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Training course for Caribbean States on risk assessments of living modified organisms

2 - 6 December 2024, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop

26 October 2024, Cali, Colombia

Declaration of the World Coalition for Peace With Nature: A Call for Life - UN Biodiversity Conference 2024, Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91680 (2024-105)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

21 October - 1 November 2024, Cali, Colombia

Opening speech by the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Astrid Schomaker, for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 21 October 2024

Reminder notification: Credentials for the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 11), and Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (COP-MOP 5), 21 October-1 November 2024 – Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/ASc/DC/91661 (2024-102)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Extension of deadline: Invitation for nominations to the Biosafety Clearing-House Training Workshop, 26 October 2024 - Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AB/91690 (2024-093)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, BCH focal points, CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations

Invitation to prepare for the nomination and election of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/TS/KG/PS/RKi/91865 (2024-092)
To: National focal points to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD national focal points (where CPB and ABS NFPs have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Preparatory webinar for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2024, Online

Survey on the extension of the OECD Unique Identifier system to transgenic animals

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91862 (2024-090)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, BCH focal points, relevant organizations

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Latin America

25 - 28 June 2024, Lima, Peru

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for francophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for anglophone African countries

30 May - 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

21 - 29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Invitation to the High-Level Segment of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91680 (2024-047)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points

Twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice

13 - 18 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on indicators, synthetic biology and risk assessment

11 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Additional logistics information regarding the Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on indicators, synthetic biology and risk assessment, 11 May 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/VA/91510 (2024-042)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Hotel Booking System for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91649 (2024-041)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nineteenth meeting of the Compliance Committee under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

30 April - 2 May 2024, Montreal, Canada

Expressions of Interest for the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 Exhibition, Pavilion and Country Office Spaces

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/CE/91649 (2024-039)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Registration for the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) and the concurrent meetings of the Parties to the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, and for the Fifth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/91661 (2024-038)
To: CBD national focal Points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous people and local communities, and relevant stakeholders

Intersessional activities on biodiversity and climate change

Reference: SCBD/SSSF/JL/TT/AC/91588 (2024-036)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Subregional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies and action plans for Caribbean countries

15 - 17 April 2024, Georgetown, Guyana

Appointment of the next Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/91620 (2024-031)
To: National focal points of the CBD and its Protocols, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Subregional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Pacific Countries

18 - 21 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji

Peer review of the outcomes and methodology of the process of broad and regular horizon scanning, monitoring and assessment of the most recent technological developments in synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91589 (2024-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

27 February - 1 March 2024, Montreal, Canada

Regional Dialogues on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for African Countries, 30 May to 2 June 2024, Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91545 (2024-016)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Online discussion of the Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

7 - 21 February 2024, Online

Second meeting of the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology to Support the Process for Broad and Regular Horizon Scanning, Monitoring and Assessment

29 January - 2 February 2024, Montreal, Canada

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, and Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF for the Caribbean Countries, 15-19 April 2024 - Georgetown, Guyana

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91504 (2024-009)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for South and East Asia

23 - 26 January 2024, Tokyo, Japan

Invitation to participate in the Survey on establishing linkages between the Biosafety Clearing-House and national websites

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AB/91486 (2024-007)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol Focal Points have not yet been designated), BCH focal points

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for countries in the Middle East and North Africa

16 - 19 January 2024, Amman, Jordan

Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012-2023)

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91494 (2024-003)
To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS national focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Update on the Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the Fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/91452 (2023-135)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Colombia will host the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Colombia will host the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference

Fourth joint Aarhus Convention and Convention on Biological Diversity round table on public awareness, education, access to information, public participation and access to justice regarding living modified organisms/genetically modified organisms

11 - 12 December 2023, Geneva, Switzerland

Submission of information relevant to the voluntary "Guidance on the Assessment of Socio-Economic Considerations in the Context of Article 26 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety"

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/PD/PS/91439 (2023-133)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Further submissions of information on risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90762 (2023-129)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) , cc: SBSTTA national focal points

Extension of deadline: Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress - measures to provide for financial security for damage from living modified organisms

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/KG/PD/PS/91317 (2023-128)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans, Workshop on Target 3 of the GBF and UNEP Technical Workshop on the GEF Early Action Support Project for the Pacific Countries, 18-26 March 2024 - Nadi, Fiji

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91406 (2023-125)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu

Online forum of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

17 - 24 November 2023, Online

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

6 - 22 November 2023, Online

First meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

1 - 3 November 2023, Montreal, Canada

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Middle East and North Africa, 16-19 January 2024 - Amman, Jordan

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91357 (2023-116)
To: National Focal Points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, State of Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for South and East Asia, 23-26 January 2024 - Tokyo, Japan

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JEC/MC/91349 (2023-114)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, India, Japan, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, and Sri Lanka

Online discussions of the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91337 (2023-115)
To: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points, ABS Protocol focal points