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ECO 2 @ 7th WG on ABS
Please see here.
CBD Alliance @ 7th WG on Access and Benefit Sharing
All, the road to 2010 and a potential International Regime has begun with the current 7th Working Group on Acccess to Benefit Sharing. Civil Society Organizations gathered prepared an opening statement, found in the ECO.
The first ECO can be found here. It contains articles on 'Pathogens: in or out of the regime", a new ABS anthem, and the civil society statement".
Stay tuned for updates as the negotiation progresses.
How is the CBD Alliance governed?
The CBD Alliance is governed by Board which has been selected by the civil society community, and is composed of civil society members from each of the following regions: Latin America, Middle East/Central Asia, North America, Europe, Russia/CIS, Asia, Oceania, Africa. In addition, there are two representatives from the International Indigenous Forum for Biodiversity (IIFB) as well as representatives from the COPs host country NGO community. Projects and activities receive on-going feedback and input from the entire CBD Alliance through the listserver and around CBD meetings (SBSTTAs and COPs). Project funds are managed by Kalpavriksh. Project activities are currently managed by two co-coordinators, advised by the Board.
As of the 1 January 2009, the new CBD Alliance Board for the 2009/2010 has begun their work.To view the list of new Board members, including a short bio on each, please click here.
CBD Alliance Policies and Programmes 2009/2010
This year, the CBD Alliance chose to undertake a lengthy evaluation process which first began with a physical evaluation meeting held during COP9. Thereafter, the evaluation process continued via the CBD Alliance listserver. Then, based on a compilation and summary of the comments, the 2007/2008 CBD Alliance Advisory Board together with the CBD Co-Coordinators worked up the final version of the new CBD Alliance Policies and Procedures for the 2009/2010 term which you can view by clicking here.