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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

Global risk assessment workshop

30 - 31 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

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

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WM/UN/MW/91259 (2023-112)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations

Submission of information on synthetic biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91338 (2023-111)
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

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

24 - 26 October 2023, Montreal, Canada

Resumed second part of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

19 - 20 October 2023, Nairobi, Kenya

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 (2023-109)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated)

Extension of deadline - Global Risk Assessment Workshop, 30-31 October 2023 - Online

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91206 (2023-108)
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, cc: BCH national focal points

Invitation to Participate in the CBD Website Improvement Survey

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/ET/AP/DM/91293 (2023-107)
To: CBD national focal points, ABS focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, SBSTTA national focal points, CHM focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Reminder on Credentials: Resumed Meetings, 19-20 October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/GT/91193 (2023-105)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, cc: SBSTTA focal points

Information session on the resumed second part of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol and the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol

26 September 2023, Online

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

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91278 (2023-099)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated) and relevant organizations, cc: Biosafety Clearing-House national focal points

Submission of information related to the detection and identification of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/AMC/MW/91277 (2023-100)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH national focal points, and relevant organizations

Resumed second part of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the fourth 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 (the resumed Meetings), 19-20 October 2023 - Nairobi, Kenya

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WY/GT/91193 (2023-097)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, cc: SBSTTA focal points

Webinar on the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

11 September 2023, Online

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023

Issue 18 of the Biosafety Protocol News, the biosafety newsletter, is now available.

Extension of the terms of office of members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WM/TS/KG/PD/BG/PS/91221 (2023-092)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal points, Nagoya Protocol focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant organizations and members of the Compliance Committees under the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

21 - 25 August 2023, Online

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 11 September 2023, 7:00 a.m. EDT

Webinar: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/UN/MW/91216 (2023-089)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, CBD national focal points (where CPB focal points have not yet been designated), BCH national focal points, relevant organizations, and indigenous peoples and local communities

Global Risk Assessment Workshop, 30-31 October 2023 - Montreal, Canada

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91206 (2023-084)
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, cc: BCH national focal points

Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 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

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/GT/91194 (2023-082)
To: CBD national focal points, Cartagena Protocol focal Points, ABS focal points

Resumed sessions of the second part of the Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the fourth 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/WY/91193 (2023-081)
To: To: CBD national focal points, SBSTTA focal points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations, Cc: Cartagena Protocol focal points, ABS focal points

Online discussions of the Open-Ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91172 (2023-079)
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, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91069 (2023-078)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points

Sub-regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), 14-17 August 2023 - Manila, Philippines

Reference: SCBD/IMS/JEC/MC/91105 (2023-068)
To: National focal points for CBD and its Protocols of ASEAN member States (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and Timor Leste

Composition of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-057)
To: CBD national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Nomination of experts to participate in the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/91069 (2023-059)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: CBD national focal points, BCH national focal points, SBSTTA national focal points

International Day for Biological Diversity: “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”

22 May 2023, Montreal, Canada

Twelfth meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

15 - 16 May 2023, Montreal, Canada

Request for additional nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-053)
To: CBD national focal points, cc: SBSTTA national focal points, Cartagena Protocol national focal points

Follow-up to decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at its tenth meeting

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90971 (2023-052)
To: Cartagena Protocol national focal points and CBD national focal points (where Cartagena Protocol focal points have not yet been designated), indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Extension of deadline: Nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-046)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Consultations on the establishment of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework Fund by the Global Environment Facility

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/YX/GT/90953 (2023-041)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

Open-ended Online Forum on Risk Assessment

10 - 21 April 2023, Online

Selected experts for the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Reference: SCBD/IMS/NP/JC/KM/90718 (2023-040)
To: CBD Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities and relevant organizations

Nomination of experts to participate in the multidisciplinary Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MW/90935 (2023-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points, relevant organizations and indigenous peoples and local communities, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points

Extension of deadline: Submission of nominations for the position of Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/90846 (2023-033)
To: CBD, Cartagena Protocol, ABS, SBSTTA Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

20 - 31 March 2023, Online

Composition of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/ZJ/AB/90837 (2023-030)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB NFPs have not yet been designated), BCH National Focal Points, members of the Informal Advisory Committee on the Biosafety Clearing-House, and relevant stakeholders

International Conference on GMO Analysis and New Genomic Techniques

14 - 16 March 2023, Berlin, Germany

Submission of views and experience on participating in or conducting virtual and hybrid meetings

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/WDY/IM/90891 (2023-027)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2023

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/FD/90900 (2023-026)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Call for nominations for the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Reference: SCBD/OES/DAIN/MB/FD/90892 (2023-025)
To: CBD National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points, ABS Focal Points, indigenous peoples and local communities, and relevant organizations

Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/DC/IS/90846 (2023-015)
To: CBD, Cartagena Protocol, ABS, SBSTTA Focal Points, International and Non-Governmental Organizations, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities and relevant organizations

Issue 4 of the Action Agenda for Nature and People newsletter is now available

Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: submission of information and Online Forum

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90762 (2023-007)
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, cc: SBSTTA National Focal Points

Submission of information on synthetic biology and nomination of experts to participate in the Open-ended Online Forum on Synthetic Biology

Reference: SCBD/CPU/DC/WM/MAQ/MW/90775 (2023-006)
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

Letter from COP 15 President to all National Focal Points to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/EM/DC/CE/90792 (2023-005)
To: CBD National Focal Points, ABS National Focal Points, Cartagena Protocol Focal Points

International treaty on protecting biodiversity through the Biosafety Protocol will mark its twentieth anniversary this year