EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES

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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT FOR ANIMAL GENETIC
RESOURCES

• A contribution from the
• Animal Genetic Resources Group
• FAO
• 10 YEARS HAVE PAST
• A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
• EUROPEAN CONTEXT
• GLOBAL CONTEXT

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ERFP 2004 meeting
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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT AnGR

• The only working formal/official regional focal
  point in the world
• EUROPE - integration, diversity
• ASIA - regional project, no continuity
• SADC regional project, no continuity
• West AFRICA
• East AFRICA
• North AFRICA
• Middle East
• Latin AMERICA

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ERFP meeting 2004
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ERFP meeting 2004
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ERFP meeting 2004
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ERFP meeting 2004
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ERFP meeting 2004
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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT AnGR

• PARTNERSHIPS
• In EUROPE (East, West, North, South cooperation)
• Mediterranean countries
• Russian Federation
• Central Asian countries
• In the world (AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA)

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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT AnGR

• BOTTLENECKS FOR REGIONAL FOCAL POINTS
• National pride
• Weak national structures (NC, NCC, NCI)
• Institutional limitations
• Budget limitations
• FAO must do everything
• No concept of a growing RFP
• Poor inter-regional comunications
• Instability in the regions

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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT AnGR

• Minimum working REGIONAL FOCAL POINT
• A network of National Coordinators (people)
• A web-site
• Minimum budget for one or two meetings per year
• Building capacity for project preparation
• Political lobbying in region and outside region
• Development of a funding strategy

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EUROPEAN REGIONAL FOCAL POINT AnGR

• FAO can contribute with seed money
• Sponsoring countries can contribute in kind
• All countries in the region can contribute

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Merci