This workshop has been initiated by the Technical Secretariat of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment (CAMRE) of the League of Arab States and is co-organized by the UNEP Regional Office for West Asia and the CBD Secretariat. Funding institutions and development agencies active in the Arab region are expected to attend, with a view to considering and elaborating an Arab Programme on Biodiversity and Finance up to 2020. The workshop results will be presented to environment ministers at the annual meeting of CAMRE.  

dates: 29-30 November 2010  
location: Cairo, Egypt  
contact: CBD Secretariat  
phone: +1 514 288 2220  
fax: +1 514 288 6588  
e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int  
www: http://www.cbd.int/financial/