International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture


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Third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing

Brasilia (Brazil), 01/06/2015 - 05/06/2015

The Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing was held in Brasilia, Brazil, from 2 to 5 of June 2015.

Arrangements were made to allow delegates and stakeholders to hold regional and inter-regional consultations on 1 June 2015. The Co-Chairs of the Working Group are Dr. Bert Visser and Mr. Modesto Fernández.

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Provisional Agenda

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Annotated Draft Provisional Agenda and Provisional Indicative Timetable

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Draft Resolution for Consideration by the Governing Body, At Its Sixth Session: Measures To Enhance The Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing

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IT/OWG-EFMLS/Research Paper 9

Twenty five years of international exchanges of plant genetic resources facilitated by the CGIAR genebanks: a case study on international interdependence

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List of documents

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Information Note for Participants

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Compilation Of Submissions Received By Working Group Members And Others

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Additional Submissions Received from Working Group Members and Others

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Expansion of the Access and Benefit-sharing Provisions of the International Treaty: Legal Options

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Development of a Subscription System for users of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture uder the Treaty (Measure III): Background Information

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Improving the Standard Material Transfer Agreement to Increase User-Based Payments and to Make it More User-Friendly (Measure IV): Background Information

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Options for introducing a Termination Clause

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The Benefit-sharing Fund and the Global Crop Diversity Trust: Succinct Analysis of Targets, Contributions and Resource Mobilization Strategies and other Relevant Information

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Typology of users of the Multilateral System and their regional distribution, including PGRFA under development

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Statistics on distribution of germplasm by recipient country and region

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IT/OWG-EFMLS-3/15/Report

Report of the Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System

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