Development of national laboratory policies. Best practices document and facilitators’ guide (2017)

This document provides guidance to the activities needed to develop a national laboratory policy.

Section 1 provides governments, participants and facilitators with an overview of the activities needed to develop a national laboratory policy that is nationally owned and widely supported.

Section 2 provides information on the main actors and their roles and responsibilities.

Section 3 provides a practical guide for facilitators of the workshops to develop a national laboratory policy.

The facilitators’ guide includes detailed, step-by-step agendas, complete with descriptions of the activities, exercises, presentations and example outcomes that can be used for the facilitation of the workshops.