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IABIN Council Meeting
City of Knowledge, Panama
6-8 April 2005
Marcos Silva
Bonnie C. Carroll
Convention on Biodiversity Clearing-House Mechanism
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
Collaboration - Focal Point Network
Country
User
FP
FP
FP
FP
InformationPartner FP Focal Point
InternationalOrganization
University
Private Company
NGO
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
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
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
http://www.biodiv.org