The CBRN CoE Regional Secretariat for the Central Asia region is located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan at The State Committee on Industrial Safety.
The Secretariat plays a major role in helping achieve the objectives of the CBRN CoE through ensuring a good level of cooperation and coordination among the six Partner Countries. The Regional Secretariat also provides support with the engagement of regional and international technical partners, potential donors and other stakeholders in the area of CBRN risk mitigation. It contributes to build local ownership and to a greater sustainability of the CBRN CoE network.
- Legal framework
- CBRN waste management
- Biosafety and Biosecurity
- Food defence
- UNSCR 1540
- Illicit trafficking of radioactive and nuclear materials
- Chemical risks mitigation
- Protection of Critical CBRN Infrastructure
- RN safety and security
- CBRN risk mitigation awareness raising
- CBRN security and protection during mass events
- Rapid Alert Systems
- Support the establishment and the institutionalisation of National CBRN Teams
- Support Partner Countries in the development of NAQs and National CBRN Action Plans (NAPs)
- Support Partner Countries in the development of regional and sub-regional project proposals
- Assist in the monitoring of on-going CBRN CoE projects
- Organisation of regional Round-Table Meetings
- Enhancement of ownership of Partner Countries in the region
- Outreach and coordination with other international organisations and donors
Since 2013, the region participated in 13 projects, 4 of which were implemented in 2021:
- P87 PRECA- Preparedness and Response for Mass Gatherings and other Health Threats in Central Asia
- P76 STRONGLABS - Preventing biological risks increased by environmental and climate change by strengthening Public Health Laboratories
- P53 - Strengthening the National Legal Framework and Provision of Specialized Training on Biosafety and Biosecurity in Central Asian Countries
- Kazakhstan joined the Centres of Excellence Initiative in November 2020
- Regional CBRN Action Plan for Central Asia have been developed
- 14 Regional Round-Table meetings have been organised between 2013 and 2021
- Regional CBRN Action Plan for Central Asia has been developed in 2020
- 17 Regional Round-Table meetings have been organised between 2013 and 2022
- 3 Regional Virtual meetings on COVID-19 needs and priorities and 6 inter regional webinars have been organised in 2020
- 8 International Meetings of National Focal Points were held between 2013 and 2022
- On-going Cooperation with main international (UNSC 1540 Committee, UNDP, UNODA, IAEA, INTERPOL, OPCW, ISTC, WHO), regional (OSCE, EU Delegations) and national stakeholders, US DoD DTRA, “M. Aikimbayev’s National Scientific Center for Especially Dangerous Infections” in
Almaty, Kazakhstan (since March 2020)
Latest news from Central Asia
New EU CBRN CoE Newsletter released
Latest issue highlights Lebanon’s CBRN counter-terrorism field exercise, a series of CBRN Forensics Guidebooks, gender parity within the CBRN domain, and more
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Over 100 experts from Central Asia trained on preparedness and response to mass gatherings events
The train-the-trainers sessions address experts from the CoE partner countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
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Uzbek experts trained to deploy mobile diagnostic laboratories
Third training in a series of practice-oriented workshops to enhance detection and response capacities to infectious diseases outbreaks, such as COVID19 pandemic
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