TRAINING WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY CLEARING-HOUSE

FOR THAILAND18-19 December 2008

Bangkok, Thailand

BCH Central Portal and Finding Information in the BCH

Mohammad Ilyas, IT-RA for Asia

OBJECTIVE

• Understand the various databases available on the BCH Central Portal

• Search the database available on the BCH Central Portal

How

• Presentation

• Case Studies

BCH Central Portal

Databases

• National Contacts

• Laws & Regulations

• Decisions & Declarations

• Capacity Building

• Roster of Experts

National ContactsArticle 19

Requires a number of institutions

Institutional information are kept here

National Contacts

National Focal Points

NFPs responsible to manage communication with Secretariat

Each record has contact details, phones, email

Competent National Authority

Competent National Authority

Information on CNAs

Each CNA entry contains contact information and a brief description of functions of the organization

National Biosafety Websites ….

National Biosafety websites & databases

Information about National databases

Each entry contains a web address & brief description

Search National Biosafety Websites

Laws & Regulations

AIA Procedure, Article 11(5), Article 14

Parties must post information on their laws & regulations

Laws & Regulations

National Laws, Regulations & Guidelines

Article 20.3a

Make available laws, regulations and guidelines

Information required by parties on AIA

Laws & Regulations

Bilateral, Regional & Multilateral Agreements

Article 20.3b

Information about bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements

Additionally, use BCH to inform each other of any agreements, etc

Decisions & Declarations

Under the relevant articles parties are responsible for posting information regarding relevant decisions and declarations on BCH

Decisions & DeclarationsInformation 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

Capacity BuildingCapacity Building Projects

Country needs and priorities

Outcomes and Lessons Learned

Compendium of Training Courses

Capacity Building Opportunities

Roster of Experts

• Conduct Risk Assessment

• Make informed decisions

• Develop National Human Resources

• Promote Institutional Strengthening

Decision EM-I/3

Roster of ExpertsRoster of Experts

Use & function History Procedures for

nominating experts

Guidelines for operation of Roster

Reports on Biosafety Assignments

Provides links to a database of reports on Biosafety Experts Assignments

Reports on Biosafety Expert Assignments

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?