International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

SPECIAL EVENT ON SATURDAY, 28 October

10:00 - 13:00 Special Event on Genomics Information
International Treaty Secretariat

Note: The schedule of side events may change to accomodate the needs of the Session. For the updated information, please check the monitors at the meeting site or visit the Treaty Website: www.fao.org/plant-treaty/seventh-governing-body/en/. For more information, please contact the Secretariat at: [email protected]

Last update: 24 Oct. 2017 

PROGRAMME OF SIDE EVENTS - SEVENTH SESSION OF THE GOVERNING BODY (30 October - 3 November 2017)

Meeting Room

Monday, 30 October

Tuesday, 31 October

Wednesday, 1 November

Thursday, 2 November

Lunch time (13:15-14:30)

AD1

Joint Programme to Implement the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing
Governments of the Netherlands and Rwanda 

Global Consultation on Farmers' Rights
Governments of Indonesia, Norway and International Treaty Secretariat

Community Seed Banks: Sharing experiences from North and South
EU Horizon 2020 project DIVERSIFOOD, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Bioversity International, LI-BIRD

Voices from the field: how the Treaty's unique Benefit-sharing Fund is helping the world to get ahead of the climate change curve
International Treaty Secretariat

AD4

Putting Farmers at the Heart of Seed Policies
World Seed Partnership

Centers' Experiences Implementing their Article 15 Agreements with the Governing Body of the Treaty
CGIAR Genebank Platform

How could Voluntary Benefit-sharing Activities be Better Recognized?
European Seed Association

Implementing Treaty Provisions through Sustainable Use, Conservation and Access to Diversity in Local Farmer Seed Systems
Bioversity International and Partner Organizations

MH4

Farmers' Seed Systems - Challenges and opportunities in national legislation
Development Fund, LI-BIRD, ASOCUCH, CEPA and EOSA

A Look at the SMTA from a Contract Law Perspective
Fridtjof Nansen Institute

Implementing Farmers' Rights: Options for scaling up community support in genetic diversity management
Oxfam, CTDT, Searice

Repatriation and in situ Conservation: Lessons Learned from the Potato Park - CIP Agreement 
Asociación ANDES


Food Forever
Global Crop Diversity Trust, Government of the Netherlands

Evening (18:15-19:30)

AD1

Implementation of the Global Information System and the Digital Object Identifiers
International Treaty Secretariat

Policies for Change for Realizing Farmers' Rights 
Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation

AD4

Svalbard Global Seed Vault - 10 years of Safeguarding Seeds for the Future
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Norway and Nordic Genetic Resource Center

International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP): Scaling out the Potato Park to implement the FAO Treaty and achieve the SDGs
INMIP, Asociación ANDES and IIED

MH4

Farmers' Rights Implementation: Civil Society proposal for a way forward
International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty

Too Big to Feed…Or Seed?
IPES - Food with ETC Group

Share this page