Project Overview Current Status

2. PGR Forum meeting Project Overview Current Status

3. Project overview & current status • project overview • objectives • EURISCO in global perspective • the EPGRIS network • workpackages and their status

4. EPGRIS - expected achievements 1st achievement • creation of National Inventories of PGR • accessible databases or lists with PGR material • in EU and associated states (and other European countries on a self-funding basis) • bring the responsible focal persons for each country together and give them technical support

5. EPGRIS - expected achievements 2nd achievement • EURISCO: an European PGR Search Catalogue • frequently and automatically updated from the National PGR Inventories • easily accessible via the Internet • data on at least 70% of the PGR accessions held in the EU and associated states

6. EPGRIS - expected achievements other achievements • improved collaboration between European genebanks and the Clearing House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity • increased capacity to manage PGR documentation and information systems

7. WIEWS (collection based) SINGER EURISCO GRIN CG centre CG centre CG centre nat. inven-tory nat. inven-tory nat. inven-tory collec- tion collec- tion collec- tion EPGRIS - expected achievements global perspective • EURISCO is European node in global PGR information network

8. 4 regions • each with a regional process • meetings in • Alnarp, Sweden • Paris, France • Prague, Czech Republic • Oeiras, Portugal region 1 region 4 region 3 region 2 + Cyprus + Israel EPGRIS - regions

9. EPGRIS - focal persons region 1 • Belarus undecided • Denmark Mr Paul Regenberg • Estonia Mr Vahur Kukk • Finland Mr Dag Terje Endresen (via NGB) • Germany Mr Frank Begemann • Iceland Mr Dag Terje Endresen (via NGB) • Latvia Mr Gunar Lacis • Lithuania Ms Ausra Lazauskiene • Norway Mr Aasmund Asdal • Poland Mr Wieslaw Podyma • Russia Mr Andrew Omelchenko • Sweden Mr Dag Terje Endresen (via NGB)

10. EPGRIS - focal persons region 2 • Cyprus Ms Athena Della • Greece Mr Nikolaos Stavropoulos • Isreal Mr Nissim Yonash • Italy Mr Fabrizio Grassi • Malta Ms Marica Gatt • Portugal Ms Sónia Dias • Spain Mr Federico Varela • Turkey Mr Ahmet Semsettin Tan + Cyprus + Israel

11. EPGRIS - focal persons region 3 • Albania Mr Adriatik Çakalli • Armenia Ms Natalia Rukhkyan • Austria Mr Wolfgang Kainz • Azerbaijan Mr Zeynal Akparov • Bosnia - Herze.Ms Selma Sose • Bulgaria Ms Siyka Stoyanova • Croatia Mr Ivica Liovic • Czech Republic Ms Iva Faberová • Georgia Ms Tamar Jinjikhadze • Hungary Mr László Holly • Macedonia Mr Gjorji Miskovski • Moldova Mr Anatol Ganea • Romania Mr Dumitru Dascalu • Slovakia Ms Maria Zaková • Slovenia Mr Vladimir Meglic • Ukraine Mr Ivan N. Drepin • Yugoslavia Mr Drazen Jelovac

12. EPGRIS - focal persons region 4 • Belgium Mr Marc Lateur • France Ms Véronique Jamilloux • Ireland Mr Gordon Rennick • Netherlands Mr Theo van Hintum • Switzerland Mr Geert Kleijer • United Kingdom Mr Helen Ougham

13. EPGRIS - project work plan • starting date: October 1st, 2000 • actual starting date: December 1st 2000 • running period: 36 months • July 2002 = month 23 • total of 10 workpackages • workpackages A1-A4: creation of a network of National PGR Inventories • workpackages B1-B4: creation of the European Search Catalogue • workpackages C1-C2: coordination

14. month number 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 WP-A creation National PGR Inventories nomination focal persons regional meetings staff visits final meeting WP-B creation EURISCO definition data & standards creation software compilation data promotion WP-C coordination general coordination coordination meetings EPGRIS - project work plan

15. EPGRIS - project participants • Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN) Theo van Hintum • International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) Lorenzo Maggioni & Brigitte Laliberte • Nordic Gene Bank (NGB) Dag Terje Endresen • Bureau des Ressources Genetiques (BRG) Véronique Jamilloux • Research Institute of Crop Production (RICP) Iva Faberova • Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária (INIA) Eliseu Bettencourt • Zentralstelle für Agrardokumentation und -information (ZADI) Frank Begemann & Sabine Roscher

16. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage A1: nomination Focal Persons • timing: months 1-6 • approach: • in each European country the ECP/GR national coordinator has been asked to propose a National PGR Inventory Focal Person in liaison with the national Clearing House Mechanism focal point • the focus was on the EU and associated states, but also other European countries have been invited to join the initiative (on a self-funding basis) • status • completed: 41 countries are represented by 37 Focal Persons

17. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage A2: regional meetings • timing: months 7-8 & 19-20 • approach: • twice a meeting in each of the four regions, attended by the Focal Persons, the organiser, and one other Project Participant • during these meetings the current situation is assessed, and technical and organisational aspects of National PGR Inventories are discussed • status • second round of meetings completed • National Reports and Meeting Reports compiled • progress in countries measured (questionnaires - 100% response)

18. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage A3: staff visits & individ. support • timing: months 11-24 • approach: • a number of staff exchanges between staff involved with the preparation of National PGR Inventories and ZADI, NGB and CGN (each hosts three visitors; each visit lasts 1 to 4 weeks) • financial support to the compilation of National PGR Inventories to lift such Inventories to a level where they could be maintained on a permanent basis by the respective Focal Point • status • several staff visits done • training workshops are being / have been organised

19. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage A4: organization final meeting • responsible: RICP • collaborators: ZADI all • timing: months 35-36 • approach: • a pan-European meeting for all Focal Persons and the Project Participants (to evaluate the project and discuss future prospects) • status • planning has started of back-to-back meeting with PGR forum • meeting organising committee next Saturday

20. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage B1: definition data & standards • timing: months 1-2 • approach: • descriptions of the type of data to download from the National PGR inventories (what material, what type of information) • descriptions of the data to download from the National PGR inventories (descriptor lists, standards for file format, etc.) • descriptions of the functionality of EURISCO (what should it do in respect to downloading, format checking, feedback to data supplier, loading and replacing data, etc.) • status • completed

21. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage B2: creation database • timing: months 3-16 • approach: • design, building and testing of the database • design, building and testing of data replication mechanism (incl. Data integrity test modules) • design, bulding and testing the web-site • implementation (incl. training staff, maintenance mechanisms) • status • prototype is ready

22. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage B3: compilation and loading initial data sets • timing: months 19-32 • approach: • compilation of all existing National Inventories in one large database • compilation of ECCDBs in one large database • clearance from the Focal Points per data set corresponding to one holding country (for those without National Inventory) • loading initial data sets in EURISCO • status • conversion of ECCDBs has finished: 507000 accessions loaded

23. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage B4: promotion of database • timing: months 33-36 • approach: • inform the user community, including the genebank community, plant breeders, and the scientific community, about EURISCO by articles in journals (IPGRI Newsletter for Europe), posting on relevant newsgroups and discussion platforms, etc. • status • planning has started • EURISCO logo developed

24. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage C1: general coordination • timing: months 1-36 • approach: • all activities are tuned, information is exchanged, reporting procedures towards the funding agency are followed (incl. annual scientific and financial reports) • status • on-going • second annual report submitted • EPGRIS web-site established (www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/epgris)

25. EPGRIS - details workpackages • workpackage C2: coordination meetings • timing: months 1 - 36 • approach: • start-up coordination meeting organised by IPGRI (setting standards, descriptors, content of the regional meetings, etc.) • half-way coordination meeting organised by INIA (update of the situation, exchange experiences of the first regional meetings, etc.) • final coordination meeting is combined with the Final Meeting organised by RICP (evaluate the project , develop strategies for the continuation of EURISCO after the project) • status • start-up and half-way meeting have been held • reports have appeared

26. EPGRIS - homepage homepage • created and hosted by ECP/GR

27. EURISCO logo