Embedding Mutually Supportive Implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in the Context of Broader National Policy Goals

Jointly organized with Bioversity International in cooperation with the African Union Commission and the Secretariats of the CBD and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). 

Expected Outcomes: Positive impact on national processes for implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the ITPGRFA in ways that complement and support not only the objectives of those two agreements, but also complementary national objectives related to agrobiodiversity conservation and sustainable use, climate change adaptation, poverty alleviation, etc. In the period following the workshop, national teams will continue with plans commenced during the workshop that involve closer coordination and long term planning, including project proposal development. Useful information and reflections will be generated in the form of workshop report, policy briefs, and information Sheets for national policy makers interested in linking up national planning and policy development across a number of potential sectors and fields of interest.

Participants included interdisciplinary teams from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda.