Notification 2005-004

Dear Madam/Sir, At its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol in its decision BS-1/5, adopted a Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Action Plan on Building Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Protocol. The Coordination Mechanism consists of a number of elements, including coordination meetings and workshops.. The first Coordination Meeting for government and organizations implementing or funding biosafety-related capacity building activities will take place in Montreal, Canada from 26 to 27 January 2005, to provide an opportunity for sharing information on their on-going capacity-building activities and explore opportunities and options for enhancing their collaboration and networking in the implementation of the Action Plan. I am pleased to convey herewith the composition of the Coordination Meeting. The composition was determined by the Secretariat taking into account the participants’ demonstrated expertise and experience in the field of capacity-building, a balanced geographical distribution between regions, and fair representation of relevant stakeholders. _______________________________________________________ COORDINATION MEETING FOR GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS IMPLEMENTING OR FUNDING BIOSAFETY CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES LIST OF INVITEES GOVERNMENTS 1. Donald Cooper, Bahamas Environment Science and Technology Commission 2. Alejandra Sarquis, Coordinator, UNEP-GEF Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Argentina 3. Chris Viljoen, University of Free State, South Africa 4. Charles Mugoya, Coordinator, NBF Implementation Project, Uganda 5. Zhuang Guotai, State Environmental Protection Administration, China 6. S.R. Rao, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India 7. Atanas Atanassov, Coordinator, UNEP-GEF NBF Implementation Project, Bulgaria 8. Sergiy Gubar, Ukraine 9. M. Lewanika, National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Zambia 10. Didier Breyer, NFP Belgium 11. Desmond Mahon, Environment Canada - NFP 12. Per Nyløkke, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Denmark 13. Nicola Notaro, European Commission 14. Alice Eymard-Duvernay, InWEnt Capacity Building International 15. Koichi Ito, Global Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan - NFP 16. Inge Van der Leij, The Nertherlands - NFP 17. Sarah Wynn-Williams, Environment Division, Min. of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand - NFP 18. François Pythoud, Switzerland - NFP 19. Robin Healey, UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs– NFP 20. Harvey Lee, US Department of State – NFP DONOR AGENCIES 21. Representative, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) 22. Julia Kaiser, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) 23. Representative, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) 24. Representative, Swedish Agency for Development Assistance (SIDA) 25. Representative, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) UN AGENCIES 26. Mario Ramos, GEF Secretariat 27. Christopher Briggs, UNEP-GEF NBF Development Project 28. Marcel Alers, UNDP-GEF 29. Mary-Ellen Foley, Task Manager, Biosafety Projects, The World Bank 30. Andrea Sonnino, Senior Agricultural Research Officer, FAO 31. George Tzotzos, Chief of Biodiversity Unit, UNIDO 32. Mr. Sam Johnston (UNU) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 33. Decio Ripandelli, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) 34. Peter Kearns, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD 35. Joel Cohen, International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI 36. Ellie Osir, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Unit, ICIPE 37. Randy A. Hautea, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) 38. Balakrishna Pisupati, World Conservation Union (IUCN) REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ PROJECTS & PROGRAMMES 39. Prof. C.A.L Johnson, African Union Biosafety Capacity Building Programme 40. Christopher K. Ngichabe, Biotechnology Biosafety Programme, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) 41. Wendy Hwee Min Yap, Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 42. Ivar Virgin, East African Regional Programme and Research Network for Biotechnology, Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy Development (BIO-EARN) 43. Juan Izquierdo, REDBIO/FAO Technical Secretary 44. Juan Dellacha, UNU/BIOLAC Biosafety Project on Developing Guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 45. Li Lin Lim, Third World Network 46. Anne Chetaille, Research and Technology Exchange Group (GRET) 47. The Rockefeller Foundation INDUSTRY 48. Dr. L. Val Giddings, Global Industry Coalition 49. Simon Barber, Plant Biotechnology Unit, EUROPABIO 50. Morven McMlean, Agriculture and Biotechnology Strategies (AGBIOS) RESEARCH/ ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS 51. Angelika Hilbek, Geobotanical Institute, Swiss Federal College of Technology (ETHZ) 52. Anne Kapuscinski, Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability (ISEES) 53. Katrine Jaklin, Norwegian Institute of Gene Ecology (GenØk) 54. Gabriele Schachermayr, ISCB Programme Manager, Institute of Biotechnology, Switzerland 55. Alan McHughen, President, International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR)

Executive Secretary

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