| Activities |
Main Actors |
Timeframe |
Status |
| Notification inviting the submission of information (decision XIII/17, para 10) and new nominations to the online forum (SCBD/SPS/DC/DA/MW/86375) |
Secretariat |
16 March 2017 |
Concluded |
Submissions by Parties, other Governments and relevant organizations (decision XIII/17, para 10)
Deadline for submissions |
Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant stakeholders |
16 June 2017 |
Concluded |
| Nomination of participants to the online forum |
Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant stakeholders |
16 March 2017 - ongoing |
Ongoing |
| Confirmation of current AHTEG members |
AHTEG members, Secretariat |
April 2017 |
Concluded |
| Replacement of AHTEG members whose participation was not confirmed |
Secretariat, SBSTTA Bureau |
May-June 2017 |
Concluded |
| Selection of moderators for the online discussions |
Secretariat |
April –May 2017 |
Concluded |
| Online discussions (topics drawn from annex of decision XIII/17) |
Online forum |
2017:
Topic 1:
3-17 July
Topic 2:
17-31 July
Topic 3:
4-18 Sept
Topic 4:
18 Sept-2 Oct |
Concluded |
Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Synthetic Biology
(Montreal, Canada) |
AHTEG |
5 - 8 December 2017 |
Concluded |
Peer-review of AHTEG report
(Notification to be issued in December 2017) |
Parties, other Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, relevant stakeholders |
January – February 2018 |
Concluded |
SBSTTA-22 meeting
(Montreal, Canada) |
SBSTTA |
2 - 7 July 2018 |
Concluded |
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-14 / CP-MOP-9 / NP-MOP-3 concurrent meetings)
(Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt) |
COP |
17 - 29 November 2018 |
Concluded |
