Workshop on socio-economic considerations

The Workshop on Capacity-building for research and information exchange on socio-economic impacts of Living Modified Organisms under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held from 14 to 16 November 2011. The workshop was co-hosted by the Governments of India and Norway and was held in New Delhi, India.

Participants in the workshop were invited from among those who took part in the online discussion groups and the regional online real-time conferences, taking into account the need for regional and gender balance.

Official documents for the workshop are available here.

The presentations from the workshop are available below while the report of the workshop is available here.

Please also consult the resources page for information on socio-economic considerations submitted by Governments and organizations.

Presentations from the workshop

Agenda item 3. Exchange and analysis of information on socio-economic considerations

• "Socio-economic considerations in environmental decision-making in India" by Asha Rajvanshi, Wildlife Institute of India
• "Socio-economic impact evaluation: topics, methods and ongoing work" by José Falck-Zepeda, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on behalf of Carolina Gonzalez, International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
• "The French 'High Council for Biotechnologies': an innovative institute for GMO assessment" by Martin Rémondet, Government of France
• "Socio-economic considerations in decision-making related to LMOs: experiences from the Plurinational State of Bolivia" by Georgina Catacora, Government of Bolivia
• "Indian legislative experience with socio-economic provisions with GM crops" by Sachin Chaturvedi, Research and Information System for Developing Countries
• "Socio-economic considerations in decision-making on LMOs: experiences from Norway" by Bjarte Rambjør Heide, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management

Agenda item 4. Capacity-building activities, needs and priorities regarding socio-economic considerations

• "Perspectives from the Chair of the Coordination Mechanism for Governments or Organizations Implementing and/or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities" by Hartmut Meyer, Biosafety Advisor, Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
• "Online survey on the application of and experience in the use of socio-economic considerations in decision-making on living modified organisms", by Erie Tamale, Programme Officer for Capacity-Building and Outreach, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
• "Socio-economic considerations and biosafety: capacity-building" by José Falck-Zepeda, IFPRI
• "Towards development of a socio-economic impact assessment guideline of LMOs: RAEIN-African experience" by Dorothy Mulenga, RAEIN-Africa Secretariat