Notifications
Reporting on PGRFA transfers with the Standard Material Transfer Agreement and on material available in the Multilateral System
24 October 2016
24 October 2016
The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to remind users of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing that providers of material can continue to report online through Easy-SMTA on all transfers of plant genetic resources for food and...
Code: NCP- GB7 – 015 - SMTA Reporting/MLS
Descriptors and Guidelines for the Assignation of Digital Object Identifiers within the Global Information System
17 October 2016
17 October 2016
The Secretariat of the International Treaty is pleased to announce the publication of two major technical documents elaborated within the Programme of Work on the Global Information System (GLIS)
Code: NCP GB7-14 - GLIS - DOIs
Announcement of a Symposium on possible interrelations between the International Treaty and the UPOV Convention
07 October 2016
07 October 2016
I have the pleasure to announce that a Symposium on possible interrelations between the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the International Treaty) and the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV...
Code: NCP GB7-013 ITPGRFA – UPOV
Appointment of the Secretary Ad-Interim
04 October 2016
04 October 2016
Following the resignation of Dr Shakeel Bhatti as Secretary of the Governing Body, effective 30 September 2016, I am pleased to inform you that the FAO Director-General has appointed Dr Kent Nnadozie as Ad-Interim Secretary of the Secretariat of the...
Code: GB7-012- ITPGRFA
Reporting on Compliance - Update
07 September 2016
07 September 2016
The purpose of this notification is to remind Contracting Parties of the content of notification GB7-007 of 29 April 2016 regarding the reports on compliance and the...
Code: NCP GB7-011 Compliance