This is a multi-author, multi-institutional effort, led by the GEF/FAO/GOF Capacity Development Project and its Communities of Practice, involving a set of 39 Authors, contributing in their personal capacities. The Policy Brief addresses the challenges of capacity building, relevant international prescriptions on capacity development, discussions on capacity in the BBNJ process so far, existing efforts in capacity building relevant to BBNJ, financing capacity building for BBNJ, a possible clearing-house mechanism, and possible modalities for linking capacity efforts at global, regional, and national levels. The paper is intended to contribute directly to the discussions at the Intergovernmental Conference on development of an international legally binding instrument under UNCLOS on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ).

This Side Event features a Policy Brief on Capacity Development as a Key Aspect of a New International Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), a multi-author, multi-institutional effort led by the GEF/FAO/GOF Project on Strengthening Global Capacity to Effectively Manage Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, which provides practical analyses and suggestions for capacity development related to BBNJ for input into the BBNJ negotiations.

The document summarizes results obtained during the noted Round 8 workshop.

The main objective of the Economic Impact Analysis was to assess the business case value proposition associated with fishery interventions that reduce billfish mortality in Grenada and in the Dominican Republic (DR). The initial intervention candidates proposed by the CBMC included (1) examining compensation and/or value transfer pathways between the commercial and recreational sectors (2) outlining how such value transfers could be effectively used to finance innovations that improve the sustainability and management of billfish capturing fisheries, and (3) investigate the potential for transitioning low-value commercial artisanal billfish fishers in the pilot countries towards a higher-value recreational fishery.

Overview of two side events organized by the Common Oceans ABNJ Program along with partners and key speakers of the Deep Sea Project, as part of the first Session of the Intergovernmental Conference on marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ), at UNHQ in September 2018.