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International technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 - 7 May 2015 - Mexico City, Mexico, Selection of Participants

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to the Discussion Forum and Webinar on "The Strong Economic Case for Financing Biodiversity", 22 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/89655 (2021-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

Issues arising from the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention related to the Strategy for Resource Mobilization and the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/DC/KNM/fb/80164 (2012-090)
To: All CBD National Focal Points

Joint Summary of the Chairs and Highlights of the 40th GEF Council Meeting, 24-26 May 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-114)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The fortieth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 24-26 May 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 14 project concepts and one programmatic approach, including 4 biodiversity projects, wit ...

Joint Summary of the Chairs of the 41st GEF Council Meeting, 8-10 November 2011

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/76393 (2011-216)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

The forty-first meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) was held from 8-9 November 2011 in Washington, D.C., United States of America. The GEF Council approved the work program comprising 40 project concepts and nine programmatic approaches, with total resources amountin ...

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, June 29 – 1 July 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/fb/72592 (2010-131)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points, and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

The thirty-eighth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 29 June - 1 July 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, November 10-12, 2009

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/69615 (2009-157)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points

The thirty-sixth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 10-12 November 2009 in Washington, D.C.

Joint Summary of the Chairs, GEF Council Meeting, November 16 - 18, 2010

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/74432 (2010-208)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CPB National Focal Points

The thirty-ninth meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility was held from 16-18 November 2010 in Washington, D.C., United States of America.

Launch of the upcoming ‘Global Biodiversity Framework Early Action Support Project’ (GBF-EAS Project) and Help Desk

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JMF/JC/MC/90393 (2022-040)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Launching of CBD-UNDP Regional Technical Support Nodes on Financial Planning and Reporting

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86083 (2016-143)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84107 (2014-132)
To: All National Focal Points

Methodological and Implementation Guidance for the “Indicators for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention’s Strategy for Resources Mobilization”

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/78858 (2012-023)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocol

Nomination of experts for the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90824 (2023-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Nomination of experts to prepare a report on the full assessment of funding necessary and available for the implementation of the Convention for the period July 2018 to June 2022

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84244 (2015-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization Focal Points, International Non-governmental Organizations

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for English Speaking African Countries, 24-25 November 2015 – Entebbe, Uganda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85070 (2015-112)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South America, 12-13 November 2015 – Lima, Peru

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85008 (2015-106)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Southeast Asia, 30 November - 1 December 2015, Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85010 (2015-110)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Spanish-speaking Central America and Caribbean Countries. 26-27 October 2015 – San Jose, Costa Rica

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85007 (2015-105)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for the Pacific Region 5-6 October 2015 – Avarua, Cook Islands

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84960 (2015-098)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

Nominations for the Sub-regional Capacity-building Workshop on Resource Mobilization for CARICOM Member States, 18 - 21 May 2015 - St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84346 (2015-028)
To: CBD National Focal Points of : Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for East European as well as Central and West Asian Countries, 25-26 January 2016 – Tbilisi, Georgia

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85236 (2015-146)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for French Speaking African Countries, 1-2 December 2015 – Dakar, Senegal

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85097 (2015-121)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tunisia

Nominations for the Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for South Asia, 16-18 September 2015 - New Delhi, India

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/LZ/84820 (2015-076)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

Nominations for the international technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts, 5 to 7 May 2015 Mexico City, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84322 (2015-022)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Nominations for the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90825 (2023-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth organizations, relevant organizations and initiatives and relevant stakeholders

Note on the 2011 African Briefing and Report on the 3rd Expert Meeting on the Green Development Initiative

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/72402 (2011-219)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention

I have the honor of transmitting to you the information note and report prepared by Earthmind, on behalf of the Green Development Initiative. The information note and report are transmitted to Africa’s national focal points of the Convention, as received.

Online Forum on the Contribution of Collective Action of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to Biodiversity Conservation and Resource Mobilization, 1-15 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84650 (2015-047)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols and relevant stakeholder organizations

Online IDB Dialogue on International Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 21-22 May 2015

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84676 (2015-055)
To: All Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols, cc: Relevant stakeholder organizations

Online Workshop: The financial sector and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 17 and 18 June 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/OC/GD/89438 (2021-029)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, financial sector representatives, businesses, UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs and other relevant international stakeholders

Online workshop with the financial sector: Aligning financial flows with the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, 9 December 2021

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/ML/OC/GD/89986 (2021-079)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Resource Mobilization National Focal Points, financial sector representatives, businesses, UN agencies, IGOs, NGOs and other relevant international stakeholders

Outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility, Washington DC, USA, 14-16 November 2007

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/60872 (2007-151)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The purpose of this notification is to convey, for your information, the outcomes of the thirty-second meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) - the designated institutional structure operating the financial mechanism of the Convention.

POSTPONEMENT - Subregional Capacity-building Workshop on Financial Reporting and Resource Mobilization for Eastern European as well as Central and West Asian Countries

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/85236 (2016-005)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Oman, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yemen

Participation in the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 7 and 9 June 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90326 (2022-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Participation in the second round of the online informal consultations on resource mobilization, 19 and 20 October 2022

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/ML/GD/90563 (2022-062)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Preliminary gap analysis of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES)

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RH/lj/67334 (2009-038)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, Other governments, relevant organizations, and indigenous and local communities

It is my pleasure to inform you that the preliminary gap analysis is now accessible from http://www.ipbes.net/Documents/UNEP_GC_25_INF_30.pdf. All other documents related to this review process, including a template, can be found at http://www.ipbes.net.

Questionnaire for the Third Review of the Effectiveness of the Financial Mechanism

Reference: SCBD/ITS/YX/57189 (2007-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points and other stakeholders

At its eighth meeting held in Curitiba, Brazil, the Conference of the Parties decided, in decision VIII/13, paragraph 11, “to make the necessary arrangements for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the financial mechanism to be conducted in time for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the P ...

Questionnaire on Funding Needs for the Implementation of the Convention and its Protocols for the Seventh Replenishment Period (July 2018 - June 2022) of the Trust Fund of the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/LZ/84932 (2015-094)
To: CBD National Focal Points, and GEF Secretariat, Independent Evaluation Office and Agencies

R E M I N D E R N O T I F I C A T I O N: Submission of information for the Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/82040 (2014-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Submission of information for the Review of Implementation of the Strategy for Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/82040 (2014-019)
To: CBD Focal Points and other Governments

REMINDER NOTIFICATION: Decision XII/3: Resource mobilization

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/84696 (2015-134)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

REMINDER: Decisions XIII/20 and XII/3 on resource mobilization: Completion of financial reporting frameworks

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/ML/GD/86641 (2018-024)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization Focal Points

Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean on Resource Mobilization, Brasilia, Brazil, 15 to 17 April 2014

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/83190 (2014-021)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points of: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela

Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Africa Entebbe, Uganda, 11 to 13 February 2014

Reference: SCBD/TSI/ML/GD/82955 (2013-110)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points of: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Asia and the Pacific, 6 to 8 May 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/83329 (2014-040)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points of: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Federal States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam and Yemen

Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 26 to 28 May 2014 - Isle of Vilm, Germany

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/GD/83365 (2014-052)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points of: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan

Registration for Online Forum on Standards for LMO Shipments (paragraph 3 of Article 18 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/KG/ps/67309 (2009-036)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that registration for the Online Forum on Standards for LMO Shipments is now open. You are invited to register to participate in the Forum here: https://bch.cbd.int/onlineconferences/registration_art18.shtml.

Reminder - Updating or Revision of the Strategic Plan of the Convention

Reference: SCBD/STTM/JM/VA/64383 (2009-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations

Considering the very small number of contributions to both the notification and the e-Forum, the Secretariat would like to reiterate the importance of providing submissions or views in response to paragraph 6 of decision IX/9. Considering the importance of the Strategic Plan for the implementati ...

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Completion of financial reporting frameworks - Decision 14/22: Resource Mobilization

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/AS/ML/GD/89594 (2021-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Resource Mobilization National Focal Points

Reminder: GEF-6 Questionnaire for Financial Needs Assessment

Reference: SCBD/ITS/RS/ESE/fb/77838 (2012-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points

Report of the international technical expert workshop on identifying, accessing, compiling and aggregating domestic and international biodiversity-related investments and impacts held on 5 7 May 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/ML/LZ/84322 (2015-118)
To: CBD and Resource Mobilization Focal Points