Planning the implementation and administration of a database for AnGR

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Planningthe implementation and administrationof
a database for AnGR
EFABIS Meeting and 11th Workshop for European
National Co-ordinators for the Management of
Farm Animal Genetic Resources Uppsala, 3-4.6.05

• A. Georgoudis (Project leader), Oya Akin, Sreten
  Andonov, Jorg Bremond, Louise Byrne, Condrea
  Draganescu, Evi Danou, Juan Vicente Delgado
  Bermejo, Luis Telo da Gama, Drago Kompan, Hermann
  Schulte-Koerne, Kristaq Kume, Christina Ligda,
  Vera Matlova, Serge Massart, Donato Matassino,
  Christos Papachristoforou, Dominique
  Planchenault, Elisenda Ruiz de Villalobos Zabala,
  Ihsan Soysal, Srdjan Stojanovic

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EFABIS Meeting and 11th Workshop for European
National Co-ordinators for the Management of
Farm Animal Genetic Resources Uppsala, 3-4.6.05
Roadway to implementation
EFABIS DB Development
Implementing the DB
Organise the Data stream
Establish the DB
Accessibility
Management issues
Organisations
Users
Authority
Administrator
Procedures Protocols Validation Transfer
data Updates
National specificities
Location
Levels of accessibility
Resources Human Facilities Financial
Adapting existing data
Technical support
Phases
Training
Steps

Cost calculation

Decisions
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Existing situation in EuropePhase 1.
EFABIS Meeting and 11th Workshop for European
National Co-ordinators for the Management of
Farm Animal Genetic Resources Uppsala, 3-4.6.05

• All (or almost) the countries are trying in
  different ways to establish their own databases
• In the most of the cases there is no concrete
  plan, cost estimation and allocation of resources
  
• Need to develop a plan for implementation and
  administration

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Responsibilities of the AdministratorPhase 2.
Step 1. Decision 1
EFABIS Meeting and 11th Workshop for European
National Co-ordinators for the Management of
Farm Animal Genetic Resources Uppsala, 3-4.6.05

• The database fulfils the countrys needs
• Ensures that the data are
• Reliable
• Accurate
• Verifiable
• Complete
• Timely
• relevant
• Security of the system
• Training users

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Criteria for the location of the DB Phase 2.
Step 1. Decision 2

• Depends on
• responsible body
• available technology and facilities

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Resources required Phase 2. Step 1. Decision 3

• Human
• administrator and/or technically skilled person
• Other??
• Facilities
• The organization of the data flow to the DBm, the
  expected possible users and their demands should
  be considered
• Financial resources
• List of all possible resources

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Data stream Phase 2. Step 2.

• List of the organizations that provide data
• governmental organizations
• breeders associations, etc.
• List of the existing databases related with AnGR,
  the connections between these databases and the
  existing organizations
• Define the procedures
• Design the forms language
• Data validation

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Data flow
European Database
Breeders Associations
Frequency of updates?
Breeders Associations
Validation / National Coordinator
National Database
Frequency of updates?
Other organisations??
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Management issues Phase 2. Step 4.

• Committee to have the overall authority
• Role and terms of references
• National specificities
• Transferring existing data
• Technical support
• Training

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Additional remarks (1)

• How to ensure financing in the long term
• Permanent resources in the annual budget of the
  country
• ???
• Administrative law for the regulation of the
  National DB

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Structure supporting the National DB System
Committee to have the overall authority
Administrator Committee to decide on the
National specificities
European Database
Core National specificities
Resources
Users
Organisations providing data in the country
Training Information dissemination
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Training Phase 2. Step 4. Decision 5

• Appreciation of the importance of AnGR, explain
  the major steps in documentation, conservation
  and improvement
• Users
• Technical/maintenance part

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Cost estimation Phase 2. Step 4. Decision 5

• Estimated cost of the implementation and the
  administration of the DB for the management of
  AnGR
• Secure the sustainability of the project.
• Direct costs
• hardware, software, personnel and communication
  fees.
• Indirect costs
• training
• Dissemination, etc.
• Develop a list with the items of the cost, in
  order to have a comparable procedure in all
  countries.

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Additional remarks (2)

• Avoid multiple and contradictory information
  regarding the same population

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Additional remarks (3)

• DB outputs
• - Standard outputs providing by EFABIS
• - Define additional outputs specific to each
  country

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Thank you!