Through resolution 3/2011 the Governing Body emphasized the need to raise the profile the Benefit-sharing Fund of the Treaty and invited Contracting Parties and other relevant stakeholder to explore innovative benefit-sharing measures within the benefit-sharing mechanisms of information exchange, technology transfer and capacity building.The Second High-level Roundtable on the International Treaty adopted the Rio Six-point Action Plan for the International Treaty and recommended stakeholders to establish a Platform for the Co-Development and Transfer of Technologies within the context of non-monetary benefit- sharing under the Treaty. The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply and the Ministry of Environment of this country, and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD) will be hosting a workshop in Brasilia on 7-8 August 2012 to discuss the establishment of such a platform. The draft provisional agenda is attached to this notification.