CO-OP4CBD will host an Experts-Negotiators dialogue among experts and negotiators to the CBD SBSTTA 25, organised by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science. 

The event will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 2nd October 2023 and will feature exchanges on technical and scientific issues between experts, negotiators from European and associated countries, building on the outcomes of Task 2.1 (Set up of communities of experts) and Task 2.2 (Preparation of technical outputs for CBD meetings).

The dialogue will also include the briefing notes that were produced during FRB's workshop that took place on 18 and 19 September 2023 and include the main messages the expert community wants to transmit to the negotiations from the EU and associated countries.