Bulletin Board

Dear participants,

Please find some updates.

On 20 February 2024 the President of the Republic of Colombia announced that Cali will be the host city for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16 CBD) to be held from 21 October – 1 November 2024 - https://www.cbd.int/article/colombia-host-city-cali-cop16

Second meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment, 27 February–1 March 2024, Montreal, Canada - https://www.cbd.int/meetings/CP-RA-AHTEG-2024-01

UNEA 6 UNEP/CBD side event: 20 years journey with Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: supporting sustainable utilization of biodiversity, Thursday, February 29, 15:30 - 17:00 EAT - https://twitter.com/BCHCPB/status/1760450619800785281

https://www.unep.org/environmentassembly/unea6/programme

Photo: Webinar, Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 7 February 2024 - https://twitter.com/BCHCPB/status/1760452621326782600/photo/1

Notification: Registration for side-events at the 26th meeting of SBSTTA 26, 13–18 May 2024, and the 4th meeting of the SBI 4, 21-29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya - https://www.cbd.int/notifications/2024-018

Notification: Information workshop on the work of the ad hoc technical expert groups on the monitoring framework, synthetic biology and risk assessment, 11 May 2024 – Nairobi, Kenya - https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2024/ntf-2024-017-sbstta26-en.pdf

Notification: Extension of deadline: Peer review of the draft literature review of trends and issues in synthetic biology (2012–2023) - https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2024/ntf-2024-015-bs-en.pdf

Notification: Invitation to participate in a survey on capacity needs of Parties with respect to the headline indicators of the monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2024/ntf-2024-013-indicators-en.pdf

Notification: Registration for SBSTTA 26, 13–18 May 2024 and the fourth meeting of SBI 4, 21 to 29 May 2024, Nairobi, Kenya - https://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2024/ntf-2024-012-sbstta-sbi-en.pdf

Notification: Invitation to participate in the peer review of the draft Knowledge Management Strategy to support the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbd.int%2Fdoc%2Fnotifications%2F2024%2Fntf-2024-010-km-en.docx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Best regards,
Ulrika