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Additional logistics information regarding the Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on indicators, synthetic biology and risk assessment, 11 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/VA/91510 (2024-042)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and 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

Advanced Issues in Biosafety: Risk Monitoring and Public Perception in Biotechnology

12 - 16 November 2001, Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Advanced Research in Risk Assessment and Management for the Environmental Release of genetically modified organisms (GM0s): identification of main areas for future investigation

2 - 6 April 2001, Florence, Italy

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

Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

9 - 12 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Africa Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Public Awareness, Education and Participation concerning the Safe Transfer, Handling and Use of Living Modified Organisms

5 - 9 November 2012, Kampala, Uganda

Africa Regional Training of Trainers’ Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

14 - 18 September 2009, Bamako, Mali

Africa Union Preparatory Meeting of African Delegates to the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, COP-MOP 4

10 - 11 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

African Meeting on Capacity Building for the Biosafety Clearing-House to be held back-to-back with the UNEP-GEF African Regional Workshop on Biosafety

19 January 2002, Nairobi, Kenya

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 ...

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

23 - 25 August 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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 Workshop on strengthening capacities for the integrated implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity

19 - 23 February 2018, Lilongwe, Malawi

African Regional Workshop on the Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

21 - 22 July 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Agenda for Part One of UN Biodiversity Conference

Montreal, 7 October 2021 – Part One of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) gets underway in Kunming, China, on 11 October 2021. Due to the pandemic situation, this first phase of the conference will be held mostly virtually, with limited onsite participation in Kunming

Recommendation II/5

Agenda item 3.7: Capacity-building for biosafety

Agreement reached to work towards a legally binding instrument on Liability and Redress with regard to GMOs

Bonn, 16 May 2008 - After four years of intensive negotiation, the 2,000 participants attending the Bonn Biosafety Meeting, the largest ever gathering on biosafety, agreed to work towards legally binding rules and procedures for liability and redress for potential damage caused from the tran ...

Agreements reached on actions to integrate biodiversity in forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism sectors and to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

Anglophone Africa Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

12 - 16 December 2011, Accra, Ghana

Anglophone African Laboratory Training Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

16 - 20 September 2019, Abuja, Nigeria

Anglophone African Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

8 - 12 April 2019, Pretoria, South Africa

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).

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: 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.

Antigua and Barbuda becomes twenty-sixth signatory to the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol

Montreal, 10 August 2011 – Yesterday, Antigua and Barbuda became the twenty-sixth Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the first small island developing State, to sign the Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.

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

Appointment of the next Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/91620 (2024-031)
To: National focal points of the CBD and its Protocols, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Arrangements for meetings of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

17 March 2020 – Due to the evolving nature of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has moved to hold many meetings virtually and has postponed others.

Asia Regional Capacity-building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization

9 - 13 February 2015, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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 ...

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

7 - 9 April 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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, 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 Training of Trainers' Workshop on the Identification and Documentation of Living Modified Organisms

21 - 25 November 2011, New Delhi, India

Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

17 - 18 November 2011, New Delhi, India

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-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 Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

20 - 24 March 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asia-Pacific regional training workshop on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs

25 - 29 March 2013, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Asian Subregional Workshop on Strengthening Capacities for the Integrated Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and the Convention on Biological Diversity

6 - 10 November 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Training Course on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms

12 - 16 July 2010, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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)

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

At a critical meeting opening tomorrow, the United Nations will call on decision makers from more than 190 countries to step up efforts to halt the loss of biodiversity and protect the ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people.

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 ...

BCPC Conference - Pests and Diseases 2000

13 - 16 November 2000, Brighton, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Bahrain to become the 163rd Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Montreal, 13 February 2012 – Bahrain deposited its instrument of accession to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on 7 February 2012 and will become the 163rd Party to the Protocol on 7 May 2012.

Benin becomes sixty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol and the thirty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress

Montreal, 31 October 2011 – Benin, on 28 October 2011, became the sixty-sixth signatory of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the thirty-sixth signatory of ...

Berkeley Biosafety and Biodiversity Workshop

11 - 12 December 2008, Berkeley, California, United States of America