriate. Also inviting to take m ...

2022 United Nations High-Level Political Forum

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OH/GD/90088 (2022-009)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points and ABS Focal Points

2019 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/87836 (2019-002)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, and ABS Focal Points

10 October 2010 – Nagoya Congress Center closed for one hour

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ar/74022 (2010-182)
To: All CBD, CPB Focal Points, International Organizations, NGOs, ILCs

The Nagoya Congress Center (NCC) will be temporary closed on Sunday 10 October 2010 from 07:00 a.m. to 08:00 a.m., to allow for a security check. During this period, all participants to the meetings, including media, are not allowed to enter or/and stay in the NCC. Participants are kindly reques ...

"Information Note for Participants" and Side-Events Registration for Part Two of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/IS/90500 (2022-049)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, international organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

"Cancun Commitments and Coalitions for Enhanced Implementation" Preparing for potential pledges of action by countries and partners at the Cancun Meetings of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85942 (2016-111)
To: CBD, ABS and CPB National Focal Points, and relevant organizations

Reference: (2000-004)
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Letter form the Executive Secretary regarding full powers to sign the Protocol and the model of full powers

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/lr (2000-007)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the National Focal Points about the Adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity and interim arrangements

Reference: BSP/HZ/KGM (2000-011)
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Letter form the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on the meeting of technical experts and the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/LR (2000-012)
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Letter form the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on the signature to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety during COP5

Reference: EDM/HZ/BS/CS/LR (2000-013)
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Remainder letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on nominations for the meeting of technical experts on the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/SEL/DO (2000-015)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on signing the Cartagena Protocol during the Millenium Summit

Reference: SCBD/EDM/BPU/CS/LR (2000-016)
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Participants in the Meeting of Technical Experts on the Biosafety Clearing House (Montreal, 11-13 September 2000)

Reference: EDM/BS/KGM/BP (2000-017)
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Letter from the Executive Secretary to the CBD Focal Points on new signatures to the Cartagena Protocol

Reference: (2000-021)
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Decisions taken by the Bureau of the ICCP at its meeting held on 14-15 September 2000 in Montreal, Canada

Reference: EDM/BS/CS/LR (2000-028)
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Notification from the Executive Secretary inviting IGOs and NGOs to nominate representatives to attend the First ICCP meeting, to be held in Montpellier, France (December 11-15, 2000)