Notification 2023-101

Dear Madam/Sir, Further to the notification 2023-066 of 16 June 2023, I am pleased to circulate herewith an updated list of the members of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization, established by the Conference of the Parties in decision 15/7 (paragraph 43). The decision provides that the Advisory Committee shall be composed of up to ten dedicated representatives per region, ten representatives of relevant organizations and initiatives, as well as ten representatives of stakeholders, indigenous peoples and local communities, women, and youth, preserving balance between regions, and striving for gender balance (Annex II, paragraph 1). In response to notification 2023-011 of 21 February 2023, the Secretariat received nominations from governments and from relevant organizations, including members of the scientific community and organizations representing indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth. Only six nominations were received from the Central and Eastern Europe group of countries within the deadline. In early September, the Secretariat received a nomination from the Russian Federation, and as the number of nominees received earlier from Parties of the CEE region was low, the Secretariat accepted the nominee from the Russian Federation and updated the list of members of the Advisory Committee as contained in the attachment, with a view to maintaining better regional balance. In addition, the expert nominated earlier by the Asian Development Bank (the Head of the Bank) has now been replaced by the Environmental Director of the Bank, upon the Bank’s request, and the expert nominated by the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now been replaced by the Head of the Biodiversity Office of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development. An in-person meeting of the Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilization will be held from 25 to 29 September 2023 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The documents for the meeting are available on the Secretariat’s website at: https://www.cbd.int/meetings/RM-AC-2023-01 . Please accept, Sir, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Acting Executive Secretary

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