Who can nominate National Focal Points and how?
The registration of National focal points in the BCH can only be done by the Secretariat upon receipt of a written communications addressed to the Executive Secretary and endorsed by the following categories: • The designation of a National Focal Point for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFP) must be endorsed by the National Focal Point for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-NFP) or by a direct expression of the Government (i.e. a Minister of State). • The designation of a National Focal Point for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFP) must be endorsed by the National Focal Point for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB-NFP). • The Point of contact for receiving notifications under Article 17 (Emergency Measures) must be endorsed by the National Focal Point for the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH-NFP). Note: The common format for National Focal Point nominations is available for download at http://bch.cbd.int/Doc/CommonFormats/focalPoint.
