Competent federal authorities

 

On this page, you will find information related to the federal authorities that are competent on CBD-related matters.

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Administration

Ministers and state secretaries

 

Councils, Committees and Conferences

• Coordinating Committee for International Environmental Policy (CCIEP)
• Inter-ministerial Conference on the environment (ICL)
• Inter-departmental Commission on sustainable development (ICDO)
• Federal Council on sustainable development (FRDO)

• Steering Committee "Convention on Biological Diversity": national coordinating body for the follow-up of the Convention

 

National Focal Points to the Convention

• CBD Focal Point (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)

Contact: Dr J. Van Goethem
Rue Vautierstraat 29
B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)
Tel.: +32-2-627 43 43
Fax: +32-2-627 41 41

• ICCP Focal Point (Scientific Institute of Public Health - Louis Pasteur, formerly Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology)

For all matters related to the Biosafety Protocol
Contact: Dr D. Breyer and Dr W. Moens
Place Victor Horta 40, box 10
B-1060 Brussels (Belgium)
Tel.: +32-2-642 52 93
Fax: +32-2-642 52 92

 

Federal internet servers in relation to the Convention

• Belgian Biosafety Server: information on bio-safety and bio-technology.
• Biodiversity resources in Belgium: a searchable database with information on actors, projects, institutes that work or have information on the biological diversity of Belgium.
• Belgian biodiversity forum: Belgian forum for information exchange in the field of biological diversity, especially aimed at Belgian researchers.
• Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models:  federal institution responsible for marine environmental protection and resource assessment.

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