A two(2) day Design Thinking Workshop on the development of the Philippines Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Functional Mechanism/ABS Clearing House System was conducted last September 18-19, 2024 in Puerto Princesa Palawan.
Aside from the attendees from the 4 Competent National Authorities (CNAs), representatives from other national government agencies, academe, local government units and private sector attended the workshop.
The highlight of the workshop was the presentation of the Beta-version of the system and the actual demonstration of the 2 main features of the system: end-to-end processing of the permit for the agencies without existing permitting system and integration of the existing online Biodiversity Resources Access Information Network or BRAIN System of the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD).
Also part of the workshop was the zoom meeting with Mr. Matthew Diaz of the CBD Secretariat that focused on how the ABS Clearing House System will connect to the CBD ABS Clearing House using Application Programing Interface (APIs).