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EU CBRN CoE Project 3

Knowledge development and transfer of best practice on bio-safety/bio- security/bio-risk management

ICIS - Insubria Center on International Security

Geneva, 7 August 2014

Roberta Ballabio, Project Manager

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• 1. EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative
• 2. Insubria Center on International Security
• 3. About the project
• 4. Geographical scope
• 5. Consortium partners
• 6. Training activities
• 7. Final considerations

Presentation Overview

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Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence (CBRN CoE) Initiative, launched in 2010, is an initiative of the European Union (EU). The initiative is funded and implemented by the European Commission in cooperation with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). The European External Action Service (EEAS) is also involved in the follow up

• f the initiative.

EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres

• f Excellence Initiative

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The Initiative is present in more than 40 partner countries, grouped around eight Regions:

• African Atlantic Façade;
• Central Asia (under development);
• Eastern and Central Africa;
• Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (under development);
• Middle East; North Africa;
• South East Asia;
• South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova, Ukraine.

Project 3 “Knowledge development and transfer of best practice on bio-safety/bio-security/bio-risk management” is implemented within this framework. EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres

• f Excellence Initiative

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The Insubria Center on International Security (ICIS) is a specialized center

• f the University of Insubria (Como, Italy) , an international policy and

scientific hub, focused on international security and cooperation. Main objectives:  Promote analysis, research and projects in international security,  Foster international scientific and technological cooperation in response to global threats posed to non-proliferation, sustainable development and human security. Specific attention is given to:  CBRN security and risk mitigation,  Governance, networking and capacity building. Insubria Center on International Security

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• The strategic goal of the project is to promote

sustainable knowledge development on bio-safety, bio-security and bio-risk management.

• It aims to :

– Develop holistic and multidisciplinary approach to bio-related issues – Strengthen regional and international cooperation on knowledge sharing and best practice exchange – Raise awareness on bio-related issues and support synergies among scientific communities and institutions.

• Knowledge development is based on a transferable model of training:

train-the-trainers. About the project

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The project has begun in January 2013 activities will be carried out in parallel in four CoE regions, namely:

• 1. South East Europe, Southern Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine (Albania,

Armenia, Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine)

• 2. South East Asia (Cambodia, Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines,

Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)

• 3. North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Lybia)
• 4. African Atlantic Façade (Gabon,

Mauritania, Morocco)

A total of 22 countries joined the project

GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE

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Very rich consortium in terms of expertise, backgrounds and roles

• ICIS is project leader and

coordinator.

• SACCO, FEI and ICIS are areas

coordinators and share the responsibility of implementing activities.

• Technical bodies provide

technical expertise and training.

• Local partners in the four

regions support the coordinators in organising the training. Consortium partners

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The project aims to train 360 experts in four regions:

• 60 National Experts – NEs- as trainers (15 per region), and
• 300 National Participants – NPs- (75 per region).

The main phases:

• Selection of NEs by the countries;
• Organisation of NEs training sessions (e-learning, in-presence);
• Evaluation of training results, selection of NEs qualified to become trainers;
• Selection of NPs;
• Organisation of training sessions conducted by NEs; and
• Evaluation of training results, fostering sustainability.

67 national experts are presently being trained. Training activities

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Training for National Experts is built around 4 + 1 modules - four thematic and

• ne crosscutting module added to give a common language to all participating

countries: Module 0. Principles of bio-safety and bio-security (selected chapters from CWA 16335) Module 1. Training and evaluation methodologies on bio-risk management Module 2. Legal, ethical and environmental aspects; Module 3. Laboratory bio-risk management; Module 4. Accreditation, implementation and CWA/ISO Standards Different technical bodies of the consortium participated in the elaboration of the didactic materials, according to their area of expertise Topics and tools prioritized according to regional needs. Language limitations taken into account. Training activities

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The training is composed of two complementary phases  E-learning phases

• delivered through a dedicated on-line learning

platform (virtual space of exchange)

• open source software Moodle used
• up to 13 didactic folders per region
• up to 10 e-libraries per region
• possibility for chat and forum to exchange

with trainers Training activities

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 Intensive in-presence courses

• theoretical and practical
• ne to two weeks in duration
• different teaching methodologies applied (group work, active learning, case

studies, analysis, frontal lessons, discussions, lab visit and demonstrations) Up to now 6 weeks of in presence courses held

Training activities

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Different incidence of the in presence/e-learning phases: Phases tailored to region characteristics. Elements taken into consideration:

• Different level of stability in the internet connection
• National Experts not used to IT tools
• Professional commitments of National Experts

Training activities

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The next phases:

• Selection of NPs with the support of qualified national experts;
• Organisation of local training session by NEs;
• Evaluation of training results, fostering sustainability.

300 participants foreseen to be trained (75 participants per region) Training activities

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Discussions on the training content for NPs ongoing National CBRN Focal Points and NEs experts involved Need to define:

CONTENT TIMING LOGISTICS BUDGET Tentative

Methodology? Topics? E-learning platform? Number of training participants? Participants’ selection criteria? Referent institute ? Labs? tailoring to local needs and languages Training activities

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Key words: ownership, participatory approach and sustainability… …easy to say difficult to implement! …require time and efforts 1. Importance of human-to-human exchange and interaction 2. Importance of networking in bio-related issues (within a country and within/among regions) Final considerations

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• 3. Importance of the multi-disciplinary approach to content-development
• 4. Importance of bringing together experts with different backgrounds

allowing exchange and cross-fertilization The specific structure of the training: common basic content of training modules tailored to local needs Final considerations

ICIS - Insubria Center on International Security

Project Leader: prof Maurizio Martellini maurizio.martellini@uninsubria.it tel +39.031.579.821 Project Manager: Ms Roberta Ballabio roberta.ballabio@uninsubria.it tel +39.031.579.828 ICIS Secretariat: icis@uninsubria.it