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UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/2

Report of the Second Meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Bioasfety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/10

Report of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety on the Work of its Second Meeting

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/15

Report of the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

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European Parliament Resolution on preparations for COP-8 and COP-MOP-3

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/2

Handling, Transport, Packaging and Identification (Article 18): Compilation of information submitted by Parties and other Governments and by organizations on experience gained with the use of documentation requirements under paragraphs 2 (b) and (c) of Article 18 of the Cartagena Protocol on Bio ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/3

Handling, Transport, Packaging and Identification (Article 18): Compilation of information submitted by Parties and other Governments and by organizations on the Article 18 paragraph 3 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety**

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/5

Report of the Second Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/6

Report of the Third Liaison Group Meeting on Capacity-Building for Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/7

Subsidiary Bodies (Article 30): "Compilation of views submitted by Parties and other Governments on the need for subsidiary bodies to address scientific issues including risk assessment and risk management" **

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/9

Obligations and Rights of Transit States: Compilation of views submitted by Parties, other Governments and relevant international organizations on obligations and rights of transit States **

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/10

Report of The Workshop on European Responsibility for Biosafety Cooperation; 7 - 8 November 2005; Königswinter, Germany

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/12

Report of the Evaluation of GEF Support for Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/13

Elements for a Biosafety Strategy

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/14

List of Participants

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/1

Provisional Agenda

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/1/ADD1/REV1

Organization of the Meeting: Revised annotations to the provisional agenda (reposted for technical reasons)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/2/ADD1

Compliance (Article 34): Measures in cases of repeated non-compliance

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/3

Operation and Activities of the Biosafety Clearing-House

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/4

Status of Capacity-Building Activities: Report on the progress in, and effectiveness of, the implementation of the Action Plan for Building Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/4/ADD1

Status of Capacity-Building Activities (Addendum): Draft updated Action Plan for building capacities for the effective implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/4/ADD2

Status of Capacity Building Activities (Addendum): Report on the Roster of Biosafety Experts

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/5

Matters Related to the Financial Mechanism and Resources

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/6

Cooperation with Other Organizations, Conventions and Initiatives

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/6/CORR1

Cooperation with Other Organizations, Conventions and Initiatives (Corrigendum)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/7/REV1

Report of the Executive Secretary on the Administration of the Protocol and on Budgetary Matters

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/8

Taking a Decision on the Detailed Identification/Documentation Requirements of Living Modified Organisms Intended for Direct Use as Food or Feed, or for Processing (Article 18, Paragraph 2 (A) )

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/8/ADD1

Handling, Transport, Packaging and Identification of Living Modified Organisms: Synthesis of information on experience gained with the use of documentation to fulfil the identification requirements of paragraphs 2(b) and 2(c) of Article 18

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/8/ADD2

Consideration of the Need for and Modalities of Developing Standards with Regard to Identification, Handling, Packaging and Transport Practices in the Transboundary Movement of Living Modified Organisms (Paragraph 3, Article 18)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/9

Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Articles 15 and 16)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/11

Subsidiary Bodies (Article 30)

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/12

Monitoring and Reporting Under the Protocol (Article 33): Analysis of information contained in the interim national reports

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/13

Assessment And Review (Article 35): Initiating a process of evaluation of the effectiveness of the Protocol

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/14

Other Scientific and Technical Issues that May Be Necessary for the Effective Implementation of the Protocol

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/1

Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/4

Status of Capacity-Building Activities: A compilation of the responses to the questionnaire for the review of the Action Plan for the effective implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/8

Summary of Reponses Submitted in the Interim National Reports on Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/3/INF/11

Update on Ongoing Biosafety Capacity-building Initiatives: A Compilation of Submissions Made at the Second Coordination Meeting; 18-20 January, Tromso, Norway

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Information Note for Participants

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List of Hotels

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Side-Events Request Form

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Procedures For Media Accreditation<br>(<a href=/doc/meetings/bs/mop-03/other/mop-03-oth-pr-pt.pdf>Click here for Portuguese version</a>)

IPPC-CBD COOPERATION IN PEST RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT

The IPPC will outline its pest risk analysis framework, including risk assessment and management, and describe how it can be used to evaluate the plant pest risk of living modified organisms.

Implications of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology for Intellectual Property Rights

Brief explanation of the most important discussions related to the interrelationships between Intellectual Property Rights and Biotechnology, particularly in certain agro products and technological elements.

"Voices From Africa: Biotechnology and the Subsistence Farmer"

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

VOICES FROM AFRICA:BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE SUBSISTENCE FARMER

A screening of 20 minute DVD followed by panel and presentation by attendees

THE CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION ON NEGOTIATION AND CELEBRATION OF TREATIES

Conference and debates about the role of organized civil society (universities, NGOs,etc) in international negotiation and treaty celebration- in general and the case of CBD/Cartagena Protocol/COPs and MOPs)

Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO

This side event draws on the UNU-IAS report "Trading Precaution: The Precautionary Principle and the WTO". This report examines the debate on the evolution of the precautionary principle in the context of the WTO. It clarifies proposals to enhance the incorporation of this principle in the rules ...

Draft Elements for a GEF Biosafety Strategy for implementation

The side event will briefly described the elements under consideration for the elaboration of a biosafety strategy as requested by the GEF Council. It will then invite exchange of views with interested Parties and other stakeholders.

V-GURTs (Terminator technology) as a biological containment tool?

V-GURTs (Terminator technology) as a biological containment tool?

THE WTO RULING AND REGULATING LMOs UNDER THE PROTOCOL: NGO PERSPECTIVES

Panel- speakers will address the specifics of the ruling, the reactions of governments/industry/civil society/ and offer analyses of courses of action under the Protocol and othet international agreements.

MISE EN OEUVRE DU PROTOCOLE DE CARTAGENE EN AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST: ÉTUDE DE CAS

L'objectif de cette presentation est de montrer l'état d'avancement de la mise en oeuvre du protocole en Afrique de l'ouest, particulièrement au Burkina.

'experiences by developing countries in complying with the Cartagena Protocol through the development of National Biosafety Frameworks and Biosafety draft Laws'

The idea is to explain the potential regulatory challenges related to the Cartagena Protocol implementation based on the experiences of countries who have finished Phase I of the UNEP-GEF project in order to deal with cross-cutting issues and challenges that could interest countries that are sti ...

LMO labelling: How to reconcile trade, biosafety and consumer concerns?

At MOP-3, Parties to the Cartagena Protocol will again be under pressure to finalise the negotiations on documentation requirements for LMO shipments. Underlying these negotiations are important trade interests that favour unhindered flows of agricultural goods, consumer demand for choice, and c ...

The Role of Biotechnology in Developing Economies

Could the potential applications of biotechnology in agriculture, industry, medicine, environmental protection and resource conservation help solve the problems of developing economies? This side event focuses on findings of a series of UNU-IAS reports by Dr Albert Sasson*, UNU-IAS Visiting Pro ...

PRESENTATION OF THE INBI BIOSAFETY ASSESSMENT TOOL

The Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety (INBI), formerly known as NZIGE, is a research centre of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is an independent and transdisciplinary Centre engaged in assessing whether and how various products of biotechnology may pose ri ...

PUBLIC RESEARCH IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN LATIN AMERICA

Corporate Responsibility on Transgenic Crops in Latin America. Testimonies of Victims of Agribusiness.

Liability in the Biosafety Protocol has become a very narrow concept. There is an urgent need to address the social and environmental impacts of GM crops that are being felt throughout Latin America. We will present testimonies of the victims of GM crop expansion, from Paraguay and Argentina. ...

Evaluation of GEF Biosafety Activities.

The briefing will discuss the results of the evaluation of GEF support for biosafety activities conducted by the GEF independent Office of Evaluation.

Biosafety in Center of Biodiversity - a multi-country approach for Latin America

A presentation of a new approach - a strategic collaboration among five countries in Latin America - to develop country capacity to address environmental and feed/food safety and socio-economic impact assessment of transgenic crops. The proposal and structure of the project (until in the pre-a ...

PERMACULTURA E AGROECOLOGIA NA DEFESA DA BIODIVERSIDADE

Tenemos uma exposição de alto nível demonstrando a importância do surgimento de novos paradigmas sustentáveis no desenvolvimiento de uma nova agricultura e bioconstrução, e sua relação intima com uma nova nutrição vital bio-hemisférica e uma medicina preventiva e mais holistica.

Cocktail Reception celebrating the benefits of Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries

We plan to have a reception with a number of display tables set up with information and we will serve food and drinks (similar to what we did at COP/MOP-3 in Montreal) so would appreciate it if we could hold this in a public area easily accessible.

The Brazilian Industry and the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Biodiversity - A Commitment

The purpose is to demonstrate current effective actions/programmes and future plans/projects of the brazilian industry in order to protect and regenerate the brazilian biodiversity

Key issues for COP-MOP 3 (details to be confirmed later)

This side event will focus on some of the key issues that will be discussed in COP-MOP 3 (details to be confirmed later)

A Farmer's Defense

Growers from around the world will lead a discussion about the implications of agricultural biotechnology on their farms, families, and communities.

GEF Biosafety Implementation Projects.

The event will focus on describing GEF support for biosafety project implementation at the national level, and experience gained on these efforts to date.

Implementing the German Biosafety Capacity Building Initiative

Presentation of bilateral and regional acitvities

"Transgenics crops geopolitics".

Panel with experts relating cases of GMO contamination related to trade and the experience of creating GMO free zones as a way of avoiding genetic contamination.

The Biosafety Protocol and National Legislations

Panel with experts deepening the relation the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol is related to national legislation and countries rights and obligations.

The Brazilian Network on LMO Biosafety

The Brazilian Network on Biosafety - BioSeg- propose a presentation of a strategic collaboration among 13 Research Stations from Embrapa to develop the studies necessary to address environmental and food safety impact assessment of 5 transgenic crops under development by Embrapa. The proposal an ...

Biotechnology Biodiversity Interface (BBI): Competitive Grants for Risk Assessment Research

The BBI program is a component of the Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS). PBS, financially supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), addresses this need as part of a broader effort to support science-based decision-making and policy development. The Biotechnology and B ...

International Grain Trade - A Perspective on the Brazilian Economy and Logistic

Orientated to present a study on the implications of BSP implementation on the Brazilian International Trade, with regard to the economic, logistic and social issues.

UNEP/ Reception International VIP Restaurant

UNEP/ evening reception

Technological Capacity and Biotechnology in Brazil

To discuss with delegates and attendants the availability of human and technological resources in-country orientated to develop biotechnology, protecting the fundamental principles of biosafety.

Roots and fruits

Discuss some bases and believings about environmental problems.

Roots and fruits

Discuss some bases and beliefs about environmental problems.

The Role of the European Union in Biosafety Capacity Building

Presentations and discussion on Biosafety Capacity Building activities of the European Commission and Member States of the European Union. Presentations will be given by Donor Countries on the possibilities and on ongoing projects and by Beneficiary Countries on accomplished projects, further ne ...

Biosafety Capacity Building linked to the Gateways Institutes

Biosafety Capacity Building linked to the Gateways Institutes

Transgenic Crops Geopolitics

Panel with experts deepening under which economic and political scenario transgenics crops are spreading throughout the world

Building Capacity for Biotechnology and Biosafety

Six years on from the adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, numerous activities have been implemented by international, bilateral and private donors to build capacity to assist developing countries implement Protocol obligations. How effective have these activities been and what are t ...

International Project on GMO Environmental Risk Assessment Methodologies - Phase 2

The GMO ERA Project will present an update on the methodologies developed by the project and the current status of implementation in Brazil. Project members will present three tools and their application in Brazil. Delegates will be informed about the project publications and project activities ...

Risk/ Safety Assessment: Activities of the OECD - The Blue Book 20th Anniversary Side-event -

The main purpose of this side event is to outline the work of the OECD and its relevance to risk assessment. It will also describe the development of the general framework for the evaluation of the safety of transgenic organisms in the environment over the last 20 years and the role of the OECD ...

Public sector research in biotechnology

Overview of public sector research in biotechnology that may be subject to the procedures of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety