PROJECT SCOPE
The MCP-ICLT is a four-year, UNEP-GEF funded project led by RAEIN-Africa in collaboration with six partner countries; Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique. The project falls under the UNEP Medium-term Strategy (2014-2017), sub-programme on Environmental Governance, whose objective is to ensure that environmental governance at country, regional and global levels is strengthened in line with agreed environmental priorities.
The purpose of the MCP-ICLT project is to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of safe transfer, handling, transport and use of LMOs resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, also taking into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements.
Project Team
The UNEP/GEF Portfolio Manager (Biosafety)
United Nations Environment Programme
Mr Alex Owusu-Biney
- alex.owusu-biney@unep.org
The Lead Executing Agency Team at RAEIN-Africa
Doreen Mnyulwa - Project Manager
- dmnyulwa@raeinafrica.org.za
Dr Alice Maredza - Assistant Project Manager
- amaredza@raeinafrica.org.za
Shepherd Kapayapundo - Project Administrator
- skapayapundo@raeinafrica.org.za
Technical Advisory Team
- admin@raeinafrica.org.za
Prof Chris Viljoen
Director of the GMO Testing Facility at the University of the Free State, South Africa
Dr Dahlia Garwe
General Manager, Kutsaga Research Station, Zimbabwe
Participating Countries
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
