ACP-EU (Intra-ACP programmes)
Implemented in ACP Member States
and Regions
Agreement No. ACP/FED/039-332: Second Cooperation Phase for the ABS Capacity Development Initiative for an amount of €5.0 million was signed on 9 June 2017. The programme will be implemented over a period of 60 months excluding closure phase fixed at 24 months.
Implementation modality:
Indirect management with the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Objective
The programme is intended to contribute to the third objective of the Conservation on Biological Diversity, which is the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the utilisation of genetic resources, including by appropriate access to genetic resources and by appropriate transfer of relevant technologies, taking into account all rights over those resources and to technologies.
Overall result: Stakeholders in ACP countries (governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, public research organisations, private sector and NGOs use the contributions of the ABS Initiative to put into practice access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation.
Expected results:
“The programme ended in June 2022”
Beneficiary countries
For more information, contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade