Report of the ECPGR Network Coordinating Groups.
First Meeting,
29-31 March 2006, Bonn, Germany
[PDF file 566KB]

Report of a Network Coordinating Group on Forages.
Ad hoc Meeting,
21-22 April 2005, Lindau, Switzerland
[PDF file 325KB]

Forages

Background information

The Forages Network is overseen by a Network Coordinating Group (NCG), composed of the Working Group Chair plus a number of other coopted Network members.

The responsibilities of the Network Coordinating Group are:

• To formulate proposals, in consultation with the Working Group members, for the attention of the ECPGR Steering Committee on WG priorities and activities, following the planning and prioritizing mechanism established by the SC

The Forages Network consists of only one Working Group on Forages, which has developed several databases on various forages crops.
The activity of the Network currently coincides with the activity of the Working Group on Forages.

A meeting of the ECPGR Network Coordinating Groups took place in Bonn, Germany, on 29-31 March 2006. See:
Report of the ECPGR Network Coordinating Groups. First Meeting, 29-31 March 2006, Bonn, Germany.
Presentations given during the NCG meeting
Suggestions for planning of Phase VIII (2009-2013) of the Forages Network

The Forages NCG encouraged the Global Crop Diversity Trust also to start work on some of the many forage species included in Annex I of the International Treaty. The NCG suggested starting work on Medicago, Trifolium, Lolium and Phleum as models for the other genera and is willing to participate in this work.

An Ad hoc meeting of the Forages Network Coordinating Group jointly held with the European Central Forage Database Managers was held in Lindau near Zurich, Switzerland, on 21-22 April 2005. Main objectives were to discuss progress made by the Working Group on Forages and review the workplan for the remaining part of Phase VIII. Opportunities to submit a project proposal to the EU on Medicago genetic resources, including the identification of a core collection were discussed. A project proposal entitled "Building a European collection of Medicago - Tailoring Medicago genetic resources for the 21st century" was submitted to the second call of the EU Regulation (No 870/2004) published in April 2006, coordinated by Jan Nedělník (RIFC, Troubsko, Czech Republic). The project passed the threshold but could not be funded within the available budget.

Contacts

Network Coordinator:
Ms Merja Veteläinen

Network Coordinating Group members

Documents

Network Related Publications

Budget
as of December 06


Meetings & Reports

Network Coordinating Group
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Forages Working Group
Meetings & Reports

Databases

ECPGR Forages Databases