CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee Reports
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10947/32
Browse
Recent Submissions
Item Minutes of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee, May 5-7, 2010, Rome, Italy(Meeting Report, 2010-05-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeMinutes of the twenty-seventh meeting of the GRPC held May 5-7, 2010 at Bioversity headquarters, Rome, Italy, Carlos Correa presiding. On the agenda: the 4th Session of the Governaing Body of the International Treaty, the Twelfth Session of the CGRFA and intersessional activities leading to the Thirteenth Session, potential significance of the CBD protocol on access and benefit sharing for CGIAR Centres, regulatory, stewardship and liability issues, patenting trends, SMTA issues, GRPC recommendations to the Consortium Board and office. A power point presentation on patenting trends is included.Item Report of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Commitee, Rome, Italy, 22-24 September, 2009(Meeting Report, 2009-09-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThe 26th meeting of the GRPC took place at Bioversity International's offices in Rome, Italy. Carlos Correa, Chair of the GRPC presided. The agenda consisted of discussions on the GRPC work plan, SMTA, plant patents, Report on the Third Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty and intersessional activities, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and a discussion on a proposed system-wide policy on intellectual assets.Item Report of the Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Commitee, Penang, Malaysia, 17-19 March, 2009(Meeting Report, 2009-03-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeItem Report of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Commitee, Rome, Italy, 10-12 September 2008(Meeting Report, 2008-09-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThe 24th meeting of the GRPC took place 10-12 September 2008, at Bioversity International's headquarters.Item Report of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Commitee, Aleppo, Syria, March 18-20, 2008(Meeting Report, 2008-03-01)The 23rd meeting of the GRPC took place at ICARDA headquarters March 18-20, 2008. Carlos Correa, Chair of the GRPC presided.Item Report of the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Commitee, Nairobi, Kenya, 12-14 November, 2007(Meeting Report, 2007-11-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThe 22nd meeting of the GRPC took place at the offices of the World Agroforesty Centre in Nairobi, Kenya from November 12 to 14, 2007. The Chair of the GRPC, Carlos Correa, presided over the meeting.Item Report of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee, Rome, Italy 23-25 April 2007(Meeting Report, 2007-05-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeSummary report of the 21st meeting of the GRPC, held April 23-25, 2005, at Bioversity International, Rome, Italy, Carlos Correa presiding. Included: an update on the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and preparation for the second Session of the Governing Body, a report on the upcoming 11th Ordinary Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a discussion on the Centres' policy to use the Standard Material Transfer Agreement (SMTA), a review of the draft CGIAR policy on managing and accessing CGIAR products and intellectual assets, and other related documents, and a report on a teleconference on the implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety.Item Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the Genetic Resouces Policy Committee Meeting, Rome, Italy, 29-31 August 2006(Meeting Report, 2006-08-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeItem Report of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee Meeting, Mexico City, 22-24 February, 2006(Internal Document, 2006-03-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeItem Summary Report of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC) Meetings Held in 2005(Meeting Report, 2006-01-09) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThis report provides details concerning nine of the issues considered by the GRPC during their 17th and 18th meetings held in 2005. They are: 1.Implementing the “Guiding principles for the development of Future Harvest Centres’ policies to address the possibility of unintentional presence of transgenes in ex situ collections”. 2) The development of the Future Harvest Centres’ draft agreement with the Governing Body to place their ex situ PGRFA collections under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. 3) Implementation of Article 15.4 of the International Treaty, 4) declining rates of acquisition by Future Harvest Centre Genebanks and future acquisition strategies, 5) Ethical principles informing how Future Harvest Centres should deal with potentially confidential knowledge they develop in private sector partnerships and b. traditional knowledge they acess and use. 6) Promoting consistency among Centres' Intellectual Property Policy Statements, 7) Trends in the appropriation of , and the extension of controls over, genetic resources for food and agriculture that limit their availability fo research and breeding, 8) Invasive species and policy issues for the CGIAR, and 9) Centres' technology transfers as benefits sharing and Centres' contributions to farmers' rights pursuant to the International Treaty. This document also contains a brief for the Centres on teh Agreement with the Governing Body. This document was discussed at the Business Meeting at AGM2005.Item Report of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC)(Meeting Report, 2005-08-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeSummary report of the 18th meeting of the GRPC, held August 29-31, 2005, in Rome, Italy, Carlos Correa presiding. The document also includes the following annexes: the Brief for the Centres on the Agreement with the Governing Body, a template for the Intellectual Property Statement, and the CGIAR's Ethical Principles relating to Genetic ResourcesItem Report of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee, Hyderabad, February 28 - March 2, 2005(Meeting Report, 2005-03-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeReport of the 17th meeting of the GRPC, held in Hyderabad, India, from February 28 to March 2, 2005, Carlos Correa presiding. On the agenda: Finalization of the “Guiding principles for the development of Future Harvest Centres’ policies to address the possibility of unintentional presence of transgenes in ex situ collections”, update on the November 2004 meetings of the CGRFA and the CGRFA Acting as the Interim Committee for the International Treaty, update on the Centers' draft agreement with the Governing Body and the process for development of products on Center research, update on the Svalbard (Norway) long term storage facility, operationalization of article 15.4 of the International Treaty, update on the African Working Group on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. A matrix containing each issue, activity, input, output and timetable is included as attachment 1. Attachment 2 contains the text "Guiding Principles for the Development of Future Harvest Centres' Policies to Address the Possibility of Unintentional Presense of Transgenes in Ex Situ Collections".Item Combined Report of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Meetings of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2004-10-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeCombined summary records of the 15th and 16th meetings of the GRPC, held February 16-18, and September 1-3, 2004, Carlos Correa presiding. The agenda included: the issue of the possible unintended presence of transgenes in IARC’s ex situ collection, the implementation of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Foodand Agriculture, the promotion of farmers’ rights and non-monetary benefit sharing through technology transfers under the International Treaty, the state of intellectual property-related practices of the Future Harvest Centres and the establishment of a world-wide germplasm safety duplication site at Svalbard, Norway.This report was discussed at the Stakeholders Meeting at AGM 2004 in Mexico City.Item Report of the Fifteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2004-02-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeSummary record of the 15th meeting of the GRPC, held February 16-18, 2004 in Rome, Italy, Carlos Correa presiding. This report was discussed at the Executive Council's sixth meeting, May 2004, in Montpellier, France.Item Overview of the Activities and Achievements of the GRPC from 1995-2002(Internal Document, 2002-08-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThis report summarizes the GRPC's activities from 1995 to 2002.Item Report of the Fourteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2002-02-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeThe 14th meeting of the GRPC was held at IRRI headquarters February 21-22, 2002. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, chair of the GRPC presided. On the agenda: the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, the Global Conservation Trust and the draft interim material transfer agreement.Item Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2001-10-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeReport of the thirteenth meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC), held in Rome from September 3 through 5, 2001, Committee Chair MS Swaminathan presiding. Topics discussed included Committee members' concerns over the effects of CGIAR Challenge Programs on core funding, and developments in the renegotiation of the FAO's International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, emphasizing the list of crops to be included in it.Agenda document, stakeholders' meeting at the 2001 CGIAR Annual General Meeting.Item Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Research Committee(Meeting Report, 2001-05-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeReport of the twelfth meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC), held in Aurangabad, India from February 20 to 23, 2001, Committee Chair M.S. Swaminathan presiding. The Committee discussed the ongoing renegotiation of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, and its recommendations for CGIAR involvement in the negotiations are attached as Annex 2. An update on FAO-IARC germplasm agreements raised the issue of an NGO's recent allegation that CIP had acted improperly with respect to a transfer of accessions between Peru and Japan, and the Committee found that CIP's actions were in violation of neither international law nor the Center's agreement with FAO. Upon hearing a report on the work of the CGIAR Change Design and Management Team, the Committee suggested that genetic resources management would be a suitable Global Challenge Program. It then reviewed recent developments regarding the Systemwide Genetic Resources Program (SGRP), including the January 2001 meeting of the Inter Center Working Group on Genetic Resources at IITA, and endorsed the SGRP proposal for a joint GRPC-SPGR-CAS workshop to review the status of implementation of IARC agreements with FAO and recent experiences with material transfer agreements.Item Report of the Eleventh Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2000-09-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeReport of the eleventh meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC), ISNAR, The Hague, September 6-8, 2000, M. S. Swaminathan presiding. Informed of the negotiating status of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, the GRPC reaffirmed that all main CGIAR crops should be included. It considered the governance, organization, and structure of the CGIAR, particularly the implications of the proposed federation of centers.The GRPC discussed a feasibility study launched by IPGRI of an endowment fund to finance long term germplasm conservation. It believed such funding should be viewed as enabling the CGIAR to meet its commitments, in the context of preserving global resources. A rigorous scientific basis was required to identify what should be financed. The Committee commended CIAT for taking legal action against a US patent of the yellow Enola bean which appeared to compromise preexisting materials. The GRPC proposed a revision of the draft guiding principles on intellectual property rights prepared for the CDC and circulated for comment (Annex 3). The statement would need review after the Undertaking was revised. To promote coordination, the GRPC proposed that the head of the Central Advisory Service (CAS) located at ISNAR become a member of GRPC, and that IPGRI have an ex officio seat on CAS.Additional items: updates on GFAR's Genetic Resources Initiative, the fifth Conference of Parties and developments on the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the proposal by the World Humanity Action Trust (WHAT) for a consultation on biodiversity. The Committee responded to a draft report by Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) on problems for public agricultural research and human rights attributed to legislation on intellectual property.Agenda document, CGIAR International Centers Week 2000.Item Report of the Tenth Meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee(Meeting Report, 2000-03-01) CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy CommitteeReport of the tenth meeting of the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC), held at IPGRI headquarters in Rome, March 1-3, 2000, M.S. Swaminathan presiding. The Committee reviewed the CGIAR's and IPGRI's stake and role in the ongoing renegotiation of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, and in promoting the hoped-for development of a Multilateral System of Facilitated Access and Benefit Sharing. The GRPC urged members to work for conclusion of the negotiations, considered to be critical to the ability of the CGIAR to achieve its objectives.It also considered the dangers to this development represented by national legislation being considered in some 50 countries, which would establish a bilateral, transaction-based approach that would inhibit exchange of agricultural germplasm and restrict access to biodiversity.The Committee reviewed the status of the implementation of material transfer agreements (MTA), urging Centers to hasten the completion of the agreed procedures for updating and publicizing their lists of germplasm designated to be provided to FAO. It heard a report of the Systemwide Genetic Resources Program (SGRP) on the development of a new MTA covering non-plant genetic resources, and considered a funding plan for upgrading Center genebanks. Additional reports described progress in establishing the new Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property Rights at ISNAR, a planned GFAR initiative on agricultural biodiversity and the role of NARS in the emerging multilateral system. Updates on developments in international fora included the Cartegena Protocol on biosafety and genetically modified organisms; TRIPS and the Agreement on Agriculture in the WTO; WIPO; and UPOV. Efforts of IPGRI and the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation relating to underutilized and neglected crops were also reviewed. Agenda document, CGIAR Mid Term Meeting 2000.