Transcript Exercice pilote de revue par les pairs

BWC – MSP December 2014
PEER REVIEW
PILOT EXERCISE
Paris, December 4-6 2013
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Peer Review mechanism
BWC/confVII/WP.28 : « a peer review mechanism for the BWC:
Enhancing confidence in national implementation and cooperation »
- Strengthening the BTWC by enhancing national implementation
- Strengthening confidence between States Parties
- Sharing good practices on national implementation
- On a voluntary basis
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The proposed concept: a flexible mechanism
- Presentation by a State party of its national
implementation of the Convention
- On a voluntary basis
- Respecting national sovereignty
- Topics presented are freely chosen by the hosting
State party
- A team of national experts appointed by participating
States Parties and, possibly, a representative of the ISU
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Pilot exercise organized by France
Goal of the exercise:
• Illustrating the concept promoted by France,
assessing its relevance and the proposed
approach.
• Demonstrating the potential form of such an
exercise
• Providing input for consideration of including
such a mechanism in the BWC framework
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Pilot exercise – 4-6 december 2013
• 11 experts participating from 9 States Parties :
Canada, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Morocco, Switzerland,
the United Kingdom, the United States
• + ISU (observer)
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3 topics:
• The national authorization and control system for manipulating dangerous
pathogens by the ANSM (French National Agency for Medecines and Health
Products Safety) :
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The Agency, status and mission
The French regulation on microorganisms and toxins
The assessment process
The inspection process
• The national export control system :
• The national export control system by the Ministry of Industrial renewal, SBDU (Dual-use
items service): Presentation of the procedure and focus on the biological items
• The CIBDU, an Interagency committee for dual use items, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Deputy head of the Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Department, CIBDU Chairman
• The awareness-raising policy :
• Biosecurity and Biosafety : teaching and training course in France by National Institute
for health and medical research (INSERM)
• Biosecurity and biosafety training: example of the French military health service by the
French Military Health Service
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2 laboratory visits:
• The Biological Emergency intervention Unit (Institut Pasteur) : a unit
created in 2002 by the French Ministry of Health and Institut Pasteur to
respond to specialized biological emergencies
• The ANSES Animal Health Laboratory in Maisons-Alfort
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A first feedback on the exercise
• NAM, emerging and Western countries participated
• Strong interest around topics and visits
• Very active debates around the presentations showing strong
involvement from the participating experts
• Positive comments from the participants about the exercise
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The report
• Questionnaire given to experts and filled on a voluntary basis during the exercise.
• France drafted a summary with all the information returned in forms (no specific
comment or element of content shall be attributed to a given expert or country)
• This draft was then circulated to all participants for comments/ amendments.
• The report was submitted as a French working paper at the Meeting of experts
(August 2014) BWC/MSP/2014/MX/WP.12
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Lessons learned from the exercise
In our view, the peer review mechanism is relevant in the
framework of the BWC. It would:
• allow a better understanding of measures implemented by the host
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State Party;
contribute to improve confidence between States Parties by increasing
transparency;
enable States Parties to exchange information and share lessons
learned and best practices;
help to promote the development of international cooperation
through a valuable networking;
opportunity to develop ownership and involvement among national
actors in biological sciences;
The concept is flexible and respect States’ sovereignty
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