1. European Clearing-House Mechanism Portal Toolkit Expert Group Meeting
13 December Brussels, Belgium
COP 10 Outcomes relevant for the Clearing-House Mechanism Olivier de Munck CHM Programme Officer, CBD Secretariat

2. Content Overview of COP 10 Outcomes Decision X/15 on the CHM
CHM Activities
Suggestions for European PTK
Final Comments

3. Overview of COP 10 Outcomes
Major CBD COP
International Year of Biodiversity 2010
Highest international visibility & political support
47 decisions & major outcomes
Nagoya Protocol on ABS (Decision X/1)
Third CBD Objective
Provisions for an ABS Clearing-House
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (Decision X/2)
Vision for "living in harmony with nature" By 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a healthy planet and delivering benefits essential for all people
20 Headline Targets for 2020 under 5 Strategic Goals
Resource mobilization strategy
CHM as an implementation support mechanism 

4. Strategic Plan Vision of the CHM
Paragraph 21 of Strategic Plan
Collectively those involved in implementing the Convention have a wealth of experience and have developed many useful good practice cases, tools and guidance. There is additional useful information beyond this community.
A biodiversity knowledge network will be developed including a database and network of practitioners, to bring together this knowledge and experience and to make it available through the clearing‑house mechanism to facilitate and support enhanced implementation of the Convention.
National clearing-house mechanism nodes comprising networks of experts with effective websites should be developed and sustained so that in each Party, all have access to the information, expertise and experience required to implement the Convention.
National clearing house mechanism nodes should also be linked to the central clearing‑house mechanism managed by the Convention Secretariat, and information exchange between these should be facilitated. 

5. CBD Policy & Implementation Cycle
Feedback & Analysis
- National Reports
- Lessons learned
- Outcomes
- Status
International Policy Development
- Meetings
- Decisions
- Strategic Plans
Decisions
Feedback
Strategies
Reports
Plans
From Experience to Policy
Programmes
From Policy to Implementation
Outcomes
Funding
Implementation
- Activities
- Projects
- Initiatives
Activities
Partners
Planning Implementation
- Programmes of Work
- National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans
- Funding
Capacity Building 
Facilitating Implementation
- Cooperation & Partnerships
- Capacity Building
- Technical Support
- Information Exchange 5

6. Decision X/15 on the CHM
Adopts the mission, goals & objectives for the period (annexed), and welcomes priority activities & other suggestions
Encourages Parties to:
Continue to establish national CHM (Goal 2)
Contribute to cooperation initiatives for the CHM
Include support for the CHM when requesting GEF Funding for NBSAPs
Encourages Partners to contribute to the CHM network (Goal 3)
Recommends that the GEF & CBD Secretariats jointly facilitate funding for the CHM
Requests the ES to:
Further develop the central CHM information services (Goal 1)
Prepare a CHM work programme with the CHM IAC & interested Parties
Explore ways to promote free and open access to conservation data
Further improve the CBD website in all UN languages 

7. Decision X/15 - CHM Mission
To contribute significantly to the implementation of - the Convention on Biological Diversity - and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity through - effective information services - and other appropriate means in order to promote and facilitate - scientific and technical cooperation, - knowledge sharing, - and information exchange and to establish a fully operational network of Parties and partners 

8. Decision X/15 - CHM Goals
3 Goals representing 3 levels of implementation
The central CHM provides effective global information services to facilitate the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity
National CHMs provide effective information services to facilitate the implementation of the NBSAPs
Partners significantly expand the CHM network and services 

9. Decision X/15 - CHM Objectives
Objectives contributing to the achievement of each goal:
Sustainability: always a key factor
High-quality websites: the main visible product
Information exchange: the clearing-house engine
Networks of experts and practitioners: the human dimension
Guidance and support: to assist Parties and partners 

10. Decision X/15 - CHM Goals & Objectives
The central CHM provides effective global information services
1.1. SCBD has the capacity to sustain an effective central CHM
1.2. A high-quality CBD website is available in all UN languages
1.3. Effective information exchange services are fully operational
1.4. SCBD facilitates the development of a network of experts & practitioners
1.5. Guidance is available to exchange information through the CHM network
National CHMs provide effective information services
2.1. All Parties have the capacity to sustain effective national CHMs
2.2. High-quality national CHM websites are available
2.3. National information is exchanged through the CHM network
2.4. Parties collaborate and share knowledge through the CHM network
2.5. Partners and SCBD have contributed to the development of national CHMs
Partners significantly expand the CHM network and services
3.1. Partners can sustain their participation in the CHM
3.2. High-quality regional and thematic CHM websites are available
3.3. Partner information is exchanged through the CHM network
3.4. Partners collaborate and share knowledge through the CHM network 

11. CHM Activities References to proposed CHM activities
List of priority activities in Annex II of UNEP/CBD/COP/10/15
Description of Central CHM Information Services in UNEP/CBD/CHM/IAC/2010/1/3
Strengthening Central CHM
Website enhancements
Knowledge base
User workspace (On-line submission & collaboration)
Information exchange mechanism
Strengthening National CHM
Institutional arrangements
Identification of national information sources
Content management
Development of national CHM websites 

12. Suggestions for European Portal Toolkit
National CHM websites
Review general information architecture
Include a series of modern home page templates
Improve presentation of inner pages (visual lists)
Enable AJAX plug-in from partners
Knowledge sharing & networking on implementation
Streamline user account management (single sign-on: OpenID)
Record implementation initiatives by organization & country
Tag by 2010 Headline Target & CBD Decisions  reporting
Information Exchange Mechanism (with CBD)
Expose content through Open Data Protocol (
Investigate options for a CHM-wide registry of key resources (organizations, persons, documents, meetings)
Gradually move towards semantic web (CHM ontology) 

13. Thank you Final Comments
Major impact of COP 10 on biodiversity and the CHM
New international Strategic Plan
Supporting role of the CHM
The CHM can be more effective in supporting implementation
Establish the right information services
Facilitate human networking for implementation
The European PTK can leapfrog the CHM network
Can globally increase the quality of national CHM websites
Can play a leading role in modern information exchange
Questions & comments 
Thank you

14. European Clearing-House Mechanism Portal Toolkit Expert Group Meeting
13 December Brussels, Belgium
COP 10 Outcomes relevant for the Clearing-House Mechanism Olivier de Munck CHM Programme Officer, CBD Secretariat