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Organization
Record information and status
Record ID
15807
Status
Published
Date of creation
2006-08-23 14:16 UTC (philippe.leblond@cbd.int)
Date of last update
2019-02-26 21:29 UTC (anastasia.beliaeva@un.org)
Date of publication
2019-02-26 21:29 UTC (anastasia.beliaeva@un.org)
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General information
Name of the Organization
United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) / Biosafety Unit
Coordinates
Coordinates
United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) / Biosafety Unit
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri
PO Box 30552 - 00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone:
+254 20 762 1234
Fax:
+254 20 762 4489
,
+254 20 762 4490
Email:
unepgef@unep.org
Url:
United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (Biosafety Unit)
Contact Information
Type of organization
UN and other specialized agency of the UN Common System
Thematic areas
General biosafety
Organization’s profile
The main objectives of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit are to: a) assist countries in the establishment of national biosafety frameworks, b) promote information sharing and collaboration, especially, at the regional and sub-regional levels and c) promote collaboration with other organizations to assist capacity-building for the Protocol.
Linked organizations
Record #15805
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
1818 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC
United States of America, 20433
Phone:
+1 202 473 0508
Fax:
+1 202 522 3240
,
+1 202 522 3245
Email:
secretariat@thegef.org
Url:
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Record #15803
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), UNEP, Biosafety Project, Egypt
Maadi
Cairo
Egypt, 00100
Phone:
+201222283890
Fax:
+2 25274700
Email:
drfoudamos@gmail.com
Url:
Egypt BCH
Contact person
Record #15806
Mr. Alex Owusu-Biney
Portfolio Manager (Biosafety), GEF Coordination
Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF)
P. O. Box 30552 - 00100
Nairobi
Kenya
Phone:
+254 20 762 4066
Fax:
+254 20 762 4041
,
+254 20 762 4042
Email:
Alex.Owusu-Biney@unep.org
Url:
http://www.unep.org/biosafety/
Additional Information
Additional Information
Currently, UNEP-GEF is running three projects to implement the GEF strategy: a) A global Development project assisting 123 countries to develop a draft national biosafety framework (NBF); b) Implementation projects for Eligible Parties, with the objective of establishing operational national biosafety frameworks (NBFs); c) A Biosafety Clearing House project to assist parties countries to participate in and benefit from the BCH.