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Segundo Taller Nacional del Proyecto BCH II (25-26/abr/2012)
El Segundo Taller Nacional del Proyecto BCH II, se viene realizando con la participación académicos y funcionarios de la Regiones del interior del país (Cusco, Arequipa, Lambayeque, Huanuco, La Libertad, Piura y Cajamarca) asi como de algunas universidades de Lima, funcionarios públicos de Miniseterios y profesionales de laboratorios privados. More...
The 3rd National Biosafety Clearing-house (BCH) Workshop was organized by the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) on April 24-25, 2012 at the Computational Science Research Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
The workshop is one of the activities in support of the UNEP-GEF Project, "Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the BCH." The activity aimed to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the key stakeholders on the features of the BCH. It was participated by the members of the research and science community, government regulators, non-government organizations, and technology developers.
Aside from educating the participants with the modalities of operation of the BCH, the facilitators, headed by the BCH Focal Point, expounded on the utility and effectiveness of the site to raise public awareness on the products of biotechnology as well as the regulatory system being implemented by member parties, through the vast resources made available for the general public.
Prior to this, the NCBP had held the 1st and 2nd workshops in November 2011 and March 2012 for various stakeholders engaged in phytosanitary and quarantine services, biosafety regulation, customs, academe, media, and civil society.
The previous workshops had encouraged the participants to take part in the country’s effort in providing information on
the biosafety regulatory process implemented by the parties of the protocol as well as information of the country decisions on the GMOs. The participants committed to include the BCH in their information and awareness program.
Prepared by:
Claudine Kristia Boy
Science Research Specialist II
National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines
El Tercer Seminario-Taller Nacional fue realizado con éxito durante la tercera semana del mes de abril de 2012, en las instalaciones del Laboratorio de Geomática del Centro Universitario de Occidente de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, en la ciudad de Quetzaltenango (situado al occidente del país). More...
El Comité Técnico de Normalización sobre Bioseguridad de OVM del Perú trabaja en la adopción de normas ISO y de otra naturaleza para la regulación de los OVM. More...
El Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú organiza el II Taller nacional en el marco del Proyecto "PNUMA-FMAM para la Mejora Continua de la Creación de Capacidad para una efectiva participación en el Centro de Intercambio de Información sobre Seguridad de la Biotecnología-CIISB".
Este segundo taller está dirigido principalmente a académicos y especialistas de las dirferentes Regiones del país. More...
le vendredi 20 avril s'est tenue le 3ème jour du 2ème atelier au Centre de Ressources Multimédia au Campus Numérique Francophone à l'Université de Bangui.
Malgré une pluie diluvienne qui s'est abattue sur la ville de Bangui depuis 3H du matin,jusqu'à 10H, elle a connu la participation de 16 Enseignants et Chercheurs du Supérieurs dont 3 femmes.
La deuxième formation s'est tenue du 18 au 19 avril 2012 dans la salle du Centre des Ressources Multimédia au Campus Numérique à l'Université de Bangui.
Elle a connu la participation d'une trentaine de personnes. La 3e journée, réservée aux Enseignants et Chercheurs se poursuivra le 20 avril dans le même centre.
Saint Lucia is conducting its first training workshop under the BCH Project Phase Two, April 17th-19th 2012. This workshop hopes to update representatives of existing organisations of the National Biosafety Coordinating Committee, that helped draft the National Biosafety Framework a few years ago, on the new developments that now hold under the Biosafety Clearing House. More...
Du 25 au 27 Mars 2012, Le deuxième atelier national de formation sur le CEPRB s'est tenu au Centre de Formation et d’échange à distance de Nouakchott . L'objectif de l'atelier était de fournir aux participants une bonne compréhension du format des enregistrements du BCH, de même que les bonnes pratiques pour l'enregistrement et la publication des informations ayant trait à la biosécurité. Animée par le Conseiller régional Dr. Ossama AbdelKawy, Ce renforcement de capacité fait suite à la première session (tenue du 1 au 3 Aout 2011 au même lieu) qui était destinée aux représentants clés du gouvernement, responsables de la mise en œuvre du CPB, en particulier ceux qui ont pour tâche la mise à jour et la gestion des informations nationales sur le BCH.
CONVERSATORIO
“Alcances y Limitaciones del Protocolo Suplementario de Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur sobre Responsabilidad y Compensación.
Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú. More...
Au regard des faibles capacités techniques, institutionnelles et réglementaires actuelles des Etats membres de l’UEMOA, le PRB-UEMOA a défini un plan de renforcement des capacités et d’équipement des laboratoires nationaux. Au Sénégal, le laboratoire Campus de biotechnologies Végétales du Département de Biologie Végétale (Faculté des Sciences & Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop) a été désigné laboratoire national de référence en matière de biosécurité et a bénéficié à ce titre d’équipements scientifiques (d'une valeur de 130 000 000 de FCFA) acquis récemment à travers le PRB-UEMOA. Ainsi, pour marquer officiellement la réception de ces différents équipements, une cérémonie a eu le mardi 10 avril 2012 à la Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. Au-delà de la symbolique qui relève d’un tel évènement, la réception des équipements marque un important jalon dans la mise à niveau du laboratoire national de biosécurité dans le cadre de l'évaluation et de la gestion des risques, de la détection des OGM, de la traçabilité. La cérémonie a vu la participation du Secrétaire général du Ministère en charge de l'environnement, du Commissaire chargé du Développement rural, des ressources naturelles et de l'environnement au sein de l'UEMOA, du Directeur de la Recherche scientifique (représentant le ministre de l'enseignement supérieur), du doyen de la Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop, de la coordonnatrice du PRB UEMOA, de la Directrice du laboratoire Campus, du point focal national du Sénégal en matière de biosécurité et de nombreux partenaires universitaires, du comité national de biosécurité du Sénégal.
Con la asistencia de expertos en el área de la biodiversidad y bioseguridad la Academia de Ciencias de la República Dominicana (ACRD), realizó un conversatorio sobre el uso de productos genéticamente modificados en República Dominicana, en el que plantearon que como “primer paso” para su implementación en el país, se requiere la aprobación de la ley de bioseguridad que actualmente cursa en el Congreso Nacional. More...
The 3rd National BCH Training Workshop was organized by the Department of Biosafety at the IT Training Room, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya from 2-3 April 2012. It was part of activities planned under the GEF Support for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) and third in its series. The workshop aimed for Malaysia's relevant stakeholders and potential users of the BCH including the State Governments and Non Governmental Organisation. Besides promoting the benefits of BCH, the workshop has helped them in getting familiar with the modalities in place to enable their contribution to the BCH.
Los días 28 a 30 de marzo de 2012, se realizó el Primer Taller Nacional acerca del BCH/CIISB, dirigido a los funcionarios del gobierno de Panamá. El taller es parte del Proyecto "Mejora Continua de la Creación de Capacidad para una efectiva participación en el CIISB/BCH”, del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y el Fondo Mundial Ambiental (PNUMA-FMAM). More...
El 28 de febrero del presente se participó desde las Oficinas del IICA-Panamá en la videoconferencia "Avances de la Biotecnología Agrícola en el Año 2011" More...
Ciudad de Panamá, 23 de marzo 2012. El Ministro de Desarrollo Agropecuario de Panamá, Oscar A. Osorio, procedió a hacer el traspaso al Ministerio de Salud de la Presidencia de la Comisión Nacional de Bioseguridad para los Organismos Genéticamente Modificados (OGM) para el período 2012-2013. More...
La RCA prépare la tenue du premier atelier sur le BCH qui aura lieu du 27 au 28 mars 2012. L'atelier se tiendra dans le Chalet 2 du Campus Numérique francophone à l'Université de Bangui.
Quant au deuxième, il aura lieu du 18 au 19 avril et le Troisième jour, le 20 avril.
Dans le cadre de l'acquisition d’équipements de matériels informatiques et techniques, de groupe électrogène pour la Coordination Nationale du Programme Régional de Biosécurité de l’UEMOA (PRB-UEMOA-BENIN),le Secrétaire Général du Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Habitat et de l'Urbanisme lance une demande de Cotation N°092/SGM/PRMP/MEHU/DGFRN/PFN_Biosécurité/SA du 21 mars 2012. More...
The 3rd National Training Workshop on Biosafety Clearing House (BCH phase II) was held in Niamey, Niger, from the 20th to 22nd march 2012 at the national Statistics Institute conference room. About 15 participants from various institutions particularly: civil society, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and relevant biosafety institutions attended the workshop. More...
A two day Biosafety Clearing House Workshop for Government representatives is taking place at the NCTI in Kinstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines from 21 -22 March 2012.
This is the first of a series of workshops which will later involve the private sector, the media, civil society etc. It is funded as part of a small scale funding agreement. The objectives of the workshop are:
• To provide and introduction to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB)
• To emphasize the importance of the BCH in the implementation of CPB
• To strengthen and enhance the BCH capacities of the national focal points
The workshop is jointly organized by the Ministry of Health Wellness and the environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Transformation, Forestry, Fisheries and Industry (MARTFFI).
A Network of Laboratories for LMO Detection and Identification has been launched in the BCH with a series of discussion groups to be held from 19 March to 30 April 2012. The discussion groups will be followed by a workshop, tentatively scheduled for November 2012.
Nominations to the Network of Laboratories for LMO Detection and Identification are accepted on an ongoing basis and can be made through the Management Centre of the BCH by using the online common format for “Biosafety Organization, including Laboratory for detection and identification of LMOs” available at: http://bch.cbd.int/managementcentre/edit/organization.shtml (log-in required).
The Network responds to a number of requests made by the Parties to the Protocol in decision BS-V/9.
El Ministerio del Ambiente del Perú y el Gobierno Regional de Lambayeque, desarrollarán el Módulo Didáctico "Recursos Genéticos y Bioseguridad" en la ciudad de Chiclayo (Perú), del 20 al 22 de marzo del presente año. En este módulo se hace una revisión de los conceptos y aplicaciones de los recursos genéticos, las principales biotecnologías, con énfasis en los OVM, así como del marco regulatorio nacional e internacional para ambos temas (recursos genéticos y bioseguridad). More...
L'atelier s'est tenu du 12 au 16 mars 2012 à Bamako (Mali) dans la salle de conférence de l’hôtel LAÏCO EL FAROUK.
Organisateurs : Commission de l'UEMOA / Programme Régional de Biosécurité de l'UEMOA (PRB-UEMOA).
Objectifs :
- former les acteurs de biosécurité sur les critères et les procédures d’évaluation des risques avant leur mise sur le marché,
- former les acteurs de la biosécurité sur la stratégie d’analyse des risques basée sur la formulation du problème (les risques potentiels),
- former les acteurs de biosécurité sur la définition, l’analyse et la classification des risques et les niveaux de confinement adéquat,
- former les acteurs de la biosécurité sur l’évaluation selon les critères socio-économiques.
Une soixantaine de participants venus des huit Etats de l'UEMOA et de la Commission de l'UEMOA ont pris part à l'atelier. More...
Lesotho held the second training workshop on the Biosafety Clearing House from 13 to 16 March 2012 for various key stakeholders. The participants were from several sectors such as National University of Lesotho; Customs; Departments of Agricultural Research, Health and Science and Technology; the Consumer Section of the Ministry of Trade; and several NGOs such as the Lesotho Veterinary Council and the Lesotho National Farmers Union.
The main purpose of the training was to provide participants with a clear understanding of procedures for registering biosafety related information and to introduce the new BCH training materials. The participants developed an action plan for registering biosafety information on the BCH.
The last day was dedicated to the National University of Lesotho to describe in detail the resources and training materials available on the BCH central portal and how they can be integrated into their curricula and the use of Moodle.
Los días 7 y 8 de marzo de 2012, se realizó el Segundo Taller Nacional acerca del CIISB, dirigido a los sectores de la academia, investigación y gobierno, en el IICA. El taller es parte del Proyecto "Mejora Continua de la Creación de Capacidad para una efectiva participación en el CIISB/BCH”, del Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y el Fondo Mundial Ambiental (PNUMA-FMAM). More...
Quezon City --- The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) thru the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) strengthens capacity building on biosafety through the conduct of the “Training Workshop on the Use of the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH)” on March 6-8, 2012 at the Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) Building, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
The three-day workshop, jointly organized by NCBP, DOST and the United Nations Environmental Program-Global Environment Facility (UNEP-GEF), aims to improve expertise of key government representatives with responsibilities of implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, enhance registering of national information onto the BCH across government institutions, update and complete national records on the BCH, and provide new tools for information display. The three-day workshop was facilitated by Julieta Fe L. Estacio, Head Secretariat of the NCBP and the DOST Biosafety Committee who is also the National Focal Point of the BCH.
The workshop was extended for one day, 9 MArch 2012, purposely to “Train the Trainors” on registering information in the BCH, navigating and finding information and introducing them to all training materials available for introduction into their respective curricula and/or public awareness activities. The training was attended by participants coming from the Philippine Science High school, Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education, Food and Drug Administration, Science and Technology Information Institute, Department of Science and Technology and the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines.
The Biosafety Clearing House is a web portal established to facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on, and experience with, living modified organisms (LMOS) commonly known as Genetically Modified Organisms or GMOs. Anyone can access information in the BCH through its website http://bch.cbd.int.
Per the BCH record, there are currently four GMOs in the Philippines - all corn types - that are approved for direct introduction in the environment as covered by the Advanced Information Agreement. Meanwhile, as per official record of the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) of the Department of Agriculture (DA), there are 58 GMOs approved for use as food, feed, or for processing as elaborated in Article 11 of the Biosafety Protocol. Among these are corn, soyabean, sugarbeet, canola, canola plant, and rapeseed GMOs.
The workshop is also in support of the capacity building provision in Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), an international treaty signed by 156 countries where Philippines is a member. The Protocol was established to ensure adequate level of protection in the safe transfer, handling, and use of GMOs.
In his opening remarks, DOST Undersecretary for S&T Services and Chairman of the DOST Biosafety Committee, Fortunato dela Peña, encouraged the participants cooperation because “the BCH can be an effective tool in making available the enormous resources in conducting risk assessments, public information and awareness and facilitate the exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on LMOs,” he said. Participants included representatives from various government agencies, academe, and other research institutions..
By MARIA JUDITH LAGARDE SABLAN
Managing Editor
Philippine Journal of Science
Science and Technology Information Institute
DOST, Bicutan, Taguig City
1631 Manila, Philippines
Telefax no. (+632) 837-7520
Email: pjs@dost.gov.ph
JULIETA FE L. ESTACIO
Project Development Officer IV
Department of Science and Technology
Head Secretariat, NCBP/DOST Biosafety Committee
And National Focal Point, BCH
Telefax no. (632) 837-2930
Email: jflestacio@dost.gov.ph
Quezon City, Philippines - The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) thru the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently held a 3 day seminar on the use Biosafety Clearing House (BCH)last March 6-8, 2012.
An information portal, stemmed out from the proceedings of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, BCH is created to facilitate the exchange of information on all living modified organisms (LMOs), also known as Genetically Modified Organism. BCH is a global access to a variety of scientific, technical, environmental, legal and capacity building information regarding biosafety-related information and is available in six official UN languages.
According to DOST Undersecretary and Biosafety Committee Chairman Fortunato T. dela Peña, BCH can be an effective tool in making available the enormous resources in conducting risk assessments, and facilitate the provision and exchange of scientific, technical, environmental and legal information on Living Modified Organisms.
On the other hand, NCBP also created a BCH portal dubbed as BCH Pilipinas, that allows easy access to biosafety-related information such as contact details of the Competent National Authorities (CNAs) and its National Focal Points (NFPs); roster of experts on biosafety; relevant laws and regulations governing LMOs; risk assessments, decisions and declarations made on approved LMOs.
According to Richard Purisima, web administrator for BCH Pilipinas, a mirror portal is created to give an easy accessof all biosafety information in country to researchers, scientists and students. “All Philippine biosafety related information are being filtered from the BCH portal, since there lots of information in the central portal coming from the 156 member countries”, he added.
The site also provides links to existing websites/databases of the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) and Competent National Authorities (CNAs). The BCH Pilipinas is housed at the DOST and being operated and maintained by the DOST-Biosafety Committee Secretariat. The Biosafety Clearing House central portal can be accessed at http://bch.cbd.int and BCH Pilipinas at http://bch.dost.gov.ph.
Participants in the workshop consist of representatives from the education, agriculture, science and academe sectors.
Through Executive Order 430 of 1990 signed by then Pres. Corazon C. Aquino, the National Committee on Biosafety was created to implement and regulate experiments on genetic engineering in the Philippines and ensure that the risks associated GMOs are addressed and minimized.
With the rapid development in the field of modern biotechnology's use in commercial products, NCBP’s role is expanded by virtue of E.O. 514, to better respond to the challenges in modern biotechnology, ensuring safety of biotech products on human health and the environment.
By: Arjay C. Escondo
Science Research Specialist II
Science & Technology Information Institute
Department of Science & Technology
Communication Resources & Production Division
نظمت الهيئة العامة لحماية البيئة يوم الخميس الموافق 1 مارس 2012 م، ورشة عمل خاصة بإعداد التقرير الوطني الثاني للسلامة الأحيائية بمشاركة أكثر من 60 مختصا من أعضاء اللجنة الوطنية للسلامة الأحيائية والجهات ذات العلاقة. More...
The 2nd National BCH Training Workshop was organized by the Department of Biosafety at the MyIPO IT Training Room, Menara UOA Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur from 27 – 29 February 2012. It was part of activities planned under the GEF Support for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) with the assistance of two (2) BCH Regional Advisors appointed by UNEP. This workshop was second in its series and aimed for Malaysia’s key stakeholders and potential users of the BCH including universities and research institutions. Besides promoting the benefits of BCH, the workshop has helped them in getting familiar with the modalities in place to enable their contribution to the BCH.
The 1st National BCH Training Workshop was organized by the Department of Biosafety at the IT Training Room, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya from 8 – 10 February 2012. It was part of activities planned under the GEF Support for Continued Enhancement of Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) with the assistance of a BCH Regional Advisor appointed by UNEP. This workshop aimed for Malaysia’s Government representatives (for example Custom and Quarantine officers, Competent National Authorities etc.) with responsibilities for implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, particularly those that will update and use the BCH as a means of fulfilling the national obligations set forth in the protocol. The workshop provides participants with better understanding of the format of BCH records as well as the procedures for registering and publishing biosafety-related decisions.
Ejecutado en La Habana el 2do Taller Nacional de Entrenamiento bajo el Proyecto BCH II dirigido a las instituciones científicas, académicas y ONGs. More...
Un grupo de aproximadamente 30 técnicos y profesionales de sectores e instituciones claves se reunieron para ser capacitados en el Segundo Seminario-taller de gran relevancia para la creación de capacidades en la utilización efectiva del Centro de Intercambio de Información sobre Seguridad de la Biotecnología en Guatemala, hacia finales de febrero de 2012. La mejora en el uso de esta herramienta se destina a fortalecer el avance de implementación del Protocolo de Cartagena en el país. More...
The title of the Ghanaian Law is "Biosafety Act, 2011 Act 831". The Law is divided into nine (9) sections. These are:
a) Scope, objectives and establishment.
b) Administration.
c) Handling of request for approval.
d) Reviews of approvals.
e) Technical Advisory Committee
f) Regulatory Agencies
g) Inspections
h) Finance. and
i) Miscellaneous More...
A three day training workshop is under way in Accra Ghana from 27th to 29th February, 2012 to train National Authorized Users to enhance BCH activities in Ghana. The training also targets university lecturers who are expected to use the capacity gained to train other stakeholders. The training will also be used to update the BCH. More...
Du 27 février au 02 mars 2012, la République de Guinée organise les premier et deuxième ateliers nationaux sur le renforcement des capacités nationales pour une participation effective du pays au système d'échange d'informations sur la biosécurité en passant par le BCH.Le premier atelier se tiendra pour trois jours, du 27 au 29 février et le deuxième du 1er au 02 mars. Les deux ateliers seront animés par Mr Lamine Sano WATTARA, Conseiller Régional, formateur. More...
The BCH - II Second Training Workshop in Moldova was organized in Chisinau, Moldova from 24-27 January 2012. The workshop was organized in partnership by the Ministry of Environment of Moldova and the UNEP-GEF BCH II Project. The training workshop was focused to train the stakeholders from the academia and universities sectors. During the training workshop the participants used the Interactive Modules of BCH & Moodle 1 an 2 Platforms, Finding Training Materials, Virtual Library, Surfing on BCH Central Portal, Case Study Information etc.
Organisation du 14 au 16 Février 2012 au Centre d'Enseignement à Distance de Dakar du deuxième atelier national (du Sénégal) de formation sur le BCH à l'intention des ONG et structures de la société civile. More...
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