Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-sharing

In 2011, the Commission decided to establish an Ad Hoc Technical Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, which in accordance with its terms of reference held one session. In 2013, the Ad Hoc Working Group was replaced by a Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS Expert Team), which consists of up to two experts from each region. The ABS Expert Team prepared, inter alia,  Elements to Facilitate Domestic Implementation of Access and Benefit-sharing for Different Subsectors of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture with Explanatory Notes (ABS Elements).

Sessions of the Team of Technical and Legal Experts on Access and Benefit-Sharing
Year Meeting Title Meeting Report
2023
Rome (Italy), 02/05/2023 - 04/05/2023
2021
Virtual Event, 20/07/2021 - 22/07/2021
2018
Rome (Italy), 29/10/2018 - 31/10/2018
2016
Rome (Italy), 13/09/2016 - 15/09/2016
2014
Rome (Italy), 27/11/2014 - 30/11/2014
2014
Rome (Italy), 08/07/2014 - 10/07/2014
Expert Group on Micro-organism and Invertebrate Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Year Meeting Title Meeting Report
2018
Rome (Italy), 03/10/2018 - 05/10/2018
International Workshop on Access and Benefit-Sharing for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Year Meeting Title Meeting Report
2018
Rome (Italy), 10/01/2018 - 12/01/2018
Sessions of the Ad Hoc Technical Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Year Meeting Title Meeting Report
2012
Longyearbyen (Svalbard and Jan Mayen), 11/09/2012 - 13/09/2012