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Introduction to risk assessment and risk management concepts, general principles and methodologies

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Status of risk assessment in the Black Sea sub-region

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Status of risk assessment in the Caucasus and Central Asian countries

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Status of risk assessment in the West Balkan countries

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Outcomes of the Canada-Norway Expert workshop on risk assessment for future applications of modern biotechnology

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Format for risk assessment summaries for submission to the BCH

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Nature, scope and applicability of existing guidance materials on risk assessment and risk management of LMOs

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Status of risk assessment in the Baltic states

Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

26 - 28 November 2007, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

Biosafety Clearing-House Survey

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/60997 (2007-155)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce the release of a new online survey on the recently revamped BCH. It is available at <a href='http://bch.cbd.int/survey/'>http://bch.cbd.int/survey/</a>.

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of LMOs

10 - 12 December 2007, Bridgetown, Barbados

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/4), 12-16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/61329 (2007-159)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points where Biosafety Focal Points have not yet been nominated

I refer to Notification 2007-125 of 23 October 2007 concerning the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP/4), which will be held at the Maritim Hotel Bonn, in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 16 May 2008.

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop, Bonn, Germany, 9-10 May 2008 (Prior to COP-MOP/4)

Reference: SCBD/BCH/GF/ABw/61315 (2007-160)
To: National Focal Points for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, with the kind support of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Project, will be convening a training workshop for BCH National Focal Points, 9-10 May 2008, immediately prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parti ...

Fifth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (WG-L&R 5), 12-19 March 2008, Cartagena, Colombia

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/jh/61661 (2008-002)
To: Cartagena Protocol National Focal Points, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated), Relevant Organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the fifth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (WG-L&R 5) will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 12 to 19 March 2008, following the generous offer made by the Government of ...

Availability of new IT features for the development of Biosafety Clearing-House national nodes (Hermes and the BCH Ajax Plug-In)

Reference: SCBD/BS/PL/61720 (2008-005)
To: National Focal Points for the Biosafety Clearing-House

I am pleased to announce that the Secretariat, in close collaboration with the UNEP-GEF BCH Project, has developed and publicly released two new IT features, Hermes and the BCH Ajax Plug-In. These features serve to make all data submitted to the BCH Central Portal immediately available in BCH n ...

Release of the Third Issue of the Biosafety Protocol News

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/61891 (2008-007)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, CBD National Focal Points (where CPB National Focal Points have not yet been designated) Biosafety Clearing-House National Focal Points

I am pleased to inform you that the third issue of the newsletter on Biosafety entitled Biosafety Protocol News has been posted on the CBD website at the following address: <a href='http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf'>http://www.cbd.int/doc/newsletters/bpn/bpn-02-03-en.pdf</a>.

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-29 February 2008

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-008)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

I am pleased to inform you that the sub-regional workshop for Asia will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 27 to 29 February 2008. This workshop will bring together scientists, regulators and decision-makers who are involved in risk assessment and risk management of living modified organisms.

Submission of Views on the Assessment and Review of the Effectiveness of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/WDY/ABw/58011 (2008-009)
To: National focal points of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, -Other Governments, and relevant international organizations

The Secretariat issues this further notification in accordance with the guidance of the COP-MOP Bureau to kindly remind Parties, other Governments, relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders, who have not yet done so, to kindly submit, preferably before ...

Fourth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities

11 - 13 February 2008, New Delhi, India

Fifth meeting of the Liaison Group on Capacity-building for Biosafety

14 - 15 February 2008, New Delhi, India

Fair on experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the margins of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/62396 (2008-023)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to inform you that a fair on experiences with implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will be held at the margins of the fourth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol from 12 to16 May 2008 in Bonn, Germany.

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-024)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points, Relevant organizations

Please refer to my notification of 28 January 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was scheduled to take place from 27 to 29 Februa ...

Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Credentials

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/lb/62508 (2008-025)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, all National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to refer to Notifications 2007 124 and 2007-125 dated 23 October 2007 conveying the invitation to participate in the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the ninth meeting of the Confere ...

Fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the context of the Protocol

12 - 19 March 2008, Cartagena, Colombia

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7 to 9 April 2008

Reference: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 (2008-030)
To: Asian Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety National Focal Points and Relevant organizations

Please refer to my earlier notifications of 28 January and 19 February 2008, Ref.: SCBD/BS/MPDM/ABw/61934 , regarding the Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, which was to have taken place ...

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-032)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would like to remind delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity ( ...

Reminder Notification: Fair on Experiences with the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety at the Fourth Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol - Extension of Deadline for Applications to Participate

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/UN/jh/62396 (2008-038)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I have the honour to inform you that the Secretariat has extended the deadline receiving expressions of interest to participate in the fair to 14 April 2008.

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, Bonn, Germany 12 - 16 May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/AR/62973 (2008-042)
To: All CPB Focal Points

I am pleased to inform Parties and participants to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol, which will be held in Bonn, Germany from 12 - 16 May 2008, that in accordance with the six-week rule on the distribution of docu ...

Asia Sub-Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

7 - 9 April 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP/MOP 4), 12 -16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/jh/63071 (2008-045)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points – African Regional Group

I have the honour to inform you that, with to the generous financial support of the Government of Germany and the African Union, the African Regional Preparatory Meeting for the COP/MOP 4 will take place on 10-11 May 2008 at Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. The meeting will be assisted by Mr. Wo ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/COP-MOP/4/INF/22

Compilation of Guidance Documents on Risk Assessment and Risk Management Available through the Biosafety Information Resource Centre of the Biosafety Clearing-House

Outcome of the fifth meeting of the Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/BS/CG/63197 (2008-047)
To: Biosafety National Focal Points

This is to kindly inform you that the report of the fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (“the Working Group” hereinafter) is now made available as document UNEP/CBD/BS/W ...

UNEP/CBD/BS/MOP/4/INF/15

Report of the Central and Eastern Europe Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms

UNEP/CBD/BS/MOP/4/INF/13

Report of the Canada-Norway Expert Workshop on Risk Assessment for Emerging Applications of Living Modified Organisms, 4 - 6 June 2007, Montreal

Hotel reservations for delegates attending COP-MOP 4 and COP 9 meetings, Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/ab/62947 (2008-055)
To: CBD National Focal Points, National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would, once again, kindly like to remind delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) and the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Bi ...

Reminder - Ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

Reference: SCBD/SEL/OJ/LG/cr/62508 (2008-060)
To: All CBD National Focal Points, All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

I wish to remind Parties that, in accordance with rule 18, credentials of representatives and the names of alternate representatives and advisers shall be submitted to the Executive Secretary, if possible not later than twenty-four hours after the opening of the meeting. Parties are further rem ...

Registration for delegates attending COP-MOP 4, Bonn, Germany, May 2008

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/COP-MOP4/dk/63803 (2008-061)
To: National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

The Secretariat would like to inform delegates attending the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4), being held in Bonn, Germany, from 12-16 May 2008, that pre-registration of delegates will be tran ...

International Community to Meet in Germany for a United Nations Conference on Living Modified Organisms and Biodiversity

Montreal, 2 May 2008– More than 2,000 delegates, including ministers and representatives from Governments, civil society and business, will meet in Bonn, Germany, from 12 to 16 May 2008, for the fourth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP). The meeting is expec ...

Translation of the Biosafety Clearing-House into the six official languages of the United Nations

Reference: SCBD/BS/GF/ABw/63826 (2008-064)
To: All National Focal Points to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB), All National Focal Points to the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH)

I am very pleased to announce that the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) is now accessible in all six of the official languages of the United Nations (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The translation has been completed for all public pages of the BCH Central Portal (htt ...

Meeting of the Friends of the Co-Chairs of the fifth meeting of the Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts on Liability and Redress in the Context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

7 - 9 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Training Workshop

9 - 10 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Africa Union Preparatory Meeting of African Delegates to the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, COP-MOP 4

10 - 11 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Communiqé: Training Workshop for Government Officials in the Use of the Biosafety Clearing-House Successfully Concluded.

Training Workshop for Government Officials in the Use of the Biosafety Clearing-House Successfully Concluded

Bonn, 11 May 2008. A training workshop on the use of the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) ended last evening with a call to mobilize additional resources to further build the capacities of developing countries in this area. More than 60 participants, including over 50 national focal points for t ...

Meeting of the COP-MOP Bureau

11 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the Opening Session of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving As the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Bonn, 12 May 2008.

Largest international gathering on Biosafety meets in Bonn to finalize arrangements for the Cartagena Protocol

Bonn, May 12 2008- Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety opened their fourth meeting today at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, in Germany. More than 3000 delegates from 147 countries assembled to fulfill their commitment to ensuring the safe use of modern biotechnology, including reaching a ...

Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, at the Opening Session of the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity Serving As the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Bonn, 12 May 2008

Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

12 - 16 May 2008, Bonn, Germany

New Biosafety Publication: Rules, Procedures and Mechanisms Applicable to Processes under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.