Biosafety risk assessment advisory service

Ask GenØk about risk assessments and regulation of GMOs
As a part of the biosafety capacity building programme, financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), GenØk gives advice to representatives from ODA-countries on various aspects related to the evaluation of information used in regulatory approval of GMOs, including environmental and socioeconomic risk assessments, risk management strategies and environmental monitoring, on a case by case basis.

Personnel involved in biosafety risk assessments in developing countries.

We kindly ask you to download and use a request form when contacting our advisory department:
http://genok.no/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Kontaktskjema_r%C3%A5dgivningstjenesten.docx

If you have any questions, please contact the advisory department at advisory@genok.no

Strengthen ODA- countries' ability to perform risk assessments and safety evaluation.

According to a recent review from the CBD there is a crucial need for capacity building in how to carry out good risk assessment and safety evaluations of GMOs. The CBD's review of the Action Plan for capacity building related to the CPB (17.08.12) reveals that countries "do not have in place a mechanism for handling requests, have no procedures for decision making, and have limited capacity to review applications, including capacity to undertake or review risk assessments prior to making a decision. Only 63 Parties reported that they had acquired the necessary capacity to conduct risk assessments." This corresponds well with the results we have from our own evaluation surveys where regulators request more hands-on experience on and supervision in how to do a risk assessment.

GenØk offers this service freely as guidance and support for the case by case regulatory assessment of GMOs and is not responsible for its use, including final evaluation or of any policy decision made on the basis of the information provided.