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Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/46961 (2005-012)
To: CBD and CHM National Focal Points CHM informal advisory committee members

I am pleased to inform Parties that the selection of participants to the technical workshop on the development of regional Clearing-House Mechanisms, to be held in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 to 25 February 2005 has been completed.

Recommendation X/7

Role of the clearing-house mechanism in promoting technical cooperation to achieve the 2010 target and facilitating information exchange on progress made

Meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Clearing-house Mechanism

6 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Asia and the Pacific Regional Workshop on the Clearing-House Mechanism

3 - 5 February 2005, Bangkok, Thailand

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/46841 (2005-010)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM and CEPA Informal Advisory Committee members, CPB National Focal Points

I am pleased to announce the launching of the CBD daily press service. The Secretariat will select news from the major newspapers around the world related to the programme areas and cross-cutting issues covered under the Convention. This selection will be made available once a day on the Convent ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/46695 (2005-008)
To: CHM National Focal Points CHM Informal Advisory Committee members International thematic focal points

I am writing in connection with the Independent review of the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/12) which recommended the development of a global CHM search engine on the CHM global network to work with relevant and available metadata of natio ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45933 (2005-006)
To: CBD National Focal Points CHM National Focal Points Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM

The Executive Secretary, in collaboration with the European Community clearing-house mechanism, is convening a technical workshop on the development of regional clearing-house mechanisms, to be held in Bucharest, Romania, from 23 to 25 February 2005.

Central African Sub-regional CHM Training Workshop

10 - 21 January 2005, Bujumbura, Burundi

Central African Sub-Regional Training Workshop for Key Partners of National Clearing-House Mechanisms

10 - 21 January 2005, Bujumbura, Burundi

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Information for participants

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Annotated provisional agenda

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Provisional agenda

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45933 (2004-106)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM

An Asia and Pacific regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism for Asia and the Pacific, will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 3 to 5 February 2005.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45094 (2004-095)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM Informal Advisory Committee members Relevant international organizations

This is to inform you that, due to unexpected circumstances, the Asia and Pacific regional meeting on the clearing-house mechanism, to be held in Amman, Jordan, from 30 November to 2 December 2004 has been postponed.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45104 (2004-093)
To: CBD, SBSTTA, CHM, GTI National Focal Points Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM International thematic focal points Relevant international organizations

I am pleased to announce the launching of the new Convention website (http://www.biodiv.org) which has been re-designed to facilitate searching, locating and retrieving of information. In addition, the Secretariat, in its re-design of the CBD website, adhered to commonly used information formats ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/BCH-IAC/1/4

Elements of a longer-term programme of work for the biosafety clearing-house

UNEP/CBD/BS/BCH-IAC/1/3

Review of the biosafety clearing-house, incorporating results from the questionnaire

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45094 (2004-092)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region

This is a reminder of the Secretariat’s earlier communication dated 28 October 2004 regarding the invitation to make nominations for the Asia and Pacific regional meeting on the clearing-house mechanism, to be held in Amman, Jordan on 30 November to 2 December, 2004 (Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/ ...

Informal Meeting on Interoperability of Information among the Three Rio and Other Environmental Conventions

2 - 3 November 2004, Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/45094 (2004-088)
To: CBD National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region CHM National Focal Points in the Asia and Pacific Region Informal Advisory Committee of the CHM Relevant international organizations

Clearing-House Mechanism regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism for Asia and the Pacific, 30 November to 2 December 2004.

UNEP/CBD/BS/BCH-IAC/1/2

Draft operational procedures for the informal advisory committee on the biosafety clearing-house

Third International Symposium - Energy and Environment

30 September - 2 October 2004, Sorrento, Italy

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/43241 (2004-031)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points

CBD information centre online catalogue now available on the web at <a href='/doc/info-centre.asp'>http://www.biodiv.org/doc/info-centre.asp</a>

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Minutes of the meeting

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Enhancing the CHM as a mechanism for connecting people to people particularly for technology transfer and development<br>(paper submitted by the New Zealand CHM National Focal Point)

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Provisional agenda

Meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Clearing-house Mechanism

13 - 17 February 2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Follow the latest COP-7 developments on the Internet

Over 2 000 world experts on biodiversity and sustainable development are gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. <p>Journalists and members of the public can stay abreast of all the development ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/42172 (2004-012)
To: CBD National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

An information database on incentive measures is available on the Convention’s website at: <a href='/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx'>http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/socio-eco/incentives/case-studies.aspx</a>. The database allows to search, locate and retrieve information usin ...

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40740 (2004-009)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ICCP National Focal Points (where biosafety focal points have not yet been designated) and CBD National Focal Points (where biosafety focal points have not yet been designated)

A tool to search for ICCP recommendations is available on the Convention’s website at: <a href='/convention/search.aspx'>http://www.biodiv.org/convention/search.aspx</a>

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40692 (2004-005)
To: CHM Informal Advisory Committee members, CHM National Focal Points and Relevant International Organizations

The Secretariat has developed a CD-ROM version of the new CHM Toolkit in an effort to ensure its widespread use and application

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/11

Usage analysis of the Convention on Biological Diversity website

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/5

Report of the Convention on Biological Diversity Clearing-House Mechanism and European Community Clearing-House Mechanism joint regional meeting for Central and Eastern Europe

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/4

Report of the joint Latin America and Caribbean regional meeting on the Clearing-House Mechanism and the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network: Building partnerships through effective networking

The Clearing-House Mechanism: exchange of experiences on its implementation at national level and developing scientific and technical cooperation

16 - 18 December 2003, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39993 (2003-122)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee, International Thematic Focal Points

Pursuant to Article 17 and Article 18.3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in support of the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 7), the Secretariat of the CBD developed a web-based tool to search, locate and retrieve information on COP decisions

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/17

Progress report on the mechanisms for implementation

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/17/ADD1

Clearing-house Mechanism activities during the inter-sessional period

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39932 (2003-120)
To: CBD National Focal Points – least developed countries and small island developing states

Project to assist two or more countries to develop their Clearing-House Mechanism websites

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Minutes of the meeting

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/17/ADD6

Operational procedures for the Informal Advisory Committee of the Clearing-House Mechanism

Meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee to the Clearing-house Mechanism

9 November 2003, Montreal, Canada

UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/12

Scientific and technical cooperation and Clearing-House Mechanism<br>Results of the independent review of the Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/40063 (2003-114)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

The Executive Secretary informs Parties about the development of a web-based tool to analyze thematic reports on alien and invasive species, forest ecosystems, mountain ecosystems, protected areas and technology transfer and cooperation.

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39217 (2003-112)
To: SBSTTA National Focal Points, CHM National Focal Points, CHM Informal Advisory Committee and International Thematic Focal Points

Pursuant to Article 17 and Article 18.3 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and in support of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) programme of work, the Secretariat of the CBD developed a web-based tool to search, locate and retrieve information ...

UNEP/CBD/GEEPA/4/2/ADD1

Activities related to the CBD web enhancement initiative

Reference: SCBD/I&O/CHM/MS/39159 (2003-106)
To: CHM National Focal Points and Informal Advisory Committee Members

A CHM Toolkit has been developed in cooperation with the European Community Clearing-House Mechanism (EC CHM), the Government of The Netherlands, the Government of Belgium and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) with the aim to assist Parties and Governments to establish national ...

7th Governing Board Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information

6 - 10 October 2003, To be determined, Japan

Forum on Biodiversity Information: Building Capacity in Asia and Oceania

4 - 10 October 2003, Tsukuba, Japan

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Annotated provisional agenda