July/August 2003
Published by the FAO Regional Office for Europe
This report1, commissioned by FAO's Research and Technology Development Service (SDRR) and the Regional Office for Europe (REU) was prepared by Jonathan Robinson, Consultant, Rome, Italy on the basis of mission reports2) of the two consultants Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska, Head of Mlochow Research Center, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Mlochow, Poland and Georgina Kosturkova, Senior Scientist, Department of In vitro cultures, Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria and data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (www.eiu.com) country reports. These contributions are gratefully acknowledged.
Contact persons of government, science, education and other organizations in Member States of the Balkan, Caucasus and Moldova provided the information on biotechnology and biosafety aspects compiled in this report. UNDP offices in the region and staff of FAO's Regional Office for Europe facilitated the missions with their administrative support.
FAO staff involved in the coordination of the assessment missions and in the review and editing of the final report were Andrea Sonnino, Senior Agricultural Research Officer, SDRR and Karin Nichterlein, Research and Technology Officer, REU.
1Comments on the document are welcome and should be addressed to the Research and Technology Officer, Regional Office for Europe, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy; email: REUS-Research@fao.org
2The missions took place between October and December 2001, except the mission to Croatia which took place in March 2003. In some countries due to recent political changes, contact persons in the ministries might have changed.
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