Notification 2009-098

Dear Madam/Sir, In paragraph 6 of decision IX/6, on incentive measures, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to convene an international workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures, consisting of government-nominated practitioners with balanced regional representation, as well as experts from relevant organizations and stakeholders. The mandate of the workshop is to: (i) collect, exchange and analyse information, including case-studies on, good practices for, and lessons learned from, concrete and practical experiences in identifying and removing or mitigating perverse incentive measures, and to (ii) identify a limited number of good practice cases from different regions, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice at a meeting prior to the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, for review by the Conference of the Parties at its tenth meeting. In accordance with the above, by Notifications 2009-045 of 1 May 2009 and 2009-070 of 31 June 2009, the Executive Secretary invited Parties, relevant international organizations and stakeholders to nominate experts and observers for the international expert workshop on the removal and mitigation of perverse, and the promotion of positive, incentive measures. On the basis of these nominations, experts were selected taking into account their expertise and the need to ensure balanced geographical distribution, and with due regard to gender balance. The list of selected experts and observers is attached for your information. Please note also that the documents for the meeting will be posted in due course on the Secretariat's web site at: https://www.cbd.int/doc/?meeting=WSIM-03 . I thank you for your cooperation and continued support to the Convention.

Executive Secretary

To: CBD NFPs, relevant international organizations and stakeholders