A. Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization
The Conference of the Parties
1. Takes note of the report of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing(58);
2. Takes note also of the work done by the group convened by the Executive Secretary to develop elements of a draft decision on the use of terms in paragraph 6 of the Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefit Arising out of their Utilization;
3. Decides to adopt the Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefit Arising out of their Utilization as annexed to the present decision;
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Annex
BONN GUIDELINES ON ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND FAIR AND EQUITABLE SHARING OF THE BENEFITS ARISING OUT OF THEIR UTILIZATION
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Appendix II
MONETARY AND NON- MONETARY BENEFITS
1. Monetary benefits may include, but not be limited to:
a. Access fees/fee per sample collected or otherwise acquired;
b. Up-front payments;
c. Milestone payments;
d. Payment of royalties;
e. Licence fees in case of commercialization;
f. Special fees to be paid to trust funds supporting conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;
g. Salaries and preferential terms where mutually agreed;
h. Research funding;
i. Joint ventures;
j. Joint ownership of relevant intellectual property rights.
2. Non-monetary benefits may include, but not be limited to:
a. Sharing of research and development results;
b. Collaboration, cooperation and contribution in scientific research and development programmes, particularly biotechnological research activities, where possible in the provider country;
c. Participation in product development;
d. Collaboration, cooperation and contribution in education and training;
e. Admittance to ex situ facilities of genetic resources and to databases;
f. Transfer to the provider of the genetic resources of knowledge and technology under fair and most favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms where agreed, in particular, knowledge and technology that make use of genetic resources, including biotechnology, or that are relevant to the conservation and sustainable utilization of biological diversity;
g. Strengthening capacities for technology transfer to user developing country Parties and to Parties that are countries with economies in transition and technology development in the country of origin that provides genetic resources. Also to facilitate abilities of indigenous and local communities to conserve and sustainably use their genetic resources;
h. Institutional capacity-building;
i. Human and material resources to strengthen the capacities for the administration and enforcement of access regulations;
j. Training related to genetic resources with the full participation of providing Parties, and where possible, in such Parties;
k. Access to scientific information relevant to conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, including biological inventories and taxonomic studies;
l. Contributions to the local economy;
m. Research directed towards priority needs, such as health and food security, taking into account domestic uses of genetic resources in provider countries;
n. Institutional and professional relationships that can arise from an access and benefit-sharing agreement and subsequent collaborative activities;
o. Food and livelihood security benefits;
p. Social recognition;
q. Joint ownership of relevant intellectual property rights.
B. Other approaches, including the development of an action plan for capacity-building
The Conference of the Parties,
I. CAPACITY-BUILDING
Recognizing the need to assess ongoing capacity-building activities for access and benefit-sharing, in view of elaborating an action plan for capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing,
1. Decides to convene an Open-ended Expert Workshop on Capacity-building for Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing. The Workshop will be open to participation by representatives, including experts, nominated by Governments and regional economic integration organizations; as well as representatives of relevant intergovernmental organizations (including donor organizations), non-governmental organizations, and indigenous and local communities. The Workshop should further develop the draft elements for an Action Plan on Capacity-building for Access and Benefit-sharing annexed to the present decision;
2. Requests the Executive Secretary to make appropriate arrangements for the Workshop;
3. Invites Parties and indigenous and local communities to provide to the Executive-Secretary information regarding capacity-building needs, priorities and existing initiatives for capacity-building for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing;
4. Invites relevant intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to provide information regarding existing initiatives and activities for capacity-building for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing;
5. Welcomes the complementary initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme to provide capacity-building to developing countries on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, and invites the United Nations Environment Programme to provide information to the Executive Secretary on its activities;
6. Requests the Executive Secretary to prepare a report for the workshop on capacity-building, providing a compilation of needs and priorities of countries, and ongoing capacity-building activities on access and benefit-sharing, with a view to developing an action plan for capacity-building on access and benefit-sharing which responds to the needs of Parties, focuses on priority areas and also complements capacity-building efforts under way in the area of access and benefit-sharing;
7. Invites the financial mechanism and other relevant intergovernmental organizations to participate in the Workshop and to support the implementation of the Action Plan on Capacity-building for Access and Benefit-sharing;
8. Requests the Executive Secretary to establish a roster of experts on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing;
9. Urges Parties, other Governments and relevant bodies when nominating their experts for inclusion in the roster to consider gender balance, involvement of representatives of indigenous and local communities, and a range of relevant disciplines and expertise;
