Dedicated personnel available, and familiar with CPB requirements as well as approach to develop administrative mechanism; Output 1.2.1: Number of improved The Food (Control 1 mechanism for biosafety Manual on Risks Administrative administrative and of Import, Labelling administrative and operational administrative and Delay in receiving feedback from and operational operational and sale of GM procedures agreed by the committee operational respondents for review process; procedures for procedures in foods) Regulations, (including roles and responsibilities of procedures published; Overlapping mandates and roles biosafety consistent with the 2006 are functional various committees/departments, among key ministries; reviewed and requirements of CPB existing biosafety nomination of experts, gender aspects Minutes of meetings updated regulations; etc.); of the expert Lack of capacity in understanding Number of committee/working biosafety issues and international committee meetings; Mechanism for At least 4 committee meetings group; requirements; handling organized to develop manual; applications related Terms of Reference Assumptions to GMOs/LMOs for various Project partners actively involved mentioned in the committees; in the process; draft Biosafety Act; Roles are properly defined; Terms of Reference for various Biosafety Act, laws and committees and rules regulations provided clear for appointment of framework/pathway for members/experts administrative procedures; needs to be defined; Nodal officers are trained in Committee is biosafety issues; required for administer biosafety management system within the national
Dedicated personnel available, and familiar with CPB requirements as well as approach to develop administrative mechanism; Output 1.2.1: Administrative and operational procedures for biosafety reviewed and updated Number of improved administrative and operational procedures in consistent with the requirements of CPB Number of committee meetings; The Food (Control of Import, Labelling and sale of GM foods) Regulations, 2006 are functional existing biosafety regulations; Mechanism for handling applications related to GMOs/LMOs mentioned in the draft Biosafety Act; Terms of Reference for various committees and rules for appointment of members/experts needs to be defined; Committee is required for administer biosafety management system within the national 1 mechanism for biosafety administrative and operational procedures agreed by the committee (including roles and responsibilities of various committees/departments, nomination of experts, gender aspects etc.); At least 4 committee meetings organized to develop manual; Manual on administrative and operational procedures published; Minutes of meetings of the expert committee/working group; Terms of Reference for various committees; Risks Delay in receiving feedback from respondents for review process; Overlapping mandates and roles among key ministries; Lack of capacity in understanding biosafety issues and international requirements; Assumptions Project partners actively involved in the process; Roles are properly defined; Biosafety Act, laws and regulations provided clear framework/pathway for administrative procedures; Nodal officers are trained in biosafety issues;