Biosafety Clearing House Training Workshop for Regional Advisors

22 - 27 May 2006Bangkok, Thailand

National Workshop Training Manual Module

Rohit KhannaErnesto Ocampo

OBJECTIVE

• To provide a tool in order to have a uniform training provided by RAs

• Developed by Rohit Khanna & Ernesto Ocampo based on their own experiences and comments from Biosafety Unit

Manual contains:

• Training guidelines• How to plan• Schedule• Presentations• Case Studies• Detailed instructions on lab set up….

Availability

• Located on the unep.ch website under resources for RAshttp://www.unep.ch/biosafety/bch/training

• Constantly updated and modified• Available in HTML and pdf format with links

to presentations, documents (case studies) and reference materials

Outline of Contents• INTRODUCTION & COURSE OUTLINE• METHODOLOGY, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION• MODULES

– INTRODUCTION MODULE– INTRODUCTION TO THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY– INTRODUCTION TO BCH– SURFING THE BCH CENTRAL PORTAL– FINDING INFORMATION ON THE BCH PORTAL– REGISTERING INFORMATION ON THE BCH CENTRAL PORTAL– OPTIONS FOR NATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN THE BCH– READY-MADE OPTIONS AVAILABLE– OPERATIONAL MANUAL, SAMPLE MOU AND FORMS

• CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS• LINKS TO DOCS AND PRESENTATIONS

Outline of Contents

• ANEXES– Sample time table, BCH training workshop agenda– Recommended Equipment and tools– Classroom and computer lab setup– Hardware and software requirements– Handouts preparation and deployment– Interactive modules installation and use– CASE STUDIES– IMPORTANT NOTES

How to use it

• Use it as guideline• Contains a comprehensive workshop

schedule• Adapt it!

Let us see it ….

• Take 20 minutes• Work in groups & review• Write recommendations, proposals,

suggestion on cards

MOODLE

• Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. www.moodle.org

• http://moodle.unep.ch

MOODLE

• LEARNING ENVIRONMENT• COURSES• CALENDARS• REFERENCE MATERIALS• ASSIGNMENTS• FORUMS• CHATS• And many other functions…

MOODLE

• Will transfer all Training Manual, National Manual and RAs Manual contents to Moodle

• Establish several topic-related forums• Missions comments • Lessons learned, etc.• WORK IN GROUPS 20 mins

– Write on cards:• Proposed structure• Proposed contents (not listed before)• Other stuff, functionalities