15th EUFORGEN Steering Committee meeting
Virtual meeting - back-to-back with the GenRes Bridge Feedback Workshop
23-25 November 2020
The 15th Steering Committee meeting was held through videoconference in the mornings of 23-25 November 2020, back-to-back with the GenRes Bridge Feedback Workshop that followed on 25 and 26 November 2020.
In addition to the discussions about the EUFORGEN workplan, there a session iook place in the afternoon of Monday 23 November to present the European Genetic Resources Strategy. On Tuesday afternoon, 24 November, there was a joint session with the Steering Committees of ECPGR and ERFP to exchange views on the strategy.
- Draft agenda
- Draft list of participants v.3
- Programme
Background documents
Closing Phase V
Implementing Phase VI
GenRes Bridge project
<br><br>Webinars in preparation for the meeting
Sandra Goritschnig, (Alliance Bioversity-CIAT) , ‘Genetic Resources – a new journal serving all GR sectors’
Colin Kelleher (National Botanic Gardens, Ireland), GeneNet Project – Improving the genetic conservation network for Ireland.
Ivan Scotti (INRAE, France), “FORGENIUS project - a new H2020-funded project to expand, improve, organise knowledge of forest diversity and resilience"
<br><br>European Genetic Resources Strategy
Webinar: Nigel Maxted (University of Birmingham), '"Securing genetic resources in Europe – Development of the European Genetic Resources Strategy"
slides of the presention
European Genetic Resources Strategy draft version 3.1
<br><br>European <b>Forest </b>Genetic Resources Strategy
- Draft Zero European Forest Genetic Resources Strategy
Complementary issues related to the FGR strategy
- European forests: "an ecological overview" D. de Rigo, T. Houston Durrant, G. Caudullo, J.I. Barredo. European Atlas of Forest Tree Species [PDF]
Presentations given during the meeting
The presentations given during the meeting are listed in the table below. Click on the title of the presentation to display the relevant presentation.
Disclaimer: These texts and presentations have not been edited and are being published as originally received from the authors.
| EUFORGEN Technical Report 2019 | M. Bozzano |
| EUFORGEN Communications 2019 and 2020 | E. Hermanowicz |
| Update on EUFORGEN's activities during 2020 | M. Bozzano |
| GenRes Bridge Project - updates | M. Bozzano |
| FORGENIUS Project | I. Scotti |
| EU Rural developments funds for co-funding of FGR activities 2021-2027 | F. Pérez Martín, Spain |
| European Genetic Resources Strategy | N. Maxted/S. Kell |
| European Forest Genetic Resources Strategy | A.M. Farsakoglou |
