Side Event

Biosafety Capacity Building

Organizer
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation & Development

Date and Time
25 February 2004 13:15 - 14:45

Meeting
First meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (BS COP MOP 1)

<p>The need for consultancy for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol is extremely high in developing countries. In 2000, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) launched the German Biosafety Capacity Building Initiative for the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol. Within this initiative, various partners are receiving support to help realise this protocol at national level and to assess independently the social, economic and ecological risks of GMOs. Since 2003, the first projects are in the process of being implemented. </p><p>Together with project partners from China and the African Union, BMZ is going to discuss national and regional approaches to create capacities necessary for the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol. <p><b>- Lunch provided -</b></p>