GGBN / CETAF / SPNHC ABS Survey |
Introduction
The Global Genome Biodiversity Network (GGBN, http://www.ggbn.org), the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF, http://cetaf.org/) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC, http://www.spnhc.org/) are collaborating to support their member organizations’ compliance with Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) legislation in their own and other countries, including with the Nagoya Protocol (NP) where this is required. Both GGBN and CETAF have developed Material Transfer Agreements (MTA), Codes of Conduct and Best Practice guidance for members’ use. All three organizations have developed either ABS wiki pages (SPNHC and CETAF) or a working library of resources on the NP as part of a larger document library on biodiversity biobanking (GGBN). This survey is a new collaborative effort by the three organizations that will guide their future efforts concerning ABS.
Purpose of the Survey:
This survey is designed to gather your feedback concerning the use of existing information resources for responding to ABS and NP requirements by your institution. We anticipate using the survey results to improve these resources and develop new ones that will address your unmet needs. The survey results will be available to the GGBN, CETAF and SPNHC points of contact (below) who have participated in developing the survey. Your response will be confidential; the GGBN Secretariat will be collating the data and that will be the only office to see your name associated with your response. Survey results will be made available through the GGBN, CETAF and SPNHC websites.
We anticipate that this survey will take less than 30 minutes of your time. We would greatly appreciate your honest and specific feedback by March 23, so that we can make timely progress on meeting your needs.
With thanks and best wishes,
Carol Butler, Chair, GGBN Policy Task Force
Chris Lyal, Co-Chair, CETAF Legislation & Regulations Group
Breda Zimkus, Co-Chair, SPNHC Best Practices Committee
Purpose of the Survey:
This survey is designed to gather your feedback concerning the use of existing information resources for responding to ABS and NP requirements by your institution. We anticipate using the survey results to improve these resources and develop new ones that will address your unmet needs. The survey results will be available to the GGBN, CETAF and SPNHC points of contact (below) who have participated in developing the survey. Your response will be confidential; the GGBN Secretariat will be collating the data and that will be the only office to see your name associated with your response. Survey results will be made available through the GGBN, CETAF and SPNHC websites.
We anticipate that this survey will take less than 30 minutes of your time. We would greatly appreciate your honest and specific feedback by March 23, so that we can make timely progress on meeting your needs.
With thanks and best wishes,
Carol Butler, Chair, GGBN Policy Task Force
Chris Lyal, Co-Chair, CETAF Legislation & Regulations Group
Breda Zimkus, Co-Chair, SPNHC Best Practices Committee