T RAINING W ORKSHOP ON B IOSAFETY C LEARING -H OUSE FOR T HAILAND 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 Contacts Article 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,
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 & 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
Capacity Building Capacity 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 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?