1. Capacity Building Information on BCH : Compendium of Biosafety Training Courses
Brief Report from 2nd International Meeting of Academic Institutions and Organizations involved in Biosafety Education and Training made to BCH RA’s 2007 Annual Meeting (New Delhi, India) by Aleksej Tarasjev

2. This brief report is not a training tool!
For RA’s information purposes only
Official meeting report is in the draft phase
(it will be posted on

3. Capacity Building Capacity Building Projects
Capacity Building Opportunities
Compendium of Training Courses
Country needs and priorities
Capacity Building – Through the BCH parties and others can access information on capacity building and other assistance to implement the Cartagena protocol on Biosafety
Capacity Building Opportunities – info about upcoming opportunities such as technical assistance, scholarships, fellowships etc.
Capacity-Building Projects – info on various capacity building projects, their locations, status and so on
Country needs and Priorities – info on national and regional needs & priorities required to implement the biosafety protocol that have been identified and categorized under the national capacity-building plans
Outcomes and lessons learned – in the form of project documents for feedback on on-going and completed capacity building projects
Outcomes and Lessons Learned

4. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety Article 22
COP-MOP 1 BS-I/5 decision, Annex II, Annex IV
COP-MOP 2 BS-II/3 decision
COP-MOP 3 BS-III/3 (paragraph 11) and BS-III/11 (paragraph 16 and 17) decision
Coordination meetings of Academic institutions and Organizations (Geneva 2004, Kuala Lumpur 2007)

5. Useful information for various stakeholders
Information in Compendium is entered directly online (no BCH FP validation)
Need to develop/expand those programs to face one of a major challenges - limited expertise (COP MOP decisions)

7. Main meeting topics
Modalities of establishing regional and sub-regional programs and North – South and South-South cooperation
Identifying regional lead institutions and persons
Global steering group (mandate, criteria, comosition)
Support package

8. Recomendations Development of Academic Programmes
Core elements and curriculum development
Delivery mechanisms
Regional Activities
Annex I of the report – Changes in common format for compendium

9. Thank you for your attention!