CITES CoP16 Digest - Species Survival Network

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• deliver training and assistance to Parties as relevant;
and
• undertake needs assessments and gap analyses to
improve CITES capacity-building efforts.
from the Review of Significant Trade, this is not equivalent
to lifting suspensions. The Secretariat is already charged
with evaluating whether suspensions should be removed.
The Parties should require Secretariat to report to the SC
on the goals of and work undertaken under this project.
• SSN recommends that Parties determine that Decisions 14.12
and 14.13 have been implemented before they are repealed.
22. Proposal concerning
a needs assessment
for strengthening the
implementation of CITES
in developing countries
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• Prepared by Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone.
• Provides a draft Decision directing the SC to develop,
for consideration at CoP17, a mechanism by which
the technological, logistical and equipment needs
of developing countries can be regularly assessed
within CITES, and a recommendation for CoP17 for
Parties to consider these needs when implementing
CITES capacity-building and fundraising programs
and allocating funds.
SUPPORT
• CITES has no mechanism to ensure that developing
countries can regularly inform the CITES community
and Secretariat of their priority needs with respect to
strengthening enforcement and implementation.
• The proposed mechanism would assist Secretariat in
identifying priorities for fundraising and capacity-building,
and allow better coordination of capacity-building and
enforcement initiatives in developing countries.
• Increased visibility of priority needs identified by developing
countries is likely to attract more funding for CITES
implementation, and will allow potential donors and
stakeholders to better prioritize their allocation of funds.
• The proposed mechanism will contribute to Strategic
Vision: 2008-2013 Objectives: 1.7 (“Parties are enforcing
the Convention to reduce illegal wildlife trade”), 1.8
(“Parties and the Secretariat have adequate capacitybuilding
programs in place.”), 2.2 (“Sufficient resources
are secured at the national/international levels to ensure
compliance with and implementation and enforcement
of the Convention”) and 2.3 (“Sufficient resources are
secured at the national/international levels to implement
capacity-building programs”).
23. Capacity-building
programme for sciencebased
establishment
and implementation
of voluntary national
export quotas for
Appendix-II species –
Report of the Animals
and Plants Committees
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• Decision 12.91 encourages Secretariat to, inter alia,
consult with AC and PC on its capacity-building
program dealing with the scientific basis of export
quotas.
• Decision 15.24 directs AC and PC to, inter alia,
review non-detriment finding training materials used
by the Secretariat.
• Prepared by AC and PC Chairs with the support of the
Co-Chairs of the WG on this issue.
• Proposes that the CoP:
• adopt a Decision directing Secretariat to invite
Parties to share their experiences in making nondetriment
findings (NDFs) for inclusion on the
CITES website, and to ensure that this information
is provided in alternative formats (e.g. CD Rom);
• adopt an amendment to RC 11.1 (Rev. CoP15) on
Establishment of Committees, Annex 2, on AC and
PC, as follows: “d) cooperate with the Secretariat
SUPPORT
• SSN recommends that Parties support the amendment
to RC 11.1 (Rev. CoP15), Annex 2, in order to establish a
permanent role for AC and PC in providing advice to the
CITES Secretariat on its training materials.
• SSN recommends that Parties support the AC and PC
request to the Secretariat to make available the contents
of the CITES Virtual College in CD form for those without
easy access to the CITES Virtual College via the Internet.
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