Nomination of Experts to the Anglophone African Laboratory Training Workshop on Detection and Identification of Living Modified Organisms, Abuja, Nigeria, 16-20 September 2019

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is organizing a workshop on detection and identification of living modified organisms, to be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 16 to 20 September 2019, with the objectives of providing theoretical and hands-on training for participants from Anglophone countries in the Africa region on: 

1. Overview of biosafety, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and relevant activities;
2. Sharing experiences and assessing national needs and gaps for the effective implementation of the relevant outcomes under the Cartagena Protocol; and
3. Laboratory methodologies used for the analysis and detection of living modified organisms.