Ricarda Steinbrecher and Christine von Weizsäcker participated it the civil society seminar „Genetic Engineering reloaded: Gene Gentechologies and, Big Data – Risks and Regulation Requirements“ in Berlin, organized by fdcl and Forum Umwelit und Entwicklung. Ricarda Steinbrecher gave a keynote on „New Genetic Engineering Techniques“, and Christine von Weizsäcker gave a keynote on „Digital Sequence Information – Nagoya Protocol on the Siding?“

Christine von Weizsäcker, Antje Lorch, Helena Paul and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP14), 9th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, and the 3rd Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilization (MOP3) in Sharm El Sheik from 15 to 29 November.

Christine von Weizsäcker, Helena Paul, Antje Lorch and Ricarda Steinbrecher participated in the Thirteens Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, (COP 13), the Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP 8) and the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (MOP 2) in Cancun, Mexico.

Ricarda Steinbrecher, Helena Paul, Antje Lorch, Christine von Weizsäcker participated in the CBD meetings from 26 September till 19 October in Korea: the 7th Meetings of the Parties of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety followed by the 12th Conference of the Parties of the CDB of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the 1st Meeting of the Parties of the Nagoya Protocol.

The Ecoropa-Team consisting of Francois Meienberg, Hartmut Meyer, Ricarda Steinbrecher, Antje Lorch and Christine von Weizsäcker had followed the negotiations of the Nagoya Protocol. The text was finalized at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya in 2010, but there were many gaps allowing different interpretations. Christine von Weizsäcker closely folled these intermediate negotiations which were crucial for the final outcome at the Conference of the Parties in October 2014.

Resumed Ninth Meeting of the Interregional NegotiatingGroup (ING) of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, which finally resulted in the adoption of the The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity. (HM, FM, AL, HP, CvW)

Participation in the UN-negotiations on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: 9th Meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing in Cali, Columbia including the Co-Chairs Interregional Consultations(CCIC), CBD Alliance Strategy meeting for Civil Society Organisations, and the Co-Chairs Informal Consultations: Meeting with Women's representatives and Civil Society organisations.

(CvW)