9. Establish the necessary mechanisms to facilitate ACCESS TO THE GENETIC

	National Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
2.2 STRATEGIC ISSUES, NATIONAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.

9. Establish the necessary mechanisms to facilitate ACCESS TO THE GENETIC RESOURCES OF BIODIVERSITY and the fair and equitable benefit sharing derived from these.

Policy

Strategies

Priority activities

Establish a technical, regulatory and organizational framework to guarantee fair and equitable access to the elements of biodiversity.

Protect the intellectual and industrial property rights of the products of biodiversity.

Guarantee equality and gender equity in access to and control of biodiversity resources and eradicate discriminatory social practices.

Establish formal bodies to coordinate access to genetic resources.

Harmonize national and international legislation on access and transfer of technology and on intellectual property rights.

Training for decision-makers, media workers, judges, researchers and peasant and indigenous communities on access, transfer of technology and intellectual property rights.

Participatory process to determine the scope and requirements of intellectual property rights of communities.

9. Establish the necessary mechanisms to facilitate ACCESS TO THE GENETIC RESOURCES OF BIODIVERSITY and the fair and equitable benefit sharing derived from these.
Policy	Strategies	Priority activities
Establish a technical, regulatory and organizational framework to guarantee fair and equitable access to the elements of biodiversity.	Protect the intellectual and industrial property rights of the products of biodiversity. Guarantee equality and gender equity in access to and control of biodiversity resources and eradicate discriminatory social practices. Establish formal bodies to coordinate access to genetic resources.	Harmonize national and international legislation on access and transfer of technology and on intellectual property rights. Training for decision-makers, media workers, judges, researchers and peasant and indigenous communities on access, transfer of technology and intellectual property rights. Participatory process to determine the scope and requirements of intellectual property rights of communities.