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• Prof. Maurizio Martellini

Secretary General, Landau Network Fondazione Volta and Director, Insubria Center on International Security

UNICRI BWC Review Conference Side Event Geneva, 15 November 2016

EU CBRN CoE Project 18: International Network of Universities and Institutes for Raising Awareness on Dual-Use Concerns in Bio-technology

Developing a Network of Universities and Research Institutes

across several countries and regions

Promoting the cooperation and the exchange of educational and

informational resources

Creating scientific cooperation occasions (Conferences,

Workshops, Seminars) for the members of the Network and for students and young scientists of the countries and regions involved.

The Project Consortium is composed of 18 Partner Universities and Institutes in 14 countries, with a wide range of expertise:

• Italy – Landau Network Centro Volta (now Landau Network Fondazione Volta)
• Jordan - Middle East Scientific Institute for Security
• Jordan - Royal Scientific Society
• Lebanon - National Council for Scientific Research
• Georgia - Agrarian University of Georgia
• Ukraine - Palladin Institute of Biochemistry
• Moldova - National Center of Public Health
• Morocco - University Mohammed V-Agdal

The Consortium

• Morocco - University Mohammed V-Agdal
• Morocco - University Abdelmalek Essaadi
• Philippines - College of Medicine at University of the Philippines Manila
• Netherlands - Delft University of Technology
• Germany - Hamburg University (Research Group for Biological Arms Control)
• Italy -University of Milan (Sacco Hospital)
• Italy - University of Turin
• Portugal - Coimbra University
• Sweden - Uppsala University
• Pakistan - Quaid-i-Azam University of Islamabad
• Yemen - Taiz University

Web Platform

To facilitate the dissemination and sharing of the educational materials, a Web Platform has been set up allowing participating as well as potentially interested institutions, to access a range

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News & Forum Guidelines for Seminars Seminars

Platform sections: interested institutions, to access a range

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documents and training resources, as well as to exchange experiences and foster networks.

Seminars Regional Working Meetings Scientific Aspects Ethical Aspects Environmental Aspects Policy & Legal Aspects Reference Manuals Audiovisual Materials

What is International Network on Biotechnology and who makes up the network?

Learning from the past lessons and experience

associated with the EU CBRN CoE Project 18 associated with the EU CBRN CoE Project 18

Project 18 has become an «inspirational model» for a

broader network of stakeholders in the Partner Countries, including education and research institutions, as well as Professional Associations, Bio Tech companies, start-ups etc.

What are INB’s primary objectives and its pillars?

The INB seeks to raise awareness about the opportunities and risks

enabled by advances in biotechnology

It considers practical (policy) measures that can be taken today to It considers practical (policy) measures that can be taken today to

ensure the sustainability of biotechnology

Enforce public – private partnership and raising the awareness of the

civil society.

Who are INB’s audiences and why should they be interested?

The INB engages with multiple target audiences, including:

• academic institutions
• academic institutions
• biotech companies
• policy makers
• international and multilateral mechanisms
• ….

What are INB’s primary objectives?

It offers a platform for information exchange, awareness

raising, and training raising, and training

It leverages the existing competencies and best practices of

stakeholder groups and develops new formats for education and awareness raising

It seeks to draw together stakeholder groups that have

shared concerns and interests – e.g. academic research and biotech industry.

What makes INB’s awareness raising materials and methodology unique?

The INB takes a future-oriented approach, recognizing that rapid

advances in biotechnology require both (a) surveying the current state-

• f-the art and (b) looking to the future to consider medium- and long-
• f-the art and (b) looking to the future to consider medium- and long-

term possibilities

The INB offers both basic and advanced awareness raising and training

materials, available on the INB portal and upon request (workshops and seminars)

The INB strengthens private-public partnerships under the flag of the

scientific individual and coorporate responsibilities, due to the new challenges and risks brought forward by this XXI Century Biotech Renaissance.

Synergies with the Existing International/National Instruments

Within the G7 Global Partnership (GP):

Reinforcing coordination between the Biological Security

sub-Working Group (BSWG) and the Chemical Security sub- Working Group (CSWG) in the context of rapid advances in Working Group (CSWG) in the context of rapid advances in biotechnology

Promoting a culture of security and safety Creating a «whole of international governance

approach» to mitigate the potential misuse of edging bio technologies and life science developments.

• Prof. Maurizio Martellini
• Prof. Maurizio Martellini

Maurizio.martellini@fondazionealessandrovolta.it Mmartellini1953@gmail.com