Sponsors and Partners

Canada’s Global Partnership Program (GPP) http://www.international.gc.ca/gpp-ppm/global_partnership-partenariat_mondial.aspx?lang=eng Established in 2002, Canada’s Global Partnership Program has supported the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction with concrete projects to prevent WMD proliferation and terrorism and reduce nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical threats. Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern…

Contact us

President Prof. Lela Bakanidze, Ph.D., RBP Vice – President of the Georgian Biosafety Association (GeBSA) 18, S. Metreveli St., Tbilisi, 0112, Georgia Tel.: +995 234 24 84 office) +995 599 57 24 84 (cellular) Fax: +995 34 31 14 89 E-mail: lbakanidze@gmail.com lbakanidze@yahoo.com   Vice-President Prof. Farida Tishkova Head of Afghanistan and Tajikistan Regional Biosafety…

Membership

Cooperation is critical to enhance biosafety/biosecurity, both regionally and globally. Our association brings together more than a hundred of world-class experts who contribute on daily basis into global protection from dangerous diseases. Covering ten countries – Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan – we offer informational exchanges and trainings, integrate international…

Goals

Goals of the Association are: promote biosafety as a priority for the region integrate international best practices for biosafety into all work with infectious microorganisms assist members in the development of programs, guidelines, standards and regulations promote the development of research and science using modern biosafety and biosecurity methods develop and deliver integral training programs…

History

Biosafety Association for Central Asia and the Caucasus (BACAC) was established in 2009. Member countries of BACAC initially were Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Mongolia. Since its establishment, BACAC was supported by international donors and organizations, like Global Partnership Programme, Gobal Affairs Canada, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), US Department…

COVID-19

Dear BACAC members, In this complicated situation, which all of us have, please find below some links to resources which may be of potential interest to you and/or use in the current situation. International Federation of Biosafety Associations: https://internationalbiosafety.org/biosafety-guidelines-for-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-coronavirus-disease-covid-19/ WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 WHO Country & Technical Guidance – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance…