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?