Project on Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (National Biosafety Project)

Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in accordance with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a GEF funded project and is being implemented by the Ministry of Environment through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from 2017. The project objective is to strengthen Sri Lanka’s regulatory, institutional and technical capacities for the effective implementation of the National Biosafety Framework in conformity with the Cartagena Protocol. Biodiversity division of Ministry is the National Executing Agency (NEA) for this project. This project is addressing the 1) Strengthening policy, institutional, and regulatory frameworks for biosafety, 2)Enhancing system for Risk Assessment (RA), Risk Management (RM), and Risk communication (RC), 3)Developing technical capacity for detection and identification of living modified organisms (LMOs) and strengthening biosafety related infrastructure, 4) Knowledge development, public awareness, education and participation.