The Burundian Office for Environmental Protection (OBPE), in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium, organized annual workshops in Belgium's partner countries on: awareness-raising, communication, and the Information Center (CHM) on biodiversity, and the Information Center (CHM) on biodiversity, from 12 to 20 October 2022.

This workshop involved the participation of national CHM managers from 12 partner countries of the Belgian CHM, namely: Morocco, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Conakry, Mali, Mali, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo.

The workshop lasted 2 weeks and consisted of two sessions:

• Training sessions on the Information Exchange Mechanism (CHM) and the DaRT tool from 12 to 15 October 2022
• Training sessions on awareness-raising and communication in connection with the management and conservation of biodiversity from 17 to 20 October 2022.

CeBios — 'Capacities for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development' — is a program financed by the Commission for Development Cooperation (CCD) and hosted by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (IRSNB), which belongs to the Natural Environments Operational Department and more specifically to the BioPOLS group (Belgian Biodiversity Policy Support Group).