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Objectives

The twelfth meeting of the ECPGR Steering Committee (Bratislava, December 2010) agreed on a long-term goal to which ECPGR contributes and six outcomes that should be attributable to ECPGR within one Phase, as follows:

Long-term Goal

National, Sub-regional and Regional Programmes in Europe rationally and effectively conserve ex situ and in situ PGRFA and increase their utilization.

Outcomes

  1. AEGIS is operational and accessions in AEGIS are characterized and evaluated.
  2. The functionality of EURISCO meets users' expectations and quantity and quality of data in EURISCO is increased, including in situ and on-farm data.
  3. In situ and on-farm conservation and management concepts are agreed.
  4. Commitment and regular resources of national governments is sustained or increased and commitments and resources of the European Commission, as well as of other potential donors towards ECPGR are increased.
  5. Relationships with users of germplasm are strengthened.
  6. Organizational structure and secretarial support are adequate to effectively sustain the operations of ECPGR.