A first series of sub-regional workshops, each dealing with "Risk assessment and management and public awareness and participation", has been taking place from November 2002 to May 2003 under the UNEP-GEF (United Nations Environment Programme- Global Environment Facility) Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks. Reports from the workshops held in Namibia (12-15 November 2002), Mexico (10-13 December 2002, published in Spanish as well as English), Malaysia (21-24 January 2003) and Fiji (18-22 February 2003) are already available on the web. See http://www.unep.ch/biosafety/documents.htm or contact [email protected] for more information.

04/06/2003