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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)

Visa Requirements for Mexico

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/PT/85427 (2016-118)
To: CBD, ABS, and CPB National Focal Points, international and non-governmental organizations, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Press conferences at the margins of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, including the High-Level Segment, 2-17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/fd/85971 (2016-115)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities

"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

Information Note for Participants for the High-Level Segment of the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 2-3 December 2016 - Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/AFC/MRH/PT/85746 (2016-107)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

Reminder: Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls of living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 October 2016

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/PD/mw/85817 (2016-100)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and relevant organizations.

“Information Note for Participants” and Side-Event Registration for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and concurrent meetings of the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/lp/85847 (2016-094)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Invitation to Participate in the Survey to Collect Information on the Evaluation of the Programme of Work on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/UN/85642 (2016-096)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Nomination of participants to the workshop on developing capacity for national border controls of living modified organisms in Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago, 17-19 October 2016

Reference: SCBD/SPS/CG/MPM/PD/ps/85817 (2016-088)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points of Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and relevant organizations.

Credentials for the Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13), Eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 8), and Second 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 (COP-MOP 2), 4 –17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/WDY/moc/85810 (2016-085)
To: CBD, ABS and CPB National Focal Points

Fair on Experiences and Best Practices in Communication, Education and Public Awareness at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/DAIN/mb/85787 (2016-082)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing House National Focal Points, Relevant Organizations and and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

High-Level Segment of the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/moc/85746 (2016-072)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS National Focal Points

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-19 August 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85535 (2016-060)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and relevant organizations

Reminder Notification: Submission of information requested in decision BS-VII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/85215 (2016-058)
To: Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Invitation to Participate in the Survey to Collect Information on the Evaluation of the Programme of Work on Public Awareness, Education and Participation Concerning Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/DA/UN/mw/85642 (2016-055)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 –17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85427 (2016-044)
To: International and non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local communities and relevant stakeholders

Submission of information requested in decision on Contained Use (Article 6)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85327 (2016-041)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Nomination of experts to the Workshop on the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-19 August 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85535 (2016-042)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and relevant organizations

Registration and Visas for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, 4 -17 December 2016 - Cancun, Mexico

Reference: SCBD/OES/BD/DC/85427 (2016-036)
To: All CBD, ABS, CPB National Focal Points

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2016-008)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information requested in decision on Contained Use (Article 6)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85327 (2016-009)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Central and Eastern European workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-11 March 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85254 (2016-001)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), 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, Relevant Organizations

Nomination of Experts to the Central and Eastern European workshop on the detection and identification of living modified organisms, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 7-11 March 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85254 (2015-152)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), 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, Relevant Organizations

Reminder: Nominations for the Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 9-12 February 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/85233 (2015-149)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, cc: CBD National Focal Points

Invitation to complete a survey to evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-building activities supported and facilitated by the Secretariat

Reference: SCBD/BS/ET/DA/85253 (2015-147)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points

Nominations for the Africa Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 9-12 February 2016

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/mw/85233 (2015-143)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points for: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, cc: CBD National Focal Points

Selected countries to participate in the pilot project: 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 (2015-144)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Peer review of the outcomes of the process in response to decision XII/24 on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/85140 (2015-139)
To: CBD National Focal Points; SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points, relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities

Submission of information requested in decision BS-VII/12 on Risk Assessment and Risk Management

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/85215 (2015-138)
To: Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: 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 (2015-133)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points

Reminder and Extension of Deadline: Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (30 November 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-125)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

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

Nomination of participants to the Workshop on Border Control of Living Modified Organisms and Invasive Alien Species, Nadi, Fiji, 7-11 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG[MPM/DAJ84972 (2015-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue. Palau. Papua New Guinea. Samoa, Solomon Islands. Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, relevant organizations

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (31 October 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-107)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Nomination of participants to the Workshop on Border Control of Living Modified Organisms and Invasive Alien Species, Nadi, Fiji, 7-11 December 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84972 (2015-100)
To: CBD National Focal Points and Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points of: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, relevant organizations

Reminder - Submission of information requested in decision on Unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures (Article 17)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84222 (2015-088)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Reminder: Deadline for Submission of the Third Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (31 October 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-089)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Change of venue of the COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

Reference: SCBD/RMCS/CS/PT/84810 (2015-078)
To: CBD, CPB and ABS Focal Points and International Organizations

GEF Support for the Preparation of the Third National Reports on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-059)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reminder: Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-041)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

REMINDER: Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/mw/84355 (2015-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Request for submissions of views and comments on the “Elements of a Framework for Conceptual Clarity on Socio-Economic Considerations” contained in the annex to the report of the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on socio-economic considerations

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-029)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities

Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Ispra, Italy, 9-11 June 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84400 (2015-026)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points and Relevant Organizations

Nomination of experts to the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology (action required by 31 March 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84355 (2015-019)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous people and local communities cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Point

In decision XII/24 , the Conference of the Parties established an Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Synthetic Biology with terms of reference contained in the annex to the decision, and requested the Executive Secretary to convene a moderated open-ended online forum to support the work of ...

Submission of Information on Synthetic Biology (action required by 30 April 2015)

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/MPM/DA/84279 (2015-013)
To: CBD National Focal Points; relevant organizations; and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Nagoya Protocol Focal Points

Nominations for the Caribbean Sub-regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Biosafety into National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans and Resource Mobilization, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, 9-13 March 2015

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ET/ps/84000 (2015-011)
To: CBD National Focal Points for: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, cc: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Socio-economic considerations (Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety): outline of inter-sessional activities in accordance with COP-MOP decision BS-VII/13

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ps/84239 (2015-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB) National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant organizations, Indigenous and local communities

Dates and venues of COP 13 to the Convention on Biological Diversity, COP-MOP 8 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and COP-MOP 2 to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing, and other upcoming meetings

Reference: SCBD/SAM/DC/AC/84220 (2015-003)
To: All CBD, CPB and Nagoya Protocol Focal Points and International Organizations

Submission of information requested in decision on unintentional transboundary movements and emergency measures (Article 17)

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPM/DA/84222 (2015-002)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Point, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Submission of the Third Regular National Reports

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/ABw/84181 (2015-001)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, cc: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House