Commission

The Commission normally holds one regular session each biennium. It may also decide to convene extraordinary sessions as necessary, subject to the approval of the FAO Council.

The Secretariat of the Commission prepares working and information documents for each session. In addition, the Secretariat occasionally commissions background study papers on selected matters of interest to the Commission.

The Commission’s intergovernmental technical working groups meet when required and no more than once a year to review the situation of issues related to biodiversity in the area under their respective competences, to advise and make recommendations to the Commission.

Year	Meeting Title	Meeting Report
2023	Nineteenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 17/07/2023 - 21/07/2023	en ar es zh fr ru
2021	Eighteenth Regular Session Virtual Event, 27/09/2021 - 01/10/2021	en fr ar zh ru es
2019	Seventeenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 18/02/2019 - 22/02/2019	en fr es ru zh ar
2017	Sixteenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 30/01/2017 - 03/02/2017	en fr es ru zh ar
2015	Fifteenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 19/01/2015 - 23/01/2015	en fr es ru zh ar
2013	Fourteenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 15/04/2013 - 19/04/2013	en fr es ru zh ar
2011	Thirteenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 18/07/2011 - 22/07/2011	en fr es ru zh ar
2009	Twelfth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 19/10/2009 - 23/10/2009	en fr es ru zh ar
2007	Eleventh Regular Session Rome (Italy), 11/06/2007 - 15/06/2007	en fr es zh ar
2006	First Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Madrid (Spain), 12/06/2006 - 16/06/2006	en fr es ru zh ar
2006	Second Meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Alnarp (Sweden), 24/04/2006 - 28/04/2006	en fr es zh ar
2005	First Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Rules of Procedure and the Financial Rules of the Governing Body, Compliance, and the Funding Strategy Rome (Italy), 14/12/2005 - 17/12/2005	en fr es zh ar
2005	First Meeting of the Contact Group for the Drafting of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Hammamet (Tunisia), 18/07/2005 - 22/07/2005	en fr es zh ar
2004	Second Meeting of the CGRFA acting as Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Rome (Italy), 15/11/2004 - 19/11/2004	en fr es
2004	Tenth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 08/11/2004 - 12/11/2004	en fr es zh ar
2004	First Meeting of the Expert Group on the Terms of the Standard Material Transfer Agreement Brussels (Belgium), 04/10/2004 - 08/10/2004	en fr es
2002	Ninth Regular Session Rome (Italy), 14/10/2002 - 18/10/2002	en fr es zh ar
2002	First Meeting of the CGRFA acting as Interim Committee for the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Rome (Italy), 09/10/2002 - 11/10/2002	en fr es
2001	Open-ended Working Group on the International Undertaking Rome (Italy), 30/10/2001 - 01/11/2001
2001	Sixth Extraordinary Session Rome (Italy), 25/06/2001 - 30/06/2001	en fr es zh

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Commission

Rome (Italy), 17/07/2023 - 21/07/2023

Virtual Event, 27/09/2021 - 01/10/2021

Rome (Italy), 18/02/2019 - 22/02/2019

Rome (Italy), 30/01/2017 - 03/02/2017

Rome (Italy), 19/01/2015 - 23/01/2015

Rome (Italy), 15/04/2013 - 19/04/2013

Rome (Italy), 18/07/2011 - 22/07/2011

Rome (Italy), 19/10/2009 - 23/10/2009

Rome (Italy), 11/06/2007 - 15/06/2007

Madrid (Spain), 12/06/2006 - 16/06/2006

Alnarp (Sweden), 24/04/2006 - 28/04/2006

Rome (Italy), 14/12/2005 - 17/12/2005

Hammamet (Tunisia), 18/07/2005 - 22/07/2005

Rome (Italy), 15/11/2004 - 19/11/2004

Rome (Italy), 08/11/2004 - 12/11/2004

Brussels (Belgium), 04/10/2004 - 08/10/2004

Rome (Italy), 14/10/2002 - 18/10/2002

Rome (Italy), 09/10/2002 - 11/10/2002

Rome (Italy), 30/10/2001 - 01/11/2001

Rome (Italy), 25/06/2001 - 30/06/2001