Matters related to the financial mechanism and resources
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the
Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
Recalling paragraph 2 (a) of decision III/5, paragraph
1 of decision V/13, paragraph 10 (b) of decision VI/17 and
paragraphs 21-26 of decision VII/20, in which the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity provided guidance
to the financial mechanism in respect of capacity-building in
biosafety,
Alsorecalling decision III/8 of the
Conference of the Parties, concerning the Memorandum of
Understanding between the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity and the Council of the Global
Environment Facility,
Having considered the note by the Executive Secretary
on matters related to the financial mechanism and resources
(UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/2/5),
Welcoming the statement made by the representative of
the Global Environment Facility providing updates on its activities
in response to biosafety-related guidance from the Conference of
the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Noting with appreciation the letter jointly signed by
the Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Global Environment
Facility and the Executive Secretary of the Convention on
Biological Diversity clarifying the procedures to be followed in
the implementation of the eligibility criteria for the Parties to
the Convention that are not yet Parties to the Protocol,
Taking note of the ongoing evaluation of the
activities financed under the initial strategy approved by the
Council for assisting countries to prepare for the entry into force
of the Cartagena Protocol, which is being undertaken by the Office
of Monitoring and Evaluation of the Global Environment Facility and
which is expected to be completed in time for submission to the
meeting of the Council of the Global Environment Facility in
November 2005,
1. Encourages all donors and their agencies as well as
the Global Environment Facility to simplify, to the extent
possible, their project cycle requirements in order to expedite
access, by developing country Parties, in particular the least
developed and the small island developing States among them, and
the Parties with economies in transition, to the financial
resources needed to assist the implementation of the Protocol;
2. Welcomes the continuing efforts of the Global
Environment Facility to expand its support for the national
components of the Biosafety Clearing-House as well as for
development and implementation of the national biosafety
frameworks, taking into account lessons learned and experience
gained from its initial biosafety strategy;
3 Invites the Office of Monitoring and Evaluation of
the Global Environment Facility to make its biosafety-related
review reports available to the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity prior to the third meeting of
the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological
Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety;
4. Invites countries that have received funding from
the Global Environment Facility for activities referred to in
paragraph 21 (b) of decision VII/20 to report to the Executive
Secretary of the Convention on actions being taken towards becoming
Parties to the Protocol, and requests the Executive
Secretary to compile the national reports that he receives and
distribute the compiled reports to the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity and to the Council of the Global Environment
Facility for information;
5. Encourages the Global Environment Facility and the
Executive Secretary of the Convention to continue their strong
collaboration in advancing support to the implementation of the
Protocol;
6. Also encourages the Global Environment Facility to
further develop its funding modalities for organizing its support
to the Protocol in a systematic and flexible manner;
7. Requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration
with the Global Environment Facility and with the Coordination
Mechanism for the implementation of the Action Plan for Building
Capacities for the Effective Implementation of the Cartagena
Protocol on Biosafety, to assess status of funding and promote
coordination, coherence and synergies in financing for biosafety
activities among donors and their agencies in order to facilitate
the avoidance of duplication of work, identify gaps in funding
activities and possible options to address them;
8. Invites the Executive Secretary to cooperate, upon
request and subject to availability of financial resources, with
relevant stakeholders in providing advice, know-how and expertise
in respect of development and implementation as well as oversight
and evaluation of biosafety-project activities.
