Capacity-building (roster of experts)
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to theCartagenaProtocol on
Biosafety,
Recalling its decision BS-I/4 on the roster of
experts on biosafety,
Reiterating the importance of the roster of experts in
assisting developing country Parties, in particular the least
developed and small island developing States among them, as well as
Parties with economies in transition, to conduct risk assessment,
make informed decisions, develop national human resources and
promote institutional strengthening, associated with the
transboundary movements of living modified organisms,
Reaffirming the need to ensure the regional and gender
balance on the roster of experts,
Notingwith concern the limited use to date of
the roster of experts and of the Voluntary Fund for the Roster of
Experts,
1. Reiterates its call to Parties and Governments
to:
(a) Submit nominations of experts to the Secretariat in
accordance with the Interim Guidelines for the roster of experts on
Biosafety, using the nomination form available through the
Biosafety Clearing-House or from the Secretariat;
(b) Update, or request their nominated experts to update, the
information currently contained in the roster, for each field of
the nomination form, with a view to providing sufficient detail to
discern the particular areas of knowledge and specialization for
each expert; and
(c) Use the roster of biosafety experts in accordance with the
Interim Guidelines for the Roster of Experts on Biosafety;
2. Reminds Parties and Governments to submit to the
Executive Secretary reports on the assistance or advice provided by
the experts in accordance with section J of the Interim Guidelines,
with a view to contributing to the review of the roster that will
be undertaken two years after the first meeting of the Conference
of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the
Protocol;
3. Reiterates its invitation to Governments and other
donors to make contributions to the pilot phase of the Voluntary
Fund for the Roster of Experts;
4. Requests the Executive Secretary to promote
awareness about the roster of experts and publicize the available
funding from the pilot phase of the Voluntary Fund for the Roster
of Experts;
5. Requestsalso the Executive Secretary to
include in the questionnaire for collecting information to
facilitate the review of the Action Plan, referred to in paragraph
26 of decision BS-II/3, on the status of capacity-building
activities, questions to assess the possible reasons behind the
limited use of the roster of biosafety experts to facilitate the
review of the roster in accordance with decision BS-1/4, annex I,
section K.
