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Join us for a comprehensive training workshop focused on the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) from 15-27 May 2006 in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop aims to empower National Focal Points and Authorized Users by teaching them how to effectively manage information within the BCH framework. Participants will learn to navigate the Central Portal, register crucial data, and understand the roles and responsibilities of different user groups. Hands-on labs will provide practical experience in data entry and validation processes essential for regulatory compliance under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
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Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop for Regional Advisors 15 - 27 May 2006Bangkok, Thailand
Introduction to Management Centre Prakash Bista Fred Vogel
OBJECTIVE • Understand the Management Centre • Use the Central Portal to register information into the BCH
How • Presentation • Authorized users demo • Hands-on lab
Institutional Structure • In the framework of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, two groups of users are considered for interacting with the Biosafety Clearing House: • National Focal Point for the Biosafety Clearing-House (NFP-BCH) • National Authorized User (NAU)
BCH vs BCH Training Website BCH Website: http://bch.biodiv.org BCH Training Website: http://bchtraining.biodiv.org • Training site to help in the learning & understanding. • Similar to the real website but may have differences due to upgrading.
Management Centre • Data entry interface for registering, updating, deleting or correcting information • Access restricted to the BCH NFPs and other authorized users • Information must be validated by BCH-NFP or the CBD Secretariat • Anyone can register • Information made public only after verification by NFP
Sign-in to Management Centre • Requires a username and password • Use the email address used for registering as a user
Registering new information • National Contacts • Laws and regulations • Decisions and declarations • Capacity building • Roster of experts • Other Resources
Manage information • Manage Information • Edit information • Delete Information
Manage Authorized users (only for National Focal Points) • Manage Authorized Users • Authorize new user • Edit user • Delete user
Groups • Group 1 – Brazil • Group 2 – France • Group 3 – Spain • Group 4 – Norway • Group 5 – Mexico • Group 6 – Sweden
Users • 6 Groups of 3: • 2 National Authorized Users (NAUs) bangkokX.nauN • 1 BCH-National Focal Point (NFP) gbangkokX.nfp • All passwords are “bangkok”
Hands-on Lab: Roles • First user in the row is BCH-NFP, and the rest are NAUs 1 to … • http://bchtraining.biodiv.org • NAUs enter fictitious data • BCH-NFP validates ONE RECORD • Each user then exchange role so that all can be BCH-NFP
OBJECTIVE • To learn how to input country information into the BCH • Case studies follow a related path (e.g., information registered about Contacts would be further be referenced in another records)
Steps to follow • Input ONE contact information of a person • Input ONE Competent National Authority • Input ONE decision or declaration on LMO using the Contact and CNA as a reference • Input ONE Risk Assessment • Input ONE National law or regulation using the reference of an existing CNA
After first info input... • NFP validates ONE record • Change roles, repeat point 1 for every member of your group
Review questions • What are the two groups of users considered for interacting with the bch portal? • What is the BCH training website, and how do you reach it? • Describe the workflow for registering and approving information on the BCH • Who validates the new information to be made public in the Central Portal? • Who can register new information on the Central Portal? • When is information made public ? • How to sign-in to the Management Centre? • What are Common Formats? Why are them needed? • What is the Thesaurus or Common Vocabulary • What types or categories of information can be registered? • Who can manage Authorized Users for a Party? • How does the NFP know that he / she has some information to review and validate on the Central Portal? • How does an NAU know the state of the registered information?