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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

Online workshop with the financial sector: Aligning financial flows with the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

9 December 2021, Online

Open-ended WG on the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules of the Governing Body, Compliance and the Funding Strategy

14 - 17 December 2005, Rome, Italy

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

Opening Remarks by Mr. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, GEF Council, Brasilia, June 26, 2023

Opening remarks by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization, 25-29 September 2023, Kinshasa

Opening remarks by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization, 25-29 September 2023, Kinshasa

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.

Outreach Meeting on the Financial Services Initiative

Jerusalem, Israel

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

Pakistan eyes world’s first ‘nature performance bond’

As the pandemic continues to threaten lives and livelihoods across the globe, developing countries are braced for the worst of its economic consequences. The health crisis has jolted economies and triggered sovereign debt crises, which means more developing economies are now in debt distress. Th ...

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

Recommendation 3/9

Policy options concerning innovative financial mechanisms

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.

Preparatory meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization

5 September 2023, Online

Preparatory meeting of the Technical Expert Group on Financial Reporting

24 October 2023, Online

Press Release: Executive Secretary Hails Record Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund.

Press Release: GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund

Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility

8 April 2022 – More than $5 billion has been pledged by twenty-nine countries for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), providing a major boost to international efforts to protect biodiversity and curb threats from climate change, plastics, and toxic chemicals through collaboration action this ...

Protecting global biodiversity receives boost as 29 countries pledge over $5 billion to the Global Environment Facility

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

15 - 17 April 2014, Brasilia, Brazil

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 Biodiversity and Finance in Support of the Nagoya Outcome

29 - 30 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt

Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization for Africa

11 - 13 February 2014, Entebbe, Uganda

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

Regional Workshop on Resource mobilization for Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia

26 - 28 May 2014, Vilm, Germany

Regional workshop for resource mobilization for Asia and the Pacific

6 - 8 May 2014, Bangkok, Thailand

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

Request for additional information and comments on the draft Global Monitoring Report for the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention

Reference: U:\Documents\Web\doc\notifications\2014 (2014-089)
To: CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations

Request for information on the contribution of collective action to biodiversity conservation, including on experiences and lessons learned in applying pertinent methodologies

Reference: SCBD/TSI/RS/YX/84650 (2015-043)
To: All National Focal Points under the Convention and its Protocols, relevant stakeholder organizations

Request for views and other information on the sixth overall performance study of the Global Environment Facility and the summary of evaluation results of the Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/YX/GD/87542 (2018-066)
To: CBD National Focal Points and relevant stakeholders