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International Organisations

The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) aims to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

UNEP-GEF Biosafety Projects

Currently UNEP-GEF is running three projects to implemnt the GEF strategy. 1) A Global Development Project assisting 123 countries to develop draft national biosafety framework (NBF); 2) Eight Implementation Projects, with the objective of establishing operational national biosafety frameworks (NBFs); and 3) A Biosafety Clearing House project to assist 50 countries to participate in and benefit from the BCH.

UNEP-GEF Development of National Biosafety Framework Project

The UNEP-GEF global project on the development of National Biosafety Frameworks began in June 2001. The three year project was designed to assist up to 100 countries to develop their National Biosafety Frameworks so that they can comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The project also promoted regional and sub-regional cooperation on biosafety.

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UNEP-GEF Projects on Implementation of National Biosafety Frameworks

In November 2001, the GEF Council approved 12 proposals for demonstration projects to support countries with the implementation of their national biosafety frameworks. Two of those projects (India and Colombia) were coordinated by the World Bank, two (Malaysia and Mexico) by UNDP and eight by UNEP. They lasted on average 3 years, and the budgets ranged between 500,000 USD and 1,000,000 USD.

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UNEP-GEF BCH Project

The BCH Capacity Building Project has the following objectives:

a) Strenghten capacity in eligible countries through training of key stakeholders. The training will cover (i) data entry and management; (ii) identification and access to information required for decision-making under the Protocol and (iii) access to, and registration of, information in the BCH;

b) Create and enabling environment for Parties to meet their obligations for implementation of the Protocol by providing participating countries with appropriate computer hardware and software for data storage and exchange (with the BCH) over the Internet and by other means; and

c) Support further capacity building through the development and dissemination of an interactive computer-based training package, which includes the BCH toolkit. This training package will be developed at the global level in close collaboration with the CBD Secretariat to ensure that input from national BCH components is consistent with the BCH central port.

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BCH Training Modules available for download

An Introduction to the
Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety

An Introduction to the
Biosafety Clearing House

A User's Guide to the
Central Portal of the
Biosafety Clearing House.
Surfing the BCH Central Portal

A user's Guide to the
Central Portal of the
Biosfety Clearing House.
Finding Information from the
CBD Central Portal

A User's Guide to the
Central Portal of the
Biosafety Clearing House.
Registering Data in the BCH
Central Portal

UNEP-GEF Resources

This page is a collection of all documents and materials on the activities on the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Projects. Relevant information on biosafety and links to documents and publications from collaborating organisations may also be found here.

UNEP-GEF newsletters and toolkit

RELEVANT DOCUMENTS