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Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop

Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop. Date Location. Finding Information from the BCH Central Portal. Instructor names. OBJECTIVE. Understand the various databases available on the central portal Search the database available on the BCH central portal. How. Presentation

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Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop

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  1. Biosafety Clearing HouseTraining Workshop DateLocation

  2. Finding Information from the BCH Central Portal Instructor names

  3. OBJECTIVE • Understand the various databases available on the central portal • Search the database available on the BCH central portal

  4. How • Presentation • Case Studies:

  5. BCH Central Portal

  6. Database • National Contacts • Laws & Regulations • Decisions & Declarations • Capacity-Building • Roster of Experts

  7. National Contacts Article 19 • Requires a number of institutions • Institutional information kept here

  8. National Contacts National Focal Points • NFPs responsible to manage communication with secretariat • Each record has contact details, phones, email

  9. Competent National Authority Competent National Authority • Information CNAs. • Each CNA entry contains contact information and a brief description of the functions of the organization.

  10. National Biosafety Websites …. National Biosafety websites & databases • Information about National databases. • Each entry contains a web address & brief description.

  11. Search National Biosafety Websites

  12. Laws & Regulations • AIA Procedure, Article 11(5), Article 14 • Parties must post information on laws & regulations

  13. Laws & Regulations National Laws, Regulations & Guidelines Article 20.3a • Make available laws, regulations & guidelines • Information required by parties about AIA

  14. Laws & Regulations Article 20.3b Bilateral, Regional & Multilateral Agreements • Information about bilateral, regional & multilateral agreements • Additionally, use BCH to inform each other of any agreements etc

  15. Decisions & Declarations Under the relevant articles parties are responsible for posting information regarding relevant decisions & declarations on BCH

  16. Decisions & Declarations Information about the AIA Procedure Information about final decisions taken by parties on LMOs Final decisions not covered in the above 2 Risk Assessments on LMOs Any Unique Identifiers for LMOs used in the BCH

  17. Capacity Building Capacity Building Projects Capacity Building Opportunities Compendium of Training Courses Country needs and priorities Outcomes and Lessons Learned

  18. Roster of Experts Decision EM-I/3 • Risk Assessment • Make informed decisions • Develop National Human Resources • Promote Institutional Strengthening

  19. Roster of Experts Roster of Experts • Use & function • History • Procedures for nominating experts • Guidelines for operation of Roster

  20. Reports on Biosafety Assignments Reports on Biosafety Expert Assignments • Provides links to a database of reports on Biosafety Experts Assignments

  21. Review questions • What are the different databases on the BCH? • Where would the NFPs, CNAs be found? • Where would you find information about AIA procedures? • Where are the Decisions, declarations found? • What is the role of the Roster of Experts database?

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