Platform for Technology Co-Development and Transfer

3rd meeting7 September 2015

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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)