Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) 2013

Relevant Documents
Background Information
Workshop Discussions

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Relevant Documents

Meeting Documents

Annotated Agenda | Provisional Agenda | Meeting Report

Notification SCBD/BS/CG/MM/DA/82651: Nomination of Experts to the Workshop of the Network of Laboratories for the Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms

Meeting Presentations

	Overview of Methods for the Detection and Quantification of LMOs - Mr. Chris Viljoen		Status of Capacity Building in LMO Analysis – Ms. Maddalena Querci
	Quality System Implementation in a GMO Testing Laboratory – Mr. Marco Mazzara		Biosafety Regulations in México - Ms. Natalhie Campos Reales
	Detection of Unauthorized LMOs and Unintentional Introductions into the Environment – Mr. Bjørn Spilsberg		Development of Detection Methods for Unapproved GM Papaya - Ms. Ayako Yoshio
	Overview of Available Information for the Detection and Identification of LMOs – Mr. Ray Shillito		Cost Effective GM Detection - Ms Gurinder Randhawa
	Liberia's Presentation Detection and Identification of LMOs – Mr. Gulu Gwesa

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Background Information

In decision BS-V/16, the Conference of Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol (COP-MOP) adopted a Strategic Plan for the implementation of the Protocol during the 2011-2020 period. The Strategic Plan identifies a number of outcomes that need to be achieved as a consequence of a set of operational objectives. Under operational objectives 1.6, 1.8 and 2.3 regarding handling, transport, packaging and identification, the Parties set the following outcomes:

• Easy to use and reliable technical tools for the detection of unauthorized living modified organisms (LMOs) are developed and made available (under Operational Objective 1.6);
• Guidance developed to assist Parties to detect and take measures to respond to unintentional releases of living modified organisms (under Operational Objective 1.8); and
• Personnel are trained and equipped for sampling, detection and identification of LMOs (under Operational Objective 2.3).

The Strategic plan further identifies specific indicators associated with each of these outcomes to serve as monitoring and evaluation tools for measuring achievements. The following are the indicators that are related to the outcomes above:

• Number of Parties with access to tools that are capable of detecting unauthorized LMOs;
• Percentage of Parties using the guidance to detect occurrence of unintentional releases of living modified organisms and being able to take appropriate response measures;
• Percentage of Parties that have established or have reliable access to detection laboratories
• National and regional laboratories certified with the capacity to detect LMOs; and
• Number of certified laboratories in operation.

In implementing the requests by the Parties in decision BS-V/9, the Secretariat is organising a workshop on the 25th -27th November 2013 to be held at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), Institute for Health and Consumer Protection in Ispra, Italy to bring together experts representing LMO detection laboratories to further elaborate on the results of the online discussions that took place in early 2013.

The following outputs are expected from the workshop:

1. A detailed implementation strategy for the detection and identification of LMOs consisting of a plan of action to assist Parties in making progress toward each of the outcomes in the Strategic Plan; and
2. A set of recommendations identifying possible key players and specific activities to assist in the implementation of the plan of action in (a) above.

The outputs of the workshop together with a synthesis of the online discussions and a compilation of laboratory methods will be submitted for consideration of the COP-MOP at its seventh meeting, to be held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea from 29 September to 3 October 2014.

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