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Country : Seychelles

Summary : National Consultant to strengthen the Competent National Authorities for the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol in Seychelles

Deadline : 07 Feb 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 30290360

Document Ref. No. : 53048

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Francis Rachel Street (4, 130.52 km) Victoria, Seychelles Tel:+248 43225599
Seychelles

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Overview :Project Title: Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya ProtocolThe Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), an agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, was adopted on 29 October 2010 in Nagoya(Japan) and entered into force on 12 October 2014, it provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of the 3rd objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Protocol applies to genetic resources that are covered by the CBD and to the benefits arising from their utilization, it also covers associated Traditional Knowledge (aTK)associated with Genetic Resources (GR) held by indigenous and local communities. Contracting parties to the Nagoya Protocol need to fulfil core obligations to take measures in relation to access to genetic resources, benefit-sharing and compliance.Article 8(j) of the CBD states "Each contracting Party shall, as far as possible and as appropriate: Subject to nationallegislation, respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and promote their wider application with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage theequitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilization of such knowledge innovations and practices".The UNDP-GEF Project "Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks, and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya Protocol" (Global ABS Project) is a 3-year project that specifically aims at assisting 24 countries in the development and strengtheningof their national ABS frameworks, human resources, and administrative capabilities to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The project seeks to achieve this...

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