Notification 2024-079

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am pleased to inform Parties to the Convention and its Protocols that the Secretariat, in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute and the Organization of American States, and with financial support from the Government of Denmark, is organizing a regional workshop on Knowledge Management for Biodiversity (KM4B) for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place from 24 to 26 September 2024, in Bogota, Colombia. The workshop will be conducted in English with Spanish interpretation. 

The main objectives of the workshop are to: (a) review the current status of biodiversity knowledge management (KM) in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean; (b) share experience, best practices, and lessons learned in biodiversity KM; (c) identify common KM4B needs and challenges in the region and co-create possible solutions; (d) support participants in drafting elements of their national biodiversity KM strategies or action plans; and (e) establish a regional KM4B community of practice or strengthen existing communities of practice for continued collaboration, knowledge sharing and learning. 

The workshop is part of a broader Knowledge Management for Biodiversity (KM4B) Initiative, which aims to enhance the capacities of Parties and stakeholders to generate, collect, organize, share and utilize biodiversity-related data, information and knowledge to support evidence-based biodiversity planning, policy and decision-making, implementation, monitoring and reporting. The other components of the initiative include: KM4B webinars, regional workshops, KM change management programme and KM networks and communities of practice.  

I therefore invite Parties to nominate one representative to attend the workshop. The nomination should be sent through an official letter addressed to the CBD Executive Secretary, with a duly completed nomination form (please see annex to this notification), to secretariat@cbd.int as soon as possible and preferably no later than 15 August 2024. For Parties that nominated a representative to attend the Online Training Course on Knowledge Management for Biodiversity, there is no need to send a new nomination letter. As indicated in notification 2024-076, participants of the online training course will be invited to take part in the in-person regional workshop. 

Please accept, Sir, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration. 

(signed) Astrid Schomaker                                                     

Executive Secretary