Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop Date Location
Finding Information from the BCH Central Portal Instructor names
Finding Information on BCH OBJECTIVE Understand the various databases available on the central portal Search the database available on the BCH central portal
Finding Information on BCH How Presentation Case Studies:
Finding Information on BCH BCH Central Portal
Finding Information on BCH Database National Contacts Laws & Regulations Decisions & Declarations Capacity-Building Roster of Experts
Finding Information on BCH National Contacts Article 19 Requires a number of institutions Institutional information kept here
Finding Information on BCH National Contacts National Focal Points NFPs responsible to manage communication with secretariat Each record has contact details, phones,
Finding Information on BCH Competent National Authority Information CNAs. Each CNA entry contains contact information and a brief description of the functions of the organization.
Finding Information on BCH National Biosafety Websites …. National Biosafety websites & databases Information about National databases. Each entry contains a web address & brief description.
Finding Information on BCH Search National Biosafety Websites
Finding Information on BCH Laws & Regulations AIA Procedure, Article 11(5), Article 14 Parties must post information on laws & regulations
Finding Information on BCH Laws & Regulations National Laws, Regulations & Guidelines Article 20.3a Make available laws, regulations & guidelines Information required by parties about AIA
Finding Information on BCH Laws & Regulations Bilateral, Regional & Multilateral Agreements Article 20.3b Information about bilateral, regional & multilateral agreements Additionally, use BCH to inform each other of any agreements etc
Finding Information on BCH Decisions & Declarations Under the relevant articles parties are responsible for posting information regarding relevant decisions & declarations on BCH
Finding Information 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
Finding Information on BCH Capacity Building Capacity Building Projects Country needs and priorities Outcomes and Lessons Learned Compendium of Training Courses Capacity Building Opportunities
Finding Information on BCH Roster of Experts Risk Assessment Make informed decisions Develop National Human Resources Promote Institutional Strengthening Decision EM-I/3
Finding Information on BCH Roster of Experts Use & function History Procedures for nominating experts Guidelines for operation of Roster
Finding Information on BCH Reports on Biosafety Assignments Provides links to a database of reports on Biosafety Experts Assignments Reports on Biosafety Expert Assignments
Finding Information on BCH 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?