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Addressee: SCBD, IASG and Donor Agencies
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The Permanent Forum calls upon the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity to work in partnership with other members of the Inter-Agency Support Group and donors to organize regional workshops for the purposes of information exchange and capacity-building among Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities and other stakeholders with regard to the proposed international regime on access and benefit-sharing. In addition, the secretariat is called upon to provide financial support for indigenous networks to disseminate information, in appropriate and accessible languages, and through appropriate media, to indigenous communities on this issue.
Responses
To continue to maintain contact with donors and other agencies to provide opportunities for capacity-building for indigenous and local communities on matters of relevance to them under the Convention and, in particular, the elaboration and negotiation of an international regime on access and benefit-sharing. Recently entered into a memorandum of understanding with la Fundación para la Promoción del Conocimiento Indígena to provide capacity-building for indigenous women in April 2008 to assist with their preparations for the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held in Bonn, May 2008.
Working to achieve this goal and in cooperation with SCBD. See SCBD's implementation of the recommendation.
Final Report of UNPFII Session 6 (2007)
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