Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this workshop aims to: promote awareness of recent developments under the Protocol, including decisions of the meeting of the Parties, and major issues and processes underpinning the Protocol's implementation; review the status of implementation in the Pacific subregion and share experiences, best practices and lessons learned in the development and implementation of national biosafety frameworks; and identify national and sub-regional capacity building priority needs and discuss ways to address those needs, including the possibility of developing a Pacific sub-regional capacity-building programme on implementation of national biosafety frameworks. Participants are invited to confirm their attendance by 24 October 2011.  

dates: 28-30 November 2011   location: Fiji   additional: Nadi   contact: CBD Secretariat   phone: +1 514 288 2220   fax: +1 514 288 6588   e-mail: secretariat@cbd.org   www: http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2011/ntf-2011-184-bs-en.pdf