The training workshop for national contributors to the Biodiversity Information Exchange Center (CHM) of Togo, financed by the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium (IRSNB) was held at the IBIS Hotel in Lomé from 14 to 17 December 2015. This workshop aimed essentially at strengthening the capacities of new national contributors in order to revitalize the national network of contributors to the CHM Togo website.

The objectives of this workshop are to:

• strengthen the capacities of the national contributors to the CHM of Togo so that they are in a position to collect information on biodiversity to support the two national co-managers for the regular and effective feeding of the national CHM site;
• raise awareness and train participants on the role of CHM websites in the implementation of the CBD;
• contribute to the revitalization of the national network of the CHM in Togo;
• arouse public interest in promoting the Togo CHM website.