Alliances
EBSA will work to establish relationships of mutual benefit with organizations, associations, and agencies with a stake in biosafety/ biosecurity in order to share information and to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and with the ultimate goal to serve its members and biosafety professionals worldwide.
African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA)
http://www.afbsa.org/index.html
The African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA) is a newly formed
association in Africa that seeks to engage and promote biosafety,
including biosecurity. AfBSA was born on May 31, 2007 during the Sub
Regional Workshop held at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI),
Kenya May 28-31, 2007. Representatives from 23 African Countries
attended the Workshop. These countries included: Angola, Botswana,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Swaziland,
Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)
http://www.absa.org/
In autumn ABSA organizes its annual Biological Safety Conference with pre- and post-conference courses for the experienced biosafety professional and for the novice.
Liaison person: EBSA President
Asociación Mexicana de Bioseguridad AC (AMEXBIO)
http://www.amexbio.org/
The Mexican Biosafety Association is a multidisciplinary group of professionals with interest in the development of biosafety and biocustody.
Applied Biosafety, Journal of ABSA
Felix Gmuender (
) is the International Editor of Applied Biosafety, journal of ABSA.
Allan Bennett and Otto Doblhoff are EBSA reviewers of submissions.
Asia-Pacific Biosafety Association (A-PBA)
http://www.a-pba.org/
A-PBA is a newly formed professional association to congregate practitioners of biological safety for the promotion of biological safety and to facilitate the sharing of biosafety information.
Exchange of information on biosafety activities.
Liaison person: EBSA President
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
http://www.opbw.org/
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and
Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on
Their Destruction. Signed at London, Moscow and Washington on 10 April
1972. Entered into force on 26 March 1975
Liaison person: Ursula Jenal
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The Biosafety Association for Central Asia and Caucasus (BACAC) was
formed in November 2008 to promote biosecurity and biosafety in the
region and provide a forum for sharing of best practices. The newly
formed professional association draws its members from Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia,
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia.
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OSHA Europe)
http://osha.europa.eu/OSHA/
What is the role of the Agency? Addressing the diversity of
occupational safety and health (OSH) issues and the need for awareness
at grassroots level are beyond the resources and expertise of a single
Member State. That is why in 1996 the European Agency for Safety and
Health at Work was set up: to collect, analyse and promote OSH-related
information. The Agency's mission is to make Europe's workplaces safer,
healthier and more productive, and in particular to promote an
effective workplace prevention culture.
Liaison person: Ingegerd Kallings.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
http://www.ecdc.eu.int/
The European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) was
established in 2005. It is an EU agency with aim to strengthen Europe's
defences against infectious diseases. It is seated in Stockholm, Sweden.
Liaison person: Ingegerd Kallings.
European Culture Collections' Organisation (ECCO)
http://www.eccosite.org/
ECCO was established in 1981. The aim of the organization is to promote collaboration and exchange of ideas and information about all aspects of culture collection activity. ECCO meetings are held annually and are a valuable forum for discussion and innovation on the future development of member collection activities.
Liaison person: Dick Verduin
The European Federation of Biotechnology is the non-profit association of all national and cross-national Learned Societies, Universities, Institutes, Companies and Individuals interested in the promotion of Biotechnology throughout Europe and beyond.
Liaison person: Esmeralda Prat
European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio)
http://www.europabio.org/
EuropaBio's mission is to promote an innovative and dynamic biotechnology-based industry in Europe. EuropaBio, (the European Association for Bioindustries), has 81 corporate and associate members operating worldwide and 25 national biotechnology associations representing some 1800 small and medium sized enterprises.
Liaison person: Kathrin Summermatter
International Society for Biosafety Research (ISBR)
http://www.isbr.info/
The International Society for Biosafety Research, ISBR, aims to promote scientifically sound biosafety research by improving communication among scientists who study plants, animals, and microbes with new characteristics due to altered DNA and produced using modern biotechnology.
Liaison person: Dick Verduin
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Environmental Biosafety Research
", the only journal entirely devoted to research on the impact of GMOs.
Promoting Biosafety through Worldwide Collaboration
Liaison person: Heather Sheeley.
The Italian Biosafety Platform, or short IBP, has the mission to form a communication platform for professional working in the field of biological risk prevention and biosecurity. The association was founded in July 2009 as a non-profit organisation.
The Association's goals are to provide a professional association that
represents the interests and needs of practitioners of biological
safety. MOBSA strives to establish and communicate best practices
amongst its members and to encourage dialogue and discussions on
developing biosafety and biosecurity issues. MOBSA Executive Board
Members are committed to provide a forum for exchange of biosafety
information.
EBSA has an observer, Kristel Vermeersch, in the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (TDG)
The WHO Biosafety Programme is a resource to Member States for information, training and advocacy for laboratory biosafety procedures and practices. It coordinates an informal information-sharing network of international biosafety organizations and liaises with the United Nations on international regulations for transport of biohazardous materials. The programme produces and revises a variety of technical information documents on biosafety.
The WHO Biosafety Advisory Group is composed of experts in biosafety and laboratory safety issues. This group meets regularly and advises the programme on scientific issues.
Liaison person: Helmut Bachmayer
Exchange of information. Special page on biosafety and biosecurity issues in the Biotechnology Journal.
Liaison person: Dick Verduin
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