The project is structured around its five main objectives: Toolkit development, Site implementation, Policy promotion, Capacity building and Dissemination. The five components are closely inter-linked, with some outcomes serving as inputs for other components of the overall project, as is shown in the Matrix of Inter-linkage of Project Components and Activities that summarizes the input of the relevant actors participating in the design.

The overall objective of the proposed project is to enhance capacity in both human resource development and institutional development so that Malaysia can fulfill its obligations under the Cartagena Protocol.

This proposal presents a general panorama of the medium and long-term elements of a national plan for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol, with discrete, strategic GEF interventions taking place in the context of a longer-term national effort. Mexico will be responsible for biosafety as an integral part of the national strategy to protect the environemnt without affecting public health.

The project’s objectives are : - Assessment of capacity-building needs for the implementation of general measures for the conservation and sustainable in-situ and ex-situ utilization of biodiversity, in particular national plans, strategies and legislative measures; - Assessment of capacity building needs for the implementation of the initial assessment/monitoring programmes, including taxonomy; - Assessment of capacity-building needs for the preservation and maintenance of knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities concerning biological diversity whic

Project Objectives 1. To obtain national consensus on the specific mechanisms needed for on-going capacity building to manage the use of biodiversity and ensure its conservation in accord with the NBSAP. 2. Establish a CHM and operationalize the same. 3. In accordance with the Decision V/19 of the Conference of the Parties, prepare a second national report for submission to the Secretariat CBD by the deadline May15, 2001.

The activities proposed in this add-on were identified and selected during consultations and national workshops done as part of the BSAP process. They were then prioritised and selected by the National Steering Committee and the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Environment and Industry for submission to UNDP/GEF.