Global Forum on Bioethics in Research

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14 - 15 October 2000
BANGKOK, THAILAND

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Programme (contd.)

15 October 2000: Capacity Building

08:00 - 09:00 Coffee/Tea

Building Capacity for Ethical Review (Chairs: Robert Cook-Deegan and Daphna Feinholz-Klip)

08:30 - 09:00
What constitutes capacity for ethical review; Zulfiqar Bhutta, The Aga Khan University, Pakistan

9:00 - 10:15
Current initiatives in capacity building in bioethics in research Forum for Ethical Review Committees in the Asian and Western Pacific Region (FERCAP):
- Chirapan Boonyakiat, Thammasat University, Thailand
- Ragne Birthe Lund, Norway's Ambassador to Thailand
- Leonardo de Castro, University of the Philippines, Philippines
- Vasantha Muthuswamy, Indian Council of Medical Research, India
- Juntra Karbwang, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Vichai Chokevivat, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
- Karen Hofman, Fogarty International Center, NIH, USA
- David Picou, Caribbean Health Research Council, Trinidad and Tobago

10:15 - 10:30
Developing country perceptions of sponsor requirements for ethical review; Adnan Hyder, Health Services Academy, Pakistan

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee/Tea

12 - 14 FEBRUARY 2004
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

A follow-up Workshop will be held in February 2004 to explore developments in this area since the publication of the Report. The Workshop, co-hosted by the South African MRC and the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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10:45 - 12:00
Group work on:
- Capacity needs
- Strategies to address capacity needs, including resources
- Identifying stakeholders and their roles in capacity building, specifying the role of the community, including suggestions for the composition of the Working Group on Capacity Building
- National, regional and global mechanisms for co-operation and the co-ordination of capacity building efforts: education, technical support, institutional development, websites, etc.

12:00 - 13:30   Lunch
Global Strategy on Bioethics Capacity Building (Chairs: Richard Cash and José Esparza)

13:30 - 14:30
Formation of a strategy on co-ordination of capacity building in ethical review of health research involving human subjects: Group Reports and Discussion

14:30 - 15:00
Establishment of a Working Group on Co-ordination of Capacity Building in Ethical Review of Health Research involving Human Subjects.

Open Discussion

15:00 - 15:30    Coffee/Tea

15:30 -16:00
Update: Revisions of Declaration of Helsinki and CIOMS Guidelines Juhana Idänpään-Heikkila, Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), Switzerland Seamus Gallagher, CIOMS, Switzerland The Role of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research (Chairs: Gerald Keusch and Wen Kilama)

16:00 - 17:00
Business meeting of the Global Forum on Bioethics in Research

17:00 - 17:30
Summary and preview of future Forums Malcolm Clarke, The Gambian Government Ethics Committee, Gambia Imogen Evans, Medical Research Council, UK Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Medical Research Council, UK/Gambia

17:30   Forum Concludes


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