Sharing a common understanding in biosafety and biosecurity

Effective response to CBRN risk depends on cooperation and co-ordination between all levels of government, response organizations and international partners. An effective strategy to deal with the CBRN threat requires a very high level of co-operation and co-ordination among many different authorities within and among countries. Lack of harmonised national preparedness and fragmentation of responsibilities within the regional or international anti-trafficking network may be easily exploited by non-state actors to traffic and develop CBRN weapons. The creation of CBRN Centres of Excellence (CoE) aims at improving national CBRN policies in the targeted third countries by defining comprehensive tailored assistance packages in the areas of export control, CBRN illicit trafficking, redirection of scientists, emergency planning, bio-safety and security, crisis response and a culture of safety and security. This process will be developed with the help of EU Member States in a coherent and effective combination of national and regional capabilities.