1. Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop Date Location

2. Finding Information from the BCH Central Portal Instructor names

3. Finding Information on BCH OBJECTIVE Understand the various databases available on the central portal Search the database available on the BCH central portal

4. Finding Information on BCH How Presentation Case Studies:

5. Finding Information on BCH BCH Central Portal

6. Finding Information on BCH Database National Contacts Laws & Regulations Decisions & Declarations Capacity-Building Roster of Experts

7. Finding Information on BCH National Contacts Article 19  Requires a number of institutions  Institutional information kept here

8. Finding Information on BCH National Contacts National Focal Points  NFPs responsible to manage communication with secretariat  Each record has contact details, phones, email

9. 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.

10. Finding Information on BCH National Biosafety Websites …. National Biosafety websites & databases  Information about National databases.  Each entry contains a web address & brief description.

11. Finding Information on BCH Search National Biosafety Websites

12. Finding Information on BCH Laws & Regulations  AIA Procedure, Article 11(5), Article 14  Parties must post information on laws & regulations

13. Finding Information on BCH Laws & Regulations National Laws, Regulations & Guidelines Article 20.3a  Make available laws, regulations & guidelines  Information required by parties about AIA

14. 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

15. Finding Information on BCH Decisions & Declarations Under the relevant articles parties are responsible for posting information regarding relevant decisions & declarations on BCH

16. 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

17. Finding Information on BCH Capacity Building Capacity Building Projects Country needs and priorities Outcomes and Lessons Learned Compendium of Training Courses Capacity Building Opportunities

18. Finding Information on BCH Roster of Experts Risk Assessment Make informed decisions Develop National Human Resources Promote Institutional Strengthening Decision EM-I/3

19. Finding Information on BCH Roster of Experts  Use & function  History  Procedures for nominating experts  Guidelines for operation of Roster

20. Finding Information on BCH Reports on Biosafety Assignments Provides links to a database of reports on Biosafety Experts Assignments Reports on Biosafety Expert Assignments

21. 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?