The following ten countries, mostly ABS NFPs and representatives of the CNAs, accepted to present their respective access procedures during the 2017 ABS dialogue on the isle of Vilm (in alphabetical order): Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Peru, Philippines, South Africa and Viet Nam. Completed by representatives of Mexico as the current presidency of the CBD Conference of the Parties (COP), of EU member states CNAs, the European Commission, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) and of the ABS Capacity Development Initiative, the ABS Dialogue brought together around 40 participants from 19 countries in America, Australia, Asia and Europe.