We are pleased to announce the publication of the SGRP Annual Report 2007-2010.  This multi-year report departs from the scope of previous SGRP annual reports, not just because it reports on the past four years of activity, but in that it also celebrates the entire 16 years of SGRP’s existence. It provides an opportunity to reflect upon the substantial accomplishments made, and to project the cumulative lessons of our collective experience into the future.
 
The report begins with a brief overview of the first dozen years following SGRP’s creation in 1994, followed by a more detailed reporting of the activities carried out from 2007 to 2010. It concludes with a collective view towards the future in light of the far-reaching and rapid changes taking place within the CGIAR and in the world at large.

The published report has a CD-ROM attached inside the back cover that contains a comprehensive collection of nearly every publication and report produced or supported by the SGRP over the past decade and a half.  If you would like to receive a hard copy of the Report, which includes the CD-ROM, kindly contact the Bioversity Library and a printed copy will be mailed to you.

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SGRP. 2010. Annual Report 2007-2010 of the CGIAR System-wide Genetic Resources Programme. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy.

This report provides a general overview and summarizes the overall achievements of the GPG2 project, incorporating details on the cumulative progress from Years 1, 2, and 3 and the final achievements through the end of the 6-month, no-cost extension (NCE) (30 June 2010).

All products from the GPG2 project can be accessed from the SGRP Website, from the "GPG2 products by theme" menu bar on the left of the screen.

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SGRP. 2010. Global Public Goods Project Phase 2 - Final Report. System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP). Bioversity International. Rome, Italy.

Version III of this booklet (August 2010) has been updated to include policy instruments and guidelines related to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) under the framework of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA).  The ITPGRFA came into force (in 2004) and the eleven CGIAR Centres hosting international crop and forage collections have signed agreements with the Governing Body of the ITPGRFA (in 2006), placing those collections under the overarching international framework of the ITPGRFA.  This edition also includes "Guiding Principles for the Development of the CGIAR Centres’ Policies to Address the Possibility of Unintentional Presence of Transgenes in ex situ Collections" (2005) which are independent of the ITPGRFA.

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SGRP. 2010. Booklet of CGIAR Centre Policy Instruments, Guidelines and Statements on Genetic Resources, Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights. Version III. System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) and the CGIAR Genetic Resources Policy Committee (GRPC). Bioversity International. Rome, Italy.