| Overview : This consultancy aims to support the identification, the drafting and assist the validation process of national legal instruments on ABS in Botswana. The national instruments should be simple, efficient, adapted to national and local circumstances and coherent with existing mechanisms in complementarity with other national or global ABS related instrument. The national legal instrument to be developed should be compliant with the Nagoya protocol and the CBD. In line with national and local circumstances, the instruments shall include both a legislative and a regulatory component. The legislative component shall refer to the drafting and/or the amendment of one or several laws being specific to or inclusive of ABS. The regulatory component shall refer to ABS regulations that are sector specific reflecting on national priorities. The consultant should provide clear orientations and high quality advisory services to the ABS team throughout the process of design, drafting and assist the validation process of nationally appropriate ABS instruments in compliance with the Nagoya protocol and the CBD. |
