Notification 2025-001
Invitation to governments and organizations to submit information on implementing or funding biosafety capacity-building activities, and request to Parties to review national records published in BCH
Dear Sir or Madam,
At its tenth meeting, the COP-MOP, in decision CP-10/4, adopted the Capacity-Building Action Plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety covering the period up to 2030. The Capacity-building Action Plan has goals for Parties to engage in capacity-building activities, mobilize adequate resources from all sources to support implementation of the Protocol in accordance with Article 28 of the Protocol and enhance cooperation and coordination on biosafety issues at the national, regional and international levels.
Against this background, I am pleased to invite Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations to submit information on implementing or funding biosafety capacity-building activities.
The information should be submitted no later than 15 February 2025 through the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) using the Submission (SUB) common format accessible at the following link: https://bch.cbd.int/en/register/SUB/new. Full instructions on how to upload submissions are provided here.
The information received will be compiled and submitted for review by the Secretariat with a view to determining the need for further work in this regard.
Additionally, at its eleventh meeting, the COP-MOP, in decision CP-11/13, requested Parties to review their national records published in the BCH for accuracy, including by verifying that the information made available on the BCH is up to date and complete, and that the actual documents containing the information are uploaded correctly or, in cases where links to the documents are provided, that the links are functional, noting that the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol will be reviewing the information on the BCH at its twentieth meeting, in accordance with the obligations under the Protocol and the procedures and mechanisms established in decision BS-I/3.
As such, I would like to request Parties to review their national records in the BCH and make any necessary updates.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support to the work of the Convention and its Protocols.
Please accept, Sir, Madam, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Astrid Schomaker
Executive Secretary
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, BCH focal points, relevant organizations
2025-01-03
Action required by 2025-02-15
Subject(s): Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
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