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CIVIL SOCIETY ASSISTANCE TO STATES PARTIES

IN SUPPORT OF ARTICLE X OF THE BIOLOGIC AL AND TOXINS WEAPONS CONVENTION

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, MX4 August 2019

ASSISTANCE & COOPERATION DATABASE

• States Parties to the BWC regularly submit information on assistance programs
• This information can be included the Article X Assistance & Cooperation database

CATALOGUE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

• We propose to create a catalogue of civil

society assistance programs to:

• Highlight contributions to the BWC &

States Parties

• Inform interested Parties of our work
• Easy identification of programs, experts &
• rganization
• Finalized & presented at the next MSP

meetings in December 2019

• Material contained in our catalogue will also

be available in the Stimson Center’s 1540 Assistance Support Initiative Database

WE NEED YOUR INFORMATION (1)

• We have created a Google form to harness

your information

• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

pQLSd1LcidGXVwwczvfrAeP6T3gwlUfVQ qoWfvbc2I-CX7hNQ5uQ/viewform

• You can also fill-in the questionnaire via

email

• Note the categories that are required,

including point of contact

• We are happy to set up Zooms/Skype/calls
• We would appreciate receiving your

information by September 15th, 2019

CIVIL SOCIETY ASSISTANCE FORM

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

• If you have any questions, please contact:
• Rebecca Katz, PhD MPH

§ Professor & Director at the Center for Global Health Science & Security at Georgetown University § Rebecca.Katz@Georgetown.edu

• Richard T. Cupitt, PhD
• Senior Fellow & Director, Partnerships in Proliferation Prevention Program at the Stimson

Center

• rcupitt@stimson.org