Support to the Implementation of the National Biosafety Framework of Slovakia

The Overall Goal of the project is that by 2010 the Slovak Republic has a workable and transparent national biosafety framework, in line with its national development priorities and international obligations. The project will help the Slovak Republic: A. To integrate biosafety into the National Biosafety and Biotechnology Policy (NBBP) and National Development Strategy. B. To review and update regulatory regime in line with CP and its national needs and priorities. C. To create National Centre for Biological Safety and enhance the system for handling requests, perform risk assessment, decision-making and perform the administrative tasks D. To consolidate a functional system for follow-up, namely monitoring of environmental effects and enforcement E. To enhance the functional system for public awareness, education, participation and fully available access to information on Biosafety.