Press Release

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 the BCH and other senior government officials, attended the two-day workshop, which was held just prior to the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The aim of the workshop was to offer comprehensive training in the general navigation of the BCH with special emphasis on the creation and management of national information.

Publication Date
2008-05-11