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JDC1  JDC2

In line with its persistent efforts to familiarize stakeholders on the new guidelines on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the DOST-DA-DENR-DOH-DILG Joint Department Circular (JDC) No.1 Series of 2016, the DOST Biosafety Committee (DOST-BC) Secretariat, participated in the series of public briefings conducted by biosafety partners in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

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SEECC01

Dr. Leo Gonzales of STRIVE Foundation discussing the experience of socio-economic assessments in the Philippines

SEECC2.1   SEECC2.0

Dr. Jose Falck-Zepeda of PBS discussing methodologies on socio-economic considerations

Last September 8-9, 2016, the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) in collaboration with the Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) conducted a workshop on the socio-economic considerations of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at the Acacia Hotel in Alabang, Muntinlupa City.  

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UP Law

Prof. Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II, Assistant Professor at the UP College of Law, giving a legal assessment of the Bt Talong Case.

As a continued effort in ensuring public awareness and understanding of issues pertaining to modern biotechnology and biosafety regulations of Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs), the Department of Science and Technology Biosafety Committee (DOST-BC) staff attended a Forum on GM Crops: Public Perception and Trade Regulation Practices last June 28, 2016, spearheaded by the Institute of International Studies, University of the Philippines Law Center at Diliman, Quezon City.