Awareness-raising of foreign stakeholders of the legal regulation of access to the genetic resources of the Republic of Belarus
In connection with the adoption of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Genetic Resources Management” of March 5, 2024, No. 356-3, which defines the sovereign rights of the Republic of Belarus to its own genetic resources, the Head of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing (ABS NCC), Ms. Elena Makeyeva, raised awareness of the scientists and tutors of the Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Department of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Gorki, Mogilev Region, of the legal regulation of access of foreign stakeholders to the genetic resources of our country and their utilization.
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Global Capacity-Building Workshop on Operationalizing Access and Benefit-Sharing National Frameworks under the Nagoya Protocol
The Lead Software Engineer of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, Ms. Irina Dubinina, upon recommendation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, took part in the Global Capacity-Building Workshop on Operationalizing Access and Benefit-Sharing National Frameworks under the Nagoya Protocol. The workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the ABS Clearing-House and was hosted from 30 September to 3 October in Bonn, Germany.
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WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Summer School
On June 4, 2024, the employees of the Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus, took part in the work of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Summer School
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On March 5, the Head of State Signed the Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 356-3“On Genetic Resources Management”
The legal act aims to determine the national legal regulation of relations related to ensuringaccess to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from theirutilization.The Law shall not apply to: Link to Law
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Национальный координационный центр по вопросам доступа к генетическим ресурсам и совместного использования выгод
220072 г. Минск, ул. Академическая, 27, Республика Беларусь
Государственное научное учреждение «Институт генетики и цитологии Национальной академии наук Беларуси»
тел.: +375 17 399 85 75
e-mail: belarusnpabs@gmail.com
Contacts
National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing
27, Akademicheskaya Street, 220072 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
State Scientific Institution "Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus"
Phone: +375 17 399 85 75
e-mail: belarusnpabs@gmail.com