Cbd third National Report Armenia (English version)

Is your country using the Bonn Guidelines when developing and drafting legislative, administrative or policy measures on access and benefit-sharing and/or when negotiating contracts and other arrangements under mutually agreed terms for access and benefit-sharing? (decision VII/19A)
No
No, but steps being taken to do so (please provide details below)	X (refer to question 113)
Yes (please provide details below)
Please provide details and specify successes and constraints in the implementation of the Bonn Guidelines.

Has your country adopted national policies or measures, including legislation, which address the role of intellectual property rights in access and benefit-sharing arrangements (i.e. the issue of disclosure of origin/source/legal provenance of genetic resources in applications for intellectual property rights where the subject matter of the application concerns, or makes use of, genetic resources in its development)?
No
No, but potential policies or measures have been identified (please specify below)	X
No, but relevant policies or measures are under development (please specify below)
Yes, some policies or measures are in place (please specify below)
Yes, comprehensive policies or measures adopted (please specify below)
Further information on policies or measures that address the role of IPR in access and benefit-sharing arrangements.
The issues of intellectual property in the field of access to genetic resources and benefit sharing in Armenia are not regulated by a special legislative framework. “Law on Conservation of Selection achievements” (1999) regulates issues on obtaining and legel maintenance and use of new sorts of crops. The selectioner, that is the author of the sort, has been awarded by lisence with the right of utilization of the selection achievement. The Law considers a possibility of the use of selection achievement by other individuals or parties with non-commercial purposes only – as a row material for obtaining and testing of the new sorts. “Law on Seeds”, which has been adopted in 2005, defines an identification document (passport) on the origin for the certified seeds. Armenia is a member of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) since 1993.

Has your country been involved in capacity-building activities related to access and benefit-sharing?
Yes (please provide details below)
No
Please provide further information on capacity-building activities (your involvement as donor or recipient, key actors involved, target audience, time period, goals and objectives of the capacity-building activities, main capacity-building areas covered, nature of activities). Please also specify whether these activities took into account the Action Plan on capacity-building for access and benefit-sharing adopted at COP VII and available in annex to decision VII/19F.
Armenia is a member of Expert Panel on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing under the CBD Secretariat and has participated at discussions of issues on ABS as well as in development of Operational Guidance. Armenia participates at the inter-regional IPGRI – ECP/GR project. Under this framework development of the national electronic catalog of seed collections is currently underway. It will be then integrated into the respective European catalog (EURISCO). This project will greatly facilitate mutual access to information on ex-situ collections at European level. During the implementation of the ECP/GR project the working groups prepared and present characteristics and passport data on samples of wheat and labiates maintained in collections to international data bank. This will promote access to and benefit sharing from genetic resources. Armenia is a member of the regional network plant genetic resources of the Central Asian and South Caucasian countries. As a result of the operation of the network, data on crops and their wild relatives (both in nature and in national and international collections) and their habitats have been collected. This greatly easens the availability and accessability of the information on genetic diversity in the country.

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Please elaborate below on the implementation of this article and associated decisions specifically focusing on: outcomes and impacts of actions taken; contribution to the achievement of the goals of the Strategic Plan of the Convention; contribution to progress towards the 2010 target; progress in implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans; contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; constraints encountered in implementation.