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Convention on Biodiversity Clearing-House Mechanism. IABIN Council Meeting City of Knowledge, Panama 6-8 April 2005 Marcos Silva Bonnie C. Carroll. Clearinghouse Mechanism (CHM).
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Convention on Biodiversity Clearing-House Mechanism IABIN Council Meeting City of Knowledge, Panama 6-8 April 2005 Marcos Silva Bonnie C. Carroll
Clearinghouse Mechanism (CHM) The CHM was created pursuant to Article 18, paragraph 3 of the CBD to promote and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation among Parties.
3 Major Objectives • Scientific and Technical Cooperation (Art. 18) • Decision making tools • Capacity-building • Funding • Transfer of technology (Art. 16) • Information Exchange (Art. 17) • Access to existing information • Development of new information sources • Networking • Development of partnerships • Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) • Established by Art. 20 of Cartagena Protocol • To facilitate information exchange on LMOs • To assist Parties to implement the Protocol
Informal Advisory Committee • Provide feedback and advise to Executive Secretary • Has regional and NGO representation including Pacific interests: • Belgium - GBIF • Burkino Faso - GISP • Canada - IBIN • Grenada - Costa Rica • India - IABIN • Iran - SI/NMNH • New Zealand - UNFCCC • Zimbabwe
150 Designated Focal Points • 68 with web sites (http://www.biodiv.org/chm/stats.asp) • LAC has 27 NFPs, 12 web sites • Plus US and Canada
International Thematic Focal Points • Birdlife International • Global Invasive Species Program (GISP) • Global Taxonomy Initiative (GTI) • NatureServe
NGO InternationalOrganization FP FP FP FP Private Company University Country Focal Point FP User Partner Information Collaboration - Focal Point Network
Web-Based Services • Web site – main information dissemination mechanism • Search engine based on web crawler • On-line databases: experts, case studies, projects, national reports analyzer • On-Line document commenting • Discussion forums by topic
Other Services • Interoperability Services • CD-ROM (Tool kits) • Distribution Lists • Fax Server where no e-mail • Publications • Newsletters • Technical series • Document Mail-out
New Direction of the CHM The CHM, completed its information exchange pilot phase; Will continue to develop information exchange mechanisms in support of the Convention, programs and cross-cutting issues.
New Direction of the CHM • The CHM is focusing on capacity building initiatives • Primary focus is on the promotion of technical and scientific collaboration. • COP urges the Executive Secretary to convene additional capacity-building workshops at the national, subregional and regional levels (VI/18, paragraph 4)
Contact Marcos SilvaProgramme OfficerSecretariat for the Convention on Biological DiversityUnited Nations Environment Programme marcos.silva@biodiv.org http://www.biodiv.org