The Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce the 2013 course “Contemporary approaches to genetic resources conservation and use” organized...

In the spirit of implementation of the call by the Governing Body, and following the relevant priority indicated in the Rio Six-point Action Plan, the Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation (Embrapa)...

I have the honour to draw attention to the reports of the meetings of the recent Committees of the Treaty and, in particular, I would like to draw attention to...

The purpose of this Notification is to bring to your attention the decision by the Governing Body to establish, in the forthcoming biennium, an Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group to...

Following the notification issued on 13 March on the same topic, I have the honour to draw attention to the reports of the following recent meetings: Resumed fourth meeting of...

Candidatures may be submitted in writing, with the resume of the nominated candidate attached, by the national authorities of Contracting Parties, i.e. through the National Focal Points or through the...

The purpose of this Notification is to inform you that the Secretariat is finalising an agreement with a donor country to secure funding for the consultation on the Global Information...

The purpose of this notification is to inform Contracting Parties of the current depletion of funds and to invite them to make contributions to the Special Funds in support of...

The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to announce the call for nominations to participate in the Second Workshop for the Strengthening of the Capacities of National Programs on...

Any governmental or non-governmental organization, including farmers and farmers’ organizations, genebanks and research institutions, as well as regional and international organizations, based in eligible countries that are Contracting Parties to...

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Contracting Parties to share with the Secretariat any relevant information on any actions or activities planned or undertaken by your country in...

I have the honour to draw your attention to the opportunity to provide relevant available information as contribution to the work of the Consultation on the Global Information System on...

I have the honour to announce that the First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to Enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing (Working...

The Terms of Reference of the Working Group, which are contained in Resolution 2/2013, stipulate that Contracting Parties which have no representatives on the Working Group may participate, upon request...

UNEP would appreciate responses to this questionnaire by the end of 6 June 2014, in order to prepare an analysis as a basis for discussion at a workshop later in...

I am pleased to inform you about DivSeek, an initiative which, with the support of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, is grouping relevant experts of the global plant community around...

FAO hosts the first Steering Committee to discuss the implementation of the Near East and North Africa Action Plan for the Benefit-Sharing Fund in the Near East and North Africa...

The purpose of this Notification is therefore to invite (1) Working Group Members to submit the above mentioned textual elements; (2) stakeholders of the seed sector to provide proposals for...

As part of the ongoing cooperation between the secretariats of the International Treaty and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) I have the honour to provide the following information to you,...

The purpose of this Notification is to invite Contracting Parties to make their contributions to the Core Administrative Budget and Working Capital Reserve in support of the implementation of the...