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General information

Name of the Organization

United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) / Biosafety Unit

Coordinates

United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) / Biosafety Unit

United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri
PO Box 30552 - 00100

Nairobi

Kenya

Phone:	+254 20 762 1234
Fax:	+254 20 762 4489,+254 20 762 4490
Email:	unepgef@unep.org
Url:	United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (Biosafety Unit)

Contact Information

Type of organization

Organismo de la ONU y otros organismos especializados del Sistema Común de la ONU

Thematic areas

General biosafety

Organization’s profile

The main objectives of the UNEP-GEF Biosafety Unit are to: a) assist countries in the establishment of national biosafety frameworks, b) promote information sharing and collaboration, especially, at the regional and sub-regional levels and c) promote collaboration with other organizations to assist capacity-building for the Protocol.

Linked organizations

Record #15805

Global Environment Facility (GEF)

1818 H Street, N.W.

Washington, DC

Estados Unidos de América, 20433

Phone:	+1 202 473 0508
Fax:	+1 202 522 3240,+1 202 522 3245
Email:	secretariat@thegef.org
Url:	Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Record #15803

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), UNEP, Biosafety Project, Egypt

Maadi

Cairo

Egipto, 00100

Phone:	+201222283890
Fax:	+2 25274700
Email:	drfoudamos@gmail.com
Url:	Egypt BCH

Contact person

Record #15806

Mr. Alex Owusu-Biney

Portfolio Manager (Biosafety), GEF Coordination

Division of Environmental Policy Implementation

United Nations Environment Programme - Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF)

P. O. Box 30552 - 00100

Nairobi

Kenya

Phone:	+254 20 762 4066
Fax:	+254 20 762 4041,+254 20 762 4042
Email:	Alex.Owusu-Biney@unep.org
Url:	http://www.unep.org/biosafety/

Additional Information

Currently, UNEP-GEF is running three projects to implement the GEF strategy: a) A global Development project assisting 123 countries to develop a draft national biosafety framework (NBF); b) Implementation projects for Eligible Parties, with the objective of establishing operational national biosafety frameworks (NBFs); c) A Biosafety Clearing House project to assist parties countries to participate in and benefit from the BCH.