regulatory requirements; Output 1.2.2: Number of guidelines At present, there is 1 comprehensive guideline available Guideline for Risks Guidelines for handling no guidelines for handling applications related to handling applications Guidelines cannot be finalised developed to applications and available; GMOs/LMOs and products related to because of the lack of active inputs support the tasks formats for GMOs/LMOs and by the project partners; of National application & Only some draft products; Institutional arrangements not Competent communicating formats for permanent; Authority (NCA) decisions in place application Application formats; and Sectoral available; Trained and designated personnel Competent replaced with new personnel in Authorities NCS/SCAs; (SCAs) Assumptions Guidelines are used to support tasks of NCA and SCAs. Experts familiar with implementing biosafety framework with NCA and SCAs are engaged; Designated personnel identified and remains the same; Output 1.2.3 Staff Number of members A National At least 40 committee members and Certificate of training Risks of NCA, SCAs of regulatory Coordination operational staff trained with certificate Proceedings of Insufficient number of trainers in and related committees and Committee on (at least 30% women); training workshops various biosafety aspects; organizations operational staff Biosafety (NCCB) is trained trained in in place; Participants for trainings are not administrative and appropriately selected; operational Sectoral Competent procedures Authorities (SCAs) Assumptions are formed on case International and national
regulatory requirements; Output 1.2.2: Guidelines developed to support the tasks of National Competent Authority (NCA) and Sectoral Competent Authorities (SCAs) Number of guidelines for handling applications and formats for application & communicating decisions in place At present, there is no guidelines available; Only some draft formats for application available; 1 comprehensive guideline available for handling applications related to GMOs/LMOs and products Guideline for handling applications related to GMOs/LMOs and products; Application formats; Risks Guidelines cannot be finalised because of the lack of active inputs by the project partners; Institutional arrangements not permanent; Trained and designated personnel replaced with new personnel in NCS/SCAs; Assumptions Guidelines are used to support tasks of NCA and SCAs. Experts familiar with implementing biosafety framework with NCA and SCAs are engaged; Designated personnel identified and remains the same; Output 1.2.3 Staff of NCA, SCAs and related organizations trained Number of members of regulatory committees and operational staff trained in administrative and operational procedures A National Coordination Committee on Biosafety (NCCB) is in place; Sectoral Competent Authorities (SCAs) are formed on case At least 40 committee members and operational staff trained with certificate (at least 30% women); Certificate of training Proceedings of training workshops Risks Insufficient number of trainers in various biosafety aspects; Participants for trainings are not appropriately selected; Assumptions International and national
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