Monitoring schedule
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture has adopted the following schedule for monitoring the implementation of the Global Plan of Action, including key steps for preparing The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources (SoW-FGR-2) and for revising the Global Plan of Action (if needed):
First Implementation Report
| December 2017 | Deadline for the submission of First Country Progress Reports/ progress reports by regional networks and international organizations. |
| 2018 | ITWG-FGR-5 considers: • FAO progress report; • Draft First Implementation Report, prepared on the basis of First Country Progress Reports and progress reports by regional networks and international organizations; • Preparation of The Second Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources</> (SoW-FGR-2); • Draft Guidelines for the Preparation of Country Reports (combined reporting for the Second Implementation Report and for SoW-FGR-2). |
| 2019 | CGRFA-17 considers: • FAO progress report; • First Implementation Report, as reviewed by ITWG-FGR-5; • Preparation of the SoW-FGR-2; • Draft Guidelines for the Preparation of Country Reports (combined reporting for the Second Implementation Report and for SoW-FGR-2). |
Second Implementation Report / Preparation of SoW-FGR-2
| June 2019 |
Circulation of Guidelines for the Preparation of Country Reports/ guidelines for progress reports by regional networks and international organizations. |
| 2020 | ITWG-FGR-6 considers: • FAO progress report; • Status of preparation of SoW-FGR-2; • Status of submission of progress reports by regional networks and international organizations. |
| June 2020 | Deadline for the submission of Country Reports to the Second Implementation Report and SoW-FGR-2. Deadline for the submission of progress reports by regional networks and international organizations. |
| 2021 | CGRFA-18 considers: • FAO progress report; • Status of preparation of the Second Implementation Report and SoW-FGR-2. |
| 2022 | ITWG-FGR-7 considers: • FAO progress report; • Draft Second Implementation Report; • Draft SoW-FGR-2. |
| 2023 | CGRFA-19 considers: • FAO progress report; • Second Implementation Report, as reviewed by ITWG-FGR-7; • Draft SoW-FGR-2, as reviewed by ITWG-FGR-7. |
| 2024 | ITWG-FGR-8 considers: • FAO progress report; • Draft updated Global Plan of Action. |
| 2025 | CGRFA-20 considers: • FAO progress report; • Draft updated Global Plan of Action, as reviewed by ITWG-FGR-8. |