1. Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop for Regional Advisors 15 - 27 May 2006 Bangkok, Thailand

2. Introduction to Management Centre Prakash Bista Fred Vogel

3. Registering Information on BCH OBJECTIVE Understand the Management Centre Use the Central Portal to register information into the BCH

4. Registering Information on BCH How Presentation Authorized users demo Hands-on lab

5. Registering Information on BCH Institutional Structure In the framework of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, two groups of users are considered for interacting with the Biosafety Clearing House: –National Focal Point for the Biosafety Clearing- House (NFP-BCH) –National Authorized User (NAU)

6. Registering Information on BCH BCH vs BCH Training Website BCH Website: http://bch.biodiv.org BCH Training Website: http://bchtraining.biodiv.org Training site to help in the learning & understanding. Similar to the real website but may have differences due to upgrading.

8. Registering Information on BCH Management Centre  Data entry interface for registering, updating, deleting or correcting information  Access restricted to the BCH NFPs and other authorized users  Information must be validated by BCH-NFP or the CBD Secretariat  Anyone can register  Information made public only after verification by NFP

9. Registering Information on BCH Sign-in to Management Centre  Requires a username and password  Use the email address used for registering as a user

10. Registering Information on BCH Registering new information National Contacts Laws and regulations Decisions and declarations Capacity building Roster of experts Other Resources

11. Registering Information on BCH Manage information Manage Information Edit information Delete Information

12. Registering Information on BCH Manage Authorized users (only for National Focal Points) Manage Authorized Users Authorize new user Edit user Delete user

13. Registering Information on BCH Manage Authorized Users Demo

14. Registering Information on BCH Hands-on Lab

15. Registering Information on BCH Groups Group 1 – Brazil Group 2 – France Group 3 – Spain Group 4 – Norway Group 5 – Mexico Group 6 – Sweden

16. Registering Information on BCH Users 6 Groups of 3: –2 National Authorized Users (NAUs) bangkokX.nauN –1 BCH-National Focal Point (NFP) gbangkokX.nfp –All passwords are “bangkok”

17. Registering Information on BCH Hands-on Lab: Roles First user in the row is BCH-NFP, and the rest are NAUs 1 to … http://bchtraining.biodiv.org NAUs enter fictitious data BCH-NFP validates ONE RECORD Each user then exchange role so that all can be BCH-NFP

18. Registering Information on BCH OBJECTIVE To learn how to input country information into the BCH Case studies follow a related path (e.g., information registered about Contacts would be further be referenced in another records)

19. Registering Information on BCH Steps to follow Input ONE contact information of a person Input ONE Competent National Authority Input ONE decision or declaration on LMO using the Contact and CNA as a reference Input ONE Risk Assessment Input ONE National law or regulation using the reference of an existing CNA

20. Registering Information on BCH After first info input... NFP validates ONE record Change roles, repeat point 1 for every member of your group

21. Registering Information on BCH Review questions What are the two groups of users considered for interacting with the bch portal? What is the BCH training website, and how do you reach it? Describe the workflow for registering and approving information on the BCH Who validates the new information to be made public in the Central Portal? Who can register new information on the Central Portal? When is information made public ? How to sign-in to the Management Centre? What are Common Formats? Why are them needed? What is the Thesaurus or Common Vocabulary What types or categories of information can be registered? Who can manage Authorized Users for a Party? How does the NFP know that he / she has some information to review and validate on the Central Portal? How does an NAU know the state of the registered information?