19. pants

In addition, as part of its

global level responsibilities, the UNEP-GEF BCH project will:

a. In close collaboration with the

CBD Secretariat, establish a roster of qualified consultants.

Consultants will qualify based on their expertise relevant to

information technology, training experience, the Cartagena

Protocol and the BCH concept. The consultants will be available

to support countries in their BCH training activities.

b. Develop and disseminate an

interactive computer-based training package including the BCH

toolkit. This training package will ensure that the materials and

content of national BCH components are consistent with the

central portal of the BCH, and the package will be used for

training and distribution in participating countries. Components

of this package may include an interactive guide to the central

BCH-portal, a Biosafety Clearing House database template that

could be used with existing software programs to store data at a

national level in the BCH common formats, including a mechanism

provi­ding functions to export data to the BCH central portal

through the use of various media, including Internet and CD-ROMs,

a

training package and a user-friendly computer based training

manual.