The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to announced that a new version of the Information Technology Tool in support of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the Treaty is online under the name of EASY-SMTA.

The Secretary of the International Treaty has the honour to inform Contracting Parties of the launching by Syngenta Crop Protection AG (Syngenta) of a new e-licensing platform that generates contributions to the Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty. Attachment: Letter E-Licensing.pdf

I am pleased to inform you that a capacity building workshop on access and benefit-sharing will be held on 30 June – 1 July 2012, at the Vigyan Bhawan Convention Center in New Delhi, India. The workshop will precede the...

This notification refers to the Resolution 9/2011 of the Report of the Fourth Session of the Governing Body and to the Indicative Scale of Contributions for the biennium 2012-13 adopted with Core Administrative Budget. Attachment: WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011_ar.pdf WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011_zh.pdf WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011.pdf WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011_fr.pdf WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011_ru.pdf WPB_2012-13_Scale_19dec2011_es.pdf

The Governing Body at its Fourth Session invited Contracting Parties and other relevant organizations to, within the next twelve months, submit: Views, experiences and best practices on the implementation of Farmers’ Rights as set out in Article 9; and proposals...