Notification 2018-071

Dear Madam/Sir, I refer to Notification 2018-010, issued on 15 January 2018, in response to paragraph 15 of decision XII/2 B in which the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity requests the Executive Secretary to propose, in collaboration with the informal advisory committee to the clearing-house mechanism (CHM), a process to grant, at the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth meetings of the Conference of the Parties, subject to the availability of resources, an award to the Parties that have made the most significant progress in the establishment or further development of their national clearing-house mechanisms. Through this notification, Parties were invited to complete a questionnaire about the status of their national clearing-house mechanisms as well as the plans to improve them. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Parties that have submitted this valuable information. In light of the number of enquiries the Secretariat has received requesting an extension to complete the questionnaire, I wish to advise that the deadline is extended to 31 August 2018. I kindly invite Parties to complete and return the questionnaire, attached herewith, by e mail to secretariat@cbd.int under the subject “CHM Award”. Alternatively, the questionnaire can be filled online at https://www.chm-cbd.net/award/cop14/questionnaire. Should you need any further information on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the CHM team by e mail at chm@cbd.int.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD and CHM National Focal Points