Context
Following the assessment of the needs of and based on discussions with the countries, this project aims at strengthening national capacities for bio-security and bio-safety through the development of a laboratory iso-bank system.
Objectives
- Strengthening of national capacities for bio-security and bio-safety, in particular the safe and secure handling of biological agents, through the development of a laboratory iso-bank system (the database).
- Timely and efficient responses to the discovery of biological agents through the promotion of the database as a linking mechanism between laboratories and hospital information systems.
- Reference
- IFS/2011/273-506
- Project duration
- 1 Aug 2013 - 30 Jun 2015
- Project locations
- PhilippinesThailand
- CBRN areas
- Bio-safety/bio-security
- Safety and security
- CBRN categories
- Biological
- CoE Region
- SEA - Southeast Asia
Stakeholders
Coordinators
European Commission
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- Website
- http://www.unicri.it/
European Union External Action Service (EEAS)
Participants
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (RIVM)
- Website
- https://www.rivm.nl/en
Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism) (NCTV)
- Website
- https://english.nctv.nl/
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
- Website
- https://www.eur.nl/en
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) (TNO)
- Website
- https://www.tno.nl/en/