The Project, Support for the Implementation of National Biosafety Framework for Lesotho, was designed to build capacity to implement the Biosafety Legislation of Lesotho and to meet Lesotho’s international obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.
Project Objectives
To integrate biosafety and biotechnology into national development plans
To establish a fully functional and responsive regulatory regime in line with Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and national needs
To have a fully functional system for handling requests and applications
To set up a system for monitoring environmental effects
To establish fully functional systems for public awareness and education, public participation in decision making and access to information
The project targeted government line ministries, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, schools, institute of higher learning, customs officials, media and farmers.
