Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Liaison Group was first established by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol, in its decision BS-I/5, as the “Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety” and constituted one of the elements of the Capacity Building Coordination Mechanism.

The work of the Liaison Group evolved over time. At its ninth meeting, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, in its decision CP-9/7, decided to expand the mandate and scope of the Liaison Group on Capacity-Building for Biosafety and rename it “Liaison Group on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety”. The Annex to decision CP-9/7 provides the Terms of Reference of the Liaison Group.

The Liaison Group has contributed to the development of the current implementation plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the capacity-building action plan for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and plays a role in the evaluation of the plans and the assessment and review of the effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol.

The Liaison Group has also provided input on the relevant elements of the biosafety component in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Following the adoption of the Kunming - Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and in response to an invitation by the AHTEG on indicators, the Liaison Group also provided a contribution to the development of the monitoring framework as it relates to indicators for Target 17.