Africa`s Biosafety Agencies Seek to Harmonize Approaches to Regulatory Systems |
The Association of National Biosafety Agencies in Africa (ANBAA) held its first African Biosafety Leadership Summit on August 15 and 16, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit brought together over eighty delegates from local, regional and international organizations involved in biosafety. |
The Association of National Biosafety Agencies in Africa (ANBAA) held its first African Biosafety Leadership Summit on August 15 and 16, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The summit brought together over eighty delegates from local, regional and international organizations involved in biosafety. According to a joint communique, ANBAA committed to work towards "development of regional policies and common approaches to regulatory systems acceptable to most countries in the region." This is so as "to reduce trade barriers, facilitate trans-boundary movements of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and strengthen expertise across Africa."
The ANBAA membership is also committed to:
The summit was held in collaboration with NEPAD Agency and Kenya's National Biosafety Authority (NBA) under the theme ‘Leadership in the Face of Challenging Regulatory Environments.' Its aim was to bring together biosafety agencies and leading biotechnology and biosafety stakeholders to share experiences and analyze key capacity building needs. This is in the face of new and emerging challenges in development and implementation of workable regulatory frameworks at national and sub-regional levels.
For more information about the ANBAA summit contact Dr. Willy Tonui on ceo@biosafetykenya.go.ke. |
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