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Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop for Regional Advisors. 15 - 27 May 2006 Bangkok, 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
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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?