Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this African Regional Workshop aims to raise awareness and understanding about the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and to identify needs and requirements by Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, with a view to expediting early entry into force and implementation. The workshop also provides an opportunity for participants to consider issues related to the implementation of other decisions of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 5) in particular regarding the second national reports, and the Strategic Plan. Parties from the African Region are invited to nominate one representative per country to participate in the workshop as soon as possible but no later than 17 June 2011.  

dates: 21-22 July 2011   venue: UN Economic Commission for Africa   location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   contact: CBD Secretariat   phone: +1-514-288-2220   fax: +1-514-288-6588   e-mail: secretariat@cbd.int   www: http://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=BSLRRW-AFR-01