CBD Digital Sequencing Information Webinar 3: Policy options for access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information on genetic resources

Subject: Webinar on policy options for access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information on genetic resources Thematic area: Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing

Ref.: SCBD/CPU/DC/CGA/89216

NOTIFICATION

No. 2021-006

 

Dear Madam/Sir,

Further to notification 2020-087 (https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2020/ntf-2020-087-abs-en.pdf) issued on 10 November 2020, I am pleased to announce the third webinar of the webinar series on digital sequence information on genetic resources.

This webinar will focus on the various policy options for access and benefit-sharing and digital sequence information on genetic resources emerging from various studies and dialogues being proposed by different actors and stakeholders. It is being organized by the Secretariat and chaired by the Co-chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Mr. Francis Ogwal and Mr. Basile van Havre. 

The webinar will be held on 11 February 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EST). Those wishing to participate should register by clicking here (https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2zWeD09UYE-9zF6kFubccHFSVlqROBdOqbok3BlMKqRUQlFJRkxXT0NNTE5XNEI2NFdKSDI1RlpaOC4u). Registered participants will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information on how to join the session.

The webinar will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish, and will be recorded and made available on the CBD website to accommodate those who will not be able to take part. Recordings of the first two webinars and further information on this webinar series are available on the DSI webinar series page at: https://www.cbd.int/article/dsi-webinar-series-2020.

I look forward to your active participation.

The text of this notification is also available on the CBD website at: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2021/ntf-2021-006-abs-en.pdf.

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

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity United Nations Environment Programme

Event_date: 
Thursday, February 11, 2021