Activities of the Open-Ended Online Forum for the 2010-2012 Intersessional Period

In response to the decision BS-V/12 the following the following Discussion Groups and Real Time Online Conferences were organised in addition to the activities carried out to Test and Scientifically Review the Guidance on Risk Assessment and Risk Management:

Discussion Groups

The archived discussions are listed from the most recent to the oldest. Please click on the links below to read the interventions that were posted under each topic. Alternatively, you may also Search the Discussions.

Discussions held from 31 January to 17 March 2012

• Editorial improvements to the draft guidance on "Monitoring of LMOs released into the environment"
• Editorial improvements to the draft guidance on "Risk assessment of LM trees"
• Editorial improvements to the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs"

Discussions held from 16 to 31 January 2012

• Revision of the third draft of the guidance on "Monitoring of LMOs released into the environment"
• Revision of the third draft of the guidance on "Risk assessment of LM trees"

Discussions held from 28 November to 3 December 2011

• "Exchange of experiences in the testing of the Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs"

Discussions held from 4 to 19 November 2011

• Draft guidance on "Monitoring of LMOs Released into the Environment"
• Draft guidance on "Risk assessment of LM trees"

Discussions held from 18 July to 17 September 2011

• Topic 1: Revision of the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of LMOs" (revised on 4 July 2011)
• Topic 2: Comments on the first draft on "Post-release Monitoring and Long-term Effects of LMOs Released into the Environment"
• Topic 3: Comments on the first draft on "Risk Assessment of Living Modified Trees"

Discussions held from 28 March to 18 April 2011

• Topic 1: Revision of the "Guidance on Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms"
• Topic 2: Possible mechanisms, including criteria, for future updates of the lists of background materials
• Topic 3: New specific topics of risk assessment for the development of further guidance

Disclaimer

All contributions can be posted directly on the discussion groups. The Secretariat however reserves the right to remove contributions or parts thereof that are out of the scope of the discussion topics or contain inappropriate language. The Secretariat does not necessarily share the opinions expressed in the postings nor is responsible for the accuracy of the facts stated therein.

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Real Time Online Conferences

Third series of Regional Real-time Online Conferences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management (April 2012)

• Latin America and the Caribbean: 11 April 2012 (15:00 - 18:00 GMT) (in Spanish) - See the full transcript of the conference»
  
• WEOG and CEE: 12 April 2012 (9:00 - 12:00 GMT) (in English) - See the full transcript of the conference»
  
• Africa: 17 April 2012 (10:00 - 13:00 GMT) (in English) - See the full transcript of the conference»
  
• Asia and the Pacific: 19 April 2012 (3:00 - 6:00 GMT) (in English) - See the full transcript of the conference»
  

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