From 1 to 03 June 2022, a workshop was held at the Palace Hotel in Yamoussoukro in Côte d'Ivoire, a workshop to validate orders and documents relating to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their use in Côte d'Ivoire (APA).

Thus, the draft Interministerial Order determining the list, missions, responsibilities and functioning of Checkpoints for monitoring the use of genetic resources, and of an Interministerial Order regulating access to genetic resources and/or associated traditional knowledge in health emergencies were discussed.

The STUDY IDENTIFYING STATE STRUCTURES THAT COULD BE APA CHECKPOINTS, THE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN THE AREA OF HEALTH EMERGENCIES IN COTE D'IVOIRE, the STUDY RELATING TO THE ELABORATION OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULE State of play and selection of biological banks that can be used as centers for the deposit of genetic resources in the framework of the draft decree relating to APA in Côte d'Ivoire were also discussed.

This workshop was held as part of the global project “Implementation of the CBD Nagoya Protocol - Capacity Building Initiative for ABS” Component “Development and review of regulatory frameworks for ABS” Contract number: 83394011 Project number: 83394011 Project number: 83394011 Project number: 15.2014.7-012.26

For any request for information, please contact Ms. Amari Née Koffi Alaki Véronique, APA Focal Point at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MINEDD) koffialaki@yahoo.fr