Official documents for the workshop
Presentations
Introduction to the workshop:
- Workshop objectives, expected outcomes and the proposed programme - pdf
Introduction to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the programme of work:
- Video on the Protocol and its Kuala – Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress - link
- Overview of the Protocol and its provisions and decisions on public awareness, education and participation concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs - pdf
- The Strategic Plan for the Protocol 2011-2020 and its elements on public awareness, education and participation - pdf
National, regional and international legal frameworks:
- Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and its implementation in Africa - pdf
- The Aarhus Convention and its Amendment on GMOs - pdf
- The Draft Model Law on Access to Information in Africa - pdf
Public awareness and education:
- Introduction to public awareness and education concerning the safe transfer, handling and use of LMOs: Basic concepts, tools and approaches - pdf
- Importance of proactive planning in public awareness on LMOs - pdf
- Engaging and using the media to promote public awareness of biosafety - pdf
- Handling interviews - pdf
- Organizing a press conference - pdf
- South Africa presentation: Public Understanding of Biotechnology Programme - pdf
- African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) : Communication for African regulators - pdf
Public access to information:
- Introduction to the basic concepts and core elements of national regimes on public access to information: Outcomes of the online forum on public access to biosafety information - pdf
- The status of access to information laws in Africa and the experience with Uganda’s Access to Information Act and Regulations 2011 - pdf
- Practical experiences and lessons learned in facilitating public access to information in Central and Eastern Europe within the context of the Aarhus Convention and its GMO amendment - pdf
- Botswana Presentation: National profile and action plan - pdf
- Mali Presentation: Accès à l’information environnementale et au processus de prise de décision sur l’environnement - pdf
Public participation:
- Public participation in biosafety and environmental decision-making: Key concepts, emerging good practices and lessons learned - pdf
- Mechanisms for public participation in decision-making processes regarding LMOs in Africa: An analysis of approved national biosafety frameworks - pdf-EN pdf-FR
- Public participation in environmental decision-making in Central and Eastern Europe within the context of the Aarhus Convention and its GMO Amendment - pdf
The way forward: fostering regional and international cooperation:
- Synergies and ongoing collaboration between the CBD Secretariat and the Aarhus Convention - pdf
- RAEIN-Africa Presentation: Experiences with public awareness & public participation - pdf
- South Africa Presentaion: Public participation in environmental-decision making in the new South Africa - pdf
Case Studies
- Compilation of Case Studies from Africa - pdf
