Workshop preparation
With support of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs the workshop is being organised by the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dutch Embassy in Addis Ababa
www.netherlandsembassyethiopia.org
More than a billion people worldwide are living on less than a dollar a day. About a billion people have no access to safe drinking water. Such figures show that greater efforts are needed to combat poverty. Development is a global task. The Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation is fully committed to the Millenium Development Goals (MDG's). The Directorate general for Development Cooperation (DGIS) has the responsability for the effectiveness and efficiency of the Dutch contribution towards the achievement of the MDG's. Poverty reduction and environment are seen as two sides of the same coin. The poor are the first to suffer from environmental degradation and natural resources are an important asset for pro poor development.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. It provides viable, forward-looking solutions for political, economic, ecological and social development in a globalised world. GTZ promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people’s living conditions on a sustainable basis.
commissioned by:
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC), Ethiopia
According to Ethiopia's status as a party to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), the country has set clear national policy directives on the conservation of biological resources and prepared National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. The IBC has among others the responsibility to implement international conventions and agreements on biodiversity. IBC has also become the CBD focal point of the country and is fully responsible for all ABS issues. It is therefore developing and maintaining international relations with bilateral and multilateral bodies, which are providing assistance, technical or otherwise.
IBC constitutes of a central body for conservation, sustainable utilization and access and benefit sharing of genetic resources of the country implemented through 10 technical departments of which each has formulated specific objectives in order to reach the common goal of the Institute. The Institute is also mandated to undertake conservation research.
