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IIFB Training workshop towards the UN Biodiversity Conference: Artilce 8j
October 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
IIFB Training Workshop towards the Un Biodiversity Conference. Session II: Article 8j
Understanding Artilce 8j of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the traditional knowledge agenda that will be discussed at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Confernece of the Parties (COP-16). What is at stake. IIFB positions.
DATE: Tuesday 8 October, 2024.
TIME: 10:00-12:00 AM (Montreal time)
MODALITY: ZOOM (registration required)
LANGUAGE: English and Spanish.
Abstract
The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity launches the Training workshop towards the UN Biodiversity Conference, a series of webinars sessions to strengthen capacities of Indigenous Peoples and local communities participating of the Sixteen Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-16), which will take place in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November 2024.
During 5 sessions, IIFB experts will address not only essential concepts but also practical tools for a successful participation of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Among other topics, speakers will approach the structure of the COP, the basics of the negotiation process, key topics of the traditional knowledge agenda for COP-16, how to analyze a document, how to prepare statements and texts to be negotiated and how to organize events within the COP.
Agenda, Presentations and Resources
PPT on the IIFB Capacity Building Programme, Module 2, by Viviana Figueroa.
Access to Spanish version here.
ITEM 14. Implementation of Article 8(j) and related provisions
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Access to Spanish version here.
Item 14. Institutional arrangements for the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in the work undertaken under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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Access to Spanish version here.
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