The Danish assistance for capacity building in biosafety includes
various initiatives in different countries. Examples include the
following:
1) GMO workshop January 2001 with participants from Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania concentrating on the practicalities of managing the
requirements to administering the European Union Directives on GMOs
- risk assessment, the permit system, institutional corporation,
public participation. Organized together with Baltic Environmental
Forum and co-ordinated with the Dutch funded "CEE Biosafety"
capacity building project. Donor: DANCEE - for further information
contact:
hsj@sns.dk
2) Regional Baltic project on GMOs is under preparation by the
Danish National Environmental Research Institute - as a follow up
to the GMO workshop January 2001. Expected donor DANCEE - for
information contact:
ppo@sns.dk
3) "Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety". The
project is carried out the IUCN Environmental Law Centre and the
Foundation for International Law and Development (FIELD). The aim
of the guide is to facilitate understanding of the legal
obligations of Parties under the Protocol and to assist in capacity
building and raise awareness of the Protocol with the hope of
speeding up its ratification and implementation. Drafts of the
guide will be presented and reviewed at two or three international
workshops during 2001/2002 and comments will also be sought through
extensive mail consultations. Donor: DANCEE and the European
Commission - for information contact:
fburhenne@elc.iucn.org or
vko@sns.dk
4) Study tour to Denmark for experts from Thailand in
administration, risk assessment and research in GMO/LMO
agricultural products, July 2000. Presentations made by the Danish
Ministry for Environment and Energy (Danish Forest and Nature
Agency), the National Environmental Research Institute, the Danish
Plant Directorate, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
and participation from private Danish GMO-companies. Expected
donor: DANCED - for further information:
m.dyrh@att.global.net or
ppo@sns.dk
5) Danish participation in Workshop on "Improvement of Biosafety
Regulation and Administration of the Genetically Modified Organisms
(GMOs)" 5-8 June 2001, Bangkok, Thailand. Donor: DANCED - for
information contact:
m.dyhr@att.global.net
6) A project developed to support the Conservation and
Environmental Management Division (CEMD) of the Malaysian Federal
Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment is under
preparation by DANCED. The project will assist CEMD/Malaysia in its
efforts to develop its capacity vis-à-vis international
environmental agreements. The capacity building activities will
address both Malaysian participation in international negotiations
and Malaysian national implementation of commitments under IEAs.
Among the international environmental agreements to be covered by
the project is the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Donor: DANCED -
for further information please contact:
pd@mst.dk or
jul@sns.dkNational level activities
Development of national biosafety frameworks
Human-resources development
Institutional strengthening
Regional level activities
Regional collaborative initiatives
International level activities
International guidance