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Draft Agenda

Brainstorming Meeting on
Developing Benefit Sharing Principles and Guidelines for Implementation of National Biodiversity Act and the Rules

19 December 2007

Venue : The Claridges, New Delhi

Organised by - Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
&
United Nations University-Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)

In collaboration with – National Biodiversity Authority, Government of India

08:30 09:00	Registration
09:00 09:30	Welcome and Inaugural
09:30 10:00	Experiences from countries on dealing with benefit sharing issues – (Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati, UNU-IAS)
10:00 10:30	*Coffee*
10:30 11:00	Updates on benefit sharing issues and discussions under other international instruments and agreements –WTO (Dr Biswajit Dhar, IIFT), WIPO (Dr V K Gupta, CSIR)
11:00 12:00	NBA and Benefit Sharing – Provisions and Issues – (NBA)
12:00 12:30	Applying benefit sharing principles to India’s National Biodiversity Act – (Dr. Suneetha Subramanian, UNU-IAS)
11:00 12:00	Discussions
12:00 12:30	*Lunch*
12:30 13:00	Group Discussions
13:00 14:00	Group 1: Elaboration of elements of BS principles
14:00 16:30	Group 2: Designing the BS guidelines
16:30 17:30	Discussion on group discussion outcomes and ways forward (Chaired by Prof. S Kannaiyan, NBA)
17:30 17:45	Wrap up and conclusions

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