Finding Information

National Records

National Contacts
Follow this link to search for: (i) National Focal Points, (ii) Competent National Authorities and (iii) National Biosafety Websites and Databases

Laws and Regulations
Follow this link to search for: (i) National Laws, Regulations and (ii) Guidelines and Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Agreements

National Reports
Follow this link to search for national reports and analyze them online

Country's Decisions and other Communications
Follow this link to search for: (i) Decisions on LMOs under Advance Informed Agreement; (ii) Decisions on LMOs for food, for feed or for processing under Article 11; (iii) Other decisions & declarations; (iv) Risk Assessment Reports

Roster of Experts
Follow this link to access a database of experts in biosafety, searchable using various fields.

Reference Records

LMOs, Genes or Organisms
Follow this link to search for: (i) the LMO-UID Registry; (ii) Gene Registry and (iii) Organism Registry

Capacity-Building
Follow this link to search for: (i) Biosafety Capacity Building Projects; (ii) Capacity-Building Opportunities; (iii) Compendium of Academically-Accredited Biosafety Courses; and (iv) Capacity-Building Needs and Priorities

Directory of International Organizations involved in Biosafety Activities
Follow this link to access information about international organisations involved in activities relevant to implementation of the Biosafety Protocol with summaries of their activities and contact information.

The BCH Virtual Library

Through its virtual library, the Biosafety Clearing-House provides access to different categories of information aimed to assist countries in capacity-building for implementation of the Protocol. The library’s collections are the Biosafety Information Resource Centre (BCH-BIRC) and the Scientific Bibliographic Database on Biosafety (Bibliosafety). The library also provide access to Research4Life a collective name for three public-private partnerships which seek to help achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by providing the developing world with free or low cost online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content.