Notification 2007-090

Dear Madam/Sir, Pursuant to Recommendation 2/2, paragraph 2(b), of the second meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention (WGRI-2), the Executive Secretary is inviting Parties, other Governments, regional economic integration groups, partner organizations, donors and observers, to informal consultations on the development of the strategy for resource mobilization, which will be held at the margins of the fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABSWG-5), and fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J-5). All delegates attending the ABSWG-5 and/or the WG8J-5 are welcome to attend the informal consultations, which will be held on Saturday, 13 October 2007, from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, in the SCBD Joke Waller-Hunter Conference Room. Additional informal consultations, if required, would be held in Geneva, on 20 January 2008, and Rome, on 16 February 2008. Delegates in the ABSWG-5 and/or the WG8J-5, who wish to participate in the consultations on 13 October 2007, are kindly requested to inform the Secretariat at their earliest convenience, in order to make the necessary arrangements. Please accept, Madam/Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Executive Secretary

To: All CBD Focal Points and relevant organizations