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Capacity Building Activities, Projects and Opportunities
Record information and status
Record ID
7064
Status
Published
Date of creation
2004-11-15 15:45 UTC (alchikhi@wissal.dz)
Date of last update
2010-01-18 14:35 UTC (intern.ross.carroll@cbd.int)
Date of publication
2010-01-18 14:35 UTC (intern.ross.carroll@cbd.int)

General information
Title of the initiative
African Agency of Biotechnology (AAB) Plant Biotechnology Programme
Contact person
Mr. Noureddine Belkacemi
Director of Administration
African Agency of Biotechnology (AAB)
23, rue de La RobertseauTelemly
BP 63 Algiers, Algeria
Phone:+213-21-638716
Fax:+213-21-638717,+213-21-638714
Email:belkaceminour@yahoo.fr,aab@aab.org.dz
Url:http://www.aab.org.dz/francais.htm
Beneficiary country(ies)
  • CBD Regional Groups - Africa
Type of initiative
Main target group(s) / beneficiaries
  • Target group: Countries in Africa
Start Date
2004-01-01
Ending date
2004-12-31
Donor(s) information
Agency(ies) or Organization(s) implementing or sponsoring the initiative (Additional Information)
  • Organization: African Agency of Biotechnology (AAB)
  • Type of Organization: Regional Organization
Budget information
Voluntary contributions paid by member States
Availability of funds for participants
Yes
Activity details
Description of the initiative
The AAB programme's work includes the reinforcement of national capabilities of the member States in biotechnology, including:  the encouragement of the production, distribution and commercialization of biotechnological products in relation to the objectives of sustainable development and the necessity of preserving the environment; and development and harmonization of regulations pertaining to biosafety, bioethics, intellectual property rights, patent rights.  It focuses on several priorities, including:
1) plant biotechnology;
2) human and animal health;
3) animal production;
4) protection and conservation of nature;
5) industrial production; and
6) biodiversity-biosafety-bioethics.

National level activities
Institutional strengthening

Regional level activities
Regional collaborative initiatives

Other source of funding
Voluntary contributions paid by member States
Objective and main expected outcomes or lesson learned
Objectives
To promote a strategy for the development of modern and traditional biotechnologies to efficiently resolve the problems of development, the preservation of the environment, as well as the quality of life in Africa.
General thematic area(s)
  • Institutional capacity
Additional Information
Additional Information
Other collaborating organizations
Algeria
Burkina-Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Mauritius
Kenya
Morocco
Nigeria
Senegal
Tunisia
Zimbabwe

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