NATIONAL COORDINATION CENTRE ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT-SHARING

Checkpoint for monitoring the utilization of genetic resources of the Republic of Belarus

Member of the Bureau of the 13th and 14th Conferences of the Parties tothe UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Chairperson of the RegionalCommittee for Central and Eastern Europe (2017-2022).Responsibilities:

– ensuring the implementation in the Republic of Belarus of the procedurefor access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge providedfor by the Nagoya Protocol;

– maintaining a database for monitoring the utilization of geneticresources (GRs utilization) and ensuring liaison in the framework of the Access& Benefit-sharing Clearing-House (ABS Clearing-House);

– developing proposals for improving legislation in the area of geneticresources’ management;

– preparing and implementing International Technical Assistance Projectson the conservation and restoration of biological and landscape diversity;

– raising awareness of stakeholders and the public about the NagoyaProtocol and legal regulation of genetic resources’ management.

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