International Federation of Biosafety Associations

The International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA) is a multinational, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.¹⁾

Member associations of the IFBA include:²⁾

• ABSA International
• African Biological Safety Association (AfBSA)
• Asociación Argentina de Microbiología (AAM)
• Asociación Española de BioSeguridad
• Asociación Mexicana de Bioseguridad
• Associação Nacional de Biossegurança
• Association Béninoise de Biosécurité
• Association Guinéenne de Biosûreté et de Biosécurité (AGUIBIOS)
• Association Marocaine de Biosécurité (AMBS)
• Association of Biosafety for Australia and New Zealand
• Azerbaikan Biological Safety Association
• Bangladesh Biosafety and Biosecurity Society
• Biorisk Association of Singapore
• BioRisk Association of the Philippines (BRAP)
• Biorisk Management Association of Kenya
• Biosafety and Biosecurity Association of South Sudan (BBASS)
• Biosafety and Biosecurity Association Uganda
• Biosafety Association in Côte d'Ivoire (ABCI)
• Biosafety Association of Central Asia & Caucasus
• Biosafety Association Thailand
• BioSafety BioSecurity BioRisk Association of Mongolia (BBBAM)
• Cameroon Biological Safety Association (CamBSA)
• Canadian Association for Biological Safety (CABS-ACSB)
• Egyptian Biosafety Association
• European Biosafety Association (EBSA)
• Georgian Biosafety Association (GeBSA)
• Hellenic Biosafety Association
• Indonesian Biorisk Association
• International Veterinary Biosafety Workgroup
• Japanese Biological Safety Association (JBSA)
• Korean Biological Safety Association (KOBSA)
• Lebanese Association for Biosafety Biosecurity & Bioethics
• Malian Association of Biosafety and Biosecurity (MABB)
• Malaysian Biosafety & Biosecurity Association (MBBA)
• Moldavian Association of Biosafety and Biosecurity (MDBBA)
• Moroccan Biosafety Association (MOBSA)
• Nigeria Biological Safety Association (NiBSA)
• Pakistan Biological Safety Association
• Philippine Biosafety & Biosecurity Association
• Sociedade Brasileira de Biossegurança e Bioproteção (SB3)
• Society for Biosafety, India
• South African Biorisk Association
• Swiss Biosafety Network (SBNet)
• Tunisian Biosafety and Environmental Education Association (ATB2E)

IFBA is partnered with:³⁾

• African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM)
• Alliance for Health Security Cooperation / JEE Alliance
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
• Chatham House
• Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA)
• International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (IFBLS)
• Interpol
• Mérieux Foundation
• Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
• Stop TB Partnership
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
• Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERITIC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)

IFBA receives financial support from a number of governmental and non-governmental organizations.⁴⁾

• Air Filter Maintenance Services International (AFMS)
• Asia Pacific Biosafety Association
• Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP)
• CRDF Global
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA
• Frontline Foundation
• Germfree Laboratories
• Global Affairs Canada Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Reduction Program (WMDTRP)
• Merrick & Company
• NuAire
• Sandia National Laboratories

Observer organizations of the IFBA include:⁵⁾

• Afghan Biosafety and Health Research Organization
• African Society for Laboratory Medicine
• American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
• Belgian Biosafety Professionals
• Bioemergency EU
• Biological Association of Pakistan
• Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit
• BioRisk Association of Philippines
• Biorisk Management Institute of Kurdistan
• Biosafety and Biosecurity LLC, Russia
• Biosafety Training Institute, University of Edinburgh
• Biosecurity Engagement Program, United States Department of State
• Bradford Disarmament Research Centre, University of Bradford
• Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Association
• Caribbean Med Labs Foundation
• Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA)
• Centre for Biosecurity, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Center for Disease Control ROC Taiwan
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Cooperative Biological Engagement Program, United States Department of Defense
• CRDF Global
• Cuba National Centre for Biological Safety
• Eagleson Institute
• Elizabeth R. Griffin Program, Georgetown University
• Frontline Foundation
• Global Health Security Action Group
• International Council for the Life Sciences
• International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science
• International Science & Technology Centre
• KIT Royal Tropical Institute
• Landau Network Centro Volta
• Mérieux Foundation
• National Biocontainment Training Centre, University of Texas Medical Branch
• Pan American Health Organization
• Sandia National Laboratories
• Vertic
• Virtual Biosecurity Center
• World Health Organization