In accordance with its terms of reference (Annex to decision BS-IV/11), the Group discussed the development of guidance documents to further support countries in conducting risk assessment of LMOs in the context of the Protocol.

The Group produced a draft roadmap on the steps in risk assessment and established four Sub-working Groups (SWGs) and an action plan outlining the work to further develop the roadmap and guidance documents on specific aspects of risk assessment and risk management prior to the Group’s second meeting, scheduled to take place in April 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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• The report of the Meeting of the AHTEG SWG on the Roadmap for risk assessment (12-14 October 2009, The Hague, The Netherlands) is available here.
• The report of the First Meeting of the AHTEG is available here.
• Group photo of the first AHTEG meeting. Montreal, 20-24 April, 2009
• The list of participants and observers to the AHTEG is available here.
• Documents for the First Meeting of the AHTEG on RA&RM are available here.