Given that the 2nd Global Dialogue had had to be postponed by more than one year, and that it could only be held in virtual form, the content and structure of the event needed to be considerably adapted. The original idea had been to follow-up directly on the results of the 1 stDialogue. However, the set of policy options and criteria had meanwhile been complemented and refined by other groups and international fora. The main objective of the 2nd Global Dialogue on DSI therefore became "to identify areas of convergence of views, as well as remaining divergences, regarding the alternatives of a potential international system that ensures or promotes benefit-sharing when using DSI for research and development and in commercial applications." The thematic focus of the 2nd Dialogue was taken from the third webinar of the co-chairs of the Open- ended Working Group (OEWG) in February 2021. At that webinar, the Secretariat of the CBD had proposed a framework of twelve criteria to consider in developing an international DSI system, which later became part of the OEWG 3 DSI document.