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In order to ensure the National Building Capacity for Effective Participation in the Biosafety Clearing-House (BCH) Project implementation, training workshops and other activities will be held during the project. The training component cost of the project will constitute USD 9,461 (attached in Annex 2, as Form 4 B). The NEA, under the leadership of the BCH Task Force, prepared a cost plan (attached Form 4), covering the organization and implementation of nBCH national level training workshops on the use of the BCH with the support of experts trained through the UNEP-GEF BCH project, and nBCH workshops on the BCH databases, and regulatory development, as well as nBCH Task Force meetings. This plan outlines the training strategy, content and resources to be used, and justifies the choices made as well as the number of workshops/training sessions organized. Participants will be selected among representatives from relevant government agencies and departments, who will have a key role in either (i) making policy decisions about the national BCH or (ii) using and administering the BCH to fulfill national obligations (e.g., certain members of the National Coordinating Committees formed under the National Biosafety Framework project or similar bodies).