At its Seventh Session, the Governing Body adopted Resolution 13/2017 Multi-Year Programme of Work of the Governing Body of the International Treaty requested the Bureau to develop, with the support of the Secretary and inputs from Contracting Parties, the Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW) for the Governing Body for its consideration at the Eighth Session. At its second meeting in March 2019, the Bureau agreed on the initial structure of the document as provided here below. The proposal will be included through document IT/GB-8/19/16.
The Bureau requested the Secretary to include, in the working document introducing the MYPoW, a reference to the relevant information document on DSI containing the compilations and submissions from Contracting Parties and relevant organizations on this matter. The submissions received so far can be read online at http://www.fao.org/plant-treaty/overview/mypow/dsi/en/
8th Session (2019) | 9th Session (2021) | 10th Session (2023) | 11th Session (2025) | 12th Session (2027) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA (Art 5&6) | Consideration of a Joint Programme on biodiversity in agriculture for sustainable use of PGRFA 2020-2030 Consideration of future work and partnerships for the update and development of the Global Crop Conservation Strategies | Review the decisions taken at the Eighth Session | |||
Farmers’ Rights (Art 9) | Review of the Report of the AHTEG on FR | Review of the decisions taken at the Eighth Session on Article 9 Review options for encouraging, guiding and promoting the realization of Farmers´ Rights | |||
Multilateral System (Art 10-13) | Consideration of the package of enhancement measures Review of the report on availability of material | Presentation of Global Report on Germplasm Flow Review of the implementation of the decisions of the Governing Body on the enhancement process Review report of the 4th project cycle of the Benefit-sharing Fund | Presentation of a report on availability of material | Presentation of Global Report on Germplasm Flow Assessment of effectiveness of enhancement measures | |
Global Information System (Art 17) | Midterm-Review of the Programme of Work on the Global Information System (2016-2022) | Review of the Programme of Work on the Global Information System (2016-2022) | Consideration of Programme of Work on the Global Information System (2023-xxxx) | Report on the implementation of the PoW on GLIS | |
Funding Strategy (Art 18) | Updated Funding Strategy Provision of elements of advice on GEF 8 following the invitation of CBD COP | Review of the Funding Strategy | |||
Compliance (Art 21) & National Reporting | Review foreseen in Section X of the Compliance Procedures | Presentation of Outlook Report on the Implementation of the International Treaty on PGRFA | Review of the analysis of 2nd national reports | ||
Other Items | Consideration of potential implications of the use of “digital sequence information” on genetic resources for the objectives of the International Treaty, and consideration of a potential inclusion in the MYPoW Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020/Contribution to Post -2020 Biodiversity Framework Coordination of work with CGRFA | Stock taking of SDG Goals 2 & 15 related to PGRFA Contribution to Third State of the World’s PGRFA Consideration of inputs for the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework | Presentation of Third State of the World’s PGRFA |