Platform for Technology Co-Development and Transfer 3 rd meeting 7 September 2015 www.planttreaty.org
Platform for Technology Co-Development and Transfer
3rd meeting7 September 2015
www.planttreaty.org
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In the Treaty1. Normative basis : Article 13.2 (b)
2. As part of a package of measures (information exchange and capacity building) in the Multilateral System
3. Driven by Contracting Parties
Treaty
Sustainable use
Farmers’Rights
Information exchange including characterization, evaluation and utilization
Global genepool(SMTA)
Conservation
Survey and inventory of PGRFA
On-farm conservation and management
Efficient and sustainable ex situ conservation
(GCDT)
Benefit-sharing Fund
Technology co-development and transfer platformCapacity development
Global Information System
Non-monetary benefit-sharing
International, regional and national genebanksMaterial voluntarily included
Projects for developing countries ($14 m.)Agreed priorities that sustain the other systems
Development of diverse farming systemsParticipatory plant breedingUse of locally adapted crops, varieties and species
National protection and promotion measuresInternational and regional workshops
Operational services
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History of the Platform Meeting Dates
Rio Six-Point Action Plan June 2012
First meeting of the Platform August 2012
Fourth Session of the Governing Body March 2013
Second meeting of the Platform June 2013
Fifth Session of the Governing Body September 2013
Third call for proposals of the Benefit-Sharing Fund (BSF) March 2014
Third meeting of the Committee on Sustainable Use March 2015
Bogor workshops on two BSF projects of Platform institutions (rice)
1- 3 September 2015 (Bogor -Indonesia)
Third meeting of the Platform 7 September 2015 (Rome)
Sixth Session of the Governing Body 5-9 October 2015
• Technical institution-driven initiative to harness technology co-development and transfer within the Treaty systems
• Facilitating networking of like-minded, autonomous efforts– “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you
want to go far, go together”
• Adding value to individual efforts
Organizational principles
Intended impacts
• Demand-driven technology• Technology combined with information and
capacity• To the benefit of farmers in developing
countries• No one size-fits-all solutions• Mobilizing both in-kind and financial
resources
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Progress so far Developed a mission statement “Influenced” the designing of the call for proposals
(window 3) Partners implement projects financed under the call Mainstreamed into the Programme of Work on
Sustainable Use New Presidency (Indonesia, IAARD)
Strategic focus
Multilateral System
Global Information
System
Benefit-Sharing Fund
Platform
• Articulate value propositions
• Expand the network • Define internal
governance
• Monitor and support implementation
• Programmatic approach • Enhance ABS
• Address dematerialization
• GLIS vision• GLIS Portal and
facilities• DivSeek
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The agenda for today Progress reports and presentations by new institutions
Platform facilities
Programmatic approach of the Benefit-Sharing Fund
Other activities for the next biennium (reports, governance arrangements)