Joint ECPGR-DIVERSEEDS-BIOVERSITY Inter-regional Workshop on
Crop Genetic Resources Networks
Maccarese, Italy, 3-5 December 2007
The following documents, relevant to
the meeting, have been compiled in a CDrom by the ECPGR Secretariat:
(i) Introduction, (ii) Executive summary (including the agenda and the list of participants), (iii) PowerPoint
presentations.
All documents are listed in the table below.
Copies of the CDrom can be requested from the Secretariat at
Bioversity-ECPGR@cgiar.org
| Title | Author(s) | File name |
| Introduction: Objectives of the meeting and discussion of the programme |
Jan Engels, AEGIS Coordinator, and Lorenzo Maggioni, ECPGR Coordinator, Bioversity |
Introduction_to_workshop_objectives_and_programme.pdf [74KB] |
| Executive summary |
Jan Engels, AEGIS Coordinator, Lorenzo Maggioni, ECPGR Coordinator, Bioversity; and Eva Thörn, SEEDNet Coordinator, Swedish Biodiversity Centre |
Inter_regional_workshop_executive_summary.pdf [73KB] |
| Day 1. Monday 3 December 2007. Session 2: Brief introductions of participating Regional Networks | ||
| Eastern Africa Plant Genetic Resources Network (EAPGREN): Status Report On EAPGREN |
Abebe Demissie, EAPGREN Coordinator. Presented by Kassahun Embaye |
Dr_Abebe_Status_rep_Addis_Entebbe_meetingNov2007.ppt [4.42MB] |
| Genetic Resources Network for West and Central Africa (GRENEWECA) |
Raymond S. Vodouhe, Bioversity Office for Western and Central Africa |
GRENEWECA_Rome12Dec07.ppt [764KB] |
| Highlights of the SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre (SPGRC) |
Thandie Lupupa, SPGRC |
Highlights_SPGRC.ppt [10.5MB] |
| Strengthening Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources through Regional Networks in Asia and the Pacific |
Percy Sajise, Bioversity APO Regional Director |
Regional_Networks_Diverseeds.ppt [861KB] |
| Central-Asian and Transcaucasian Network on Plant Genetic Resources (CATCN-PGR) |
Zeynal Akparov, CATCN-PGR Network Chairman Deputy |
CATCN_PGR.ppt [270KB] |
| Plant Genetic Resources and Crop Networks in the Americas |
Marleni Ramirez, Bioversity Americas Regional Director |
NETWORKS_PGR_CROPS.ppt [12.4MB] |
| Introduction on ECPGR |
Lorenzo Maggioni, ECPGR Coordinator, Bioversity |
ECPGR_intro_Dec07_Maccarese.ppt [1.3MB] |
| The South East European Development Network on Plant Genetic Resources (SEEDNet) |
Eva Thörn, SEEDNet Coordinator, Swedish Biodiversity Centre |
SEEDNet_Rome.ppt [8.1MB] |
| Day 1. Monday 3 December 2007. Session 3: Setting the changed context | ||
| Inter-regional collaboration towards a global system |
Toby Hodgkin, Principal Scientist, Bioversity |
Not available |
| Regional Networks and the Global System |
Jane Toll, Project Manager, Global Crop Diversity Trust |
Trust_Diverseeds_Dec07.ppt [2.6MB] |
| Roles and responsibilities of Regional Networks for rational PGR conservation in a changed world |
Jozef Turok, Bioversity Europe Regional Director |
Turok_Bioversity_Dec2007.ppt [1.1MB] |
| Day 2. Tuesday 4 December 2007. Session 4: Approaches and mechanisms that strengthen the Networks and facilitate collaboration | ||
| Network management and capacity building |
Eva Thörn, SEEDNet Coordinator, Swedish Biodiversity Centre |
Network_management_and_capacity_building.ppt [8.8MB] |
| Sharing of responsibilities for germplasm management |
Lorenzo Maggioni, ECPGR Coordinator, Bioversity |
Inter_regional_WKSHP_SharingResps.ppt [77KB] |
| Approaches and Mechanisms that strengthen the networks and facilitate collaboration - Policy and Procedural Aspects |
Gerald Moore, Honorary Research Fellow, Bioversity |
Networks_presentation.ppt [76KB] |
| PGRFA documentation |
Samy Gaiji, Project Coordinator, Bioversity, and Frank Begemann, Head, Information and Coordination Centre for Biological Diversity |
Not available |
| Information exchange mechanisms |
Sónia Dias, EURISCO Coordinator, Bioversity |
SD_SG_Information_exchange_mech_DIVERSEEDS_Dec2007.ppt [4.3MB] |
| AEGIS: An example of using a network approach to rationalize conservation |
Jan Engels, AEGIS Coordinator, and Lorenzo Maggioni, ECPGR Coordinator, Bioversity |
AEGIS_presentation_ECPGR_Diverseeds_Bioversity_workshop_MaccareseDec2007.ppt [290KB] |
| Day 3. Wednesday 5 December 2007. Session 7: Joint ECPGR-DIVERSEEDS-BIOVERSITY Inter-regional workshop session | ||
| Plant Genetic Resources Networks: FAO perspective |
Stefano Diulgheroff, Information Management Officer, FAO |
Networks.ppt [625KB] |