Notification 2025-125

Dear Sir or Madam,      

Reference is made to Notification 2025-103 concerning decision 15/11. In paragraph 6 of this decision, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity encouraged Parties to submit information on efforts and steps taken to implement the Gender Plan of Action in their national reporting, including sex-disaggregated data. In paragraph 9, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary, based inter alia on the information received pursuant to paragraph 6, and with the support of relevant partners, to undertake a mid-term review of implementation of the Gender Plan of Action, identifying progress, lessons learned, and further work to be undertaken for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at a meeting held before the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 

 I would like to thank those Parties and observers that have already sent their submissions, and invite those who have not yet done so to submit their submissions as soon as possible. I am also pleased to announce that the deadline for submissions has been extended to Friday, 10 October 2025. Submissions should be made through the central portal of the clearing-house mechanism using this link. Should technical problems prevent the use of the clearing-house mechanism portal, contributions may be sent through an official letter addressed to the Executive Secretary, by e-mail to secretariat@cbd.int . 

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

(Signed) Astrid Schomaker

Executive Secretary