Established in 1992, the Biosafety Program aims to strengthen the nation’s capability in biosafety through conducting research in risk assessment (environmental and food safety assessment) and it also acts as the secretariat of the Technical Biosafety Committee (TBC) whose role is to catalyze the formation of, and provide technical assistance to, the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). BIOTEC facilitates the coordination among IBCs across the country (34 IBCs as of May 2008) and strengthens technical capacity of these IBCs through training and dissemination of information.
The Program works closely with international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ADB’s project on Strengthening Capacity and Regional Cooperation in Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, OECD on Papaya Consensus Document and ILSI Southeast Asian Region, to strengthen biosafety capability for the region.
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