General information about the project/initiative
Name of the Project/Initiative: A European Integrated Genebank System
Acronym: AEGIS
General information about the organisation
Name: Bioversity International
City: Rome
Post Code: 57
Country: Italy
Contact details of the person responsible for the project/initiative:
Name: Johannes Engels
Phone number: 0039-06-6118222
Website [1]
Description of the project/initiative
Domains covered by the project/initiative:
- Plant genetic resources (PGR)
Number of partners: 55
Scope of the project: EU
Initial motivation for starting the project/initiative: To increase the efficiency of the conservation of PGRFA in Europe and thus to rationalize the current practices and collections.
Actions which describe the project – Actions are ranked from 1 to 10
| Managing genetic resources (collecting, conserving, maintaining, regenerating, optimising composition, etc.) | 1 |
| Generating information (phenotyping, genotyping, etc.) | 2 |
| Managing information (databasing, interfacing, etc.) | 3 |
| Improving methodology (improving all the above, standardising, etc.) | 4 |
| Building capacity (involving GR collection managers) | 5 |
| Legal/policy matters (improving access, ABS, etc.) | 7 |
| Scientific research (analysing diversity, finding traits, etc.) | 6 |
| Promoting use (aiming at potential users) | 8 |
| Raising public awareness (aiming at the general public) | 9 |
| As the coordinator of an initiative the coordination of activities across Europe is the most important task. |
Budget and funding
Overall budget of the project/initiative (in Euros): 70,000
National government: 100%
Comments: The funding is fully imbedded into the operation of ECPGR.
Expected outcomes and communication
Outcomes
| Increase knowledge | X |
| Improve/conserve genetic resource materials | X |
| Scientific community | X |
| Genetic resources conservation community | X |
Other(s):
To increase the standards of operations
Beneficiaries
| Policy makers | X |
| Users of genetic resources such as breeders, farmers, industry | X |
Other(s):
Governments; International Treaty
Project/initiative to lead to the initiation of further projects/initiatives
– The rational conservation system of high quality germplasm that is readily available is expected to attract funding and projects for research and breeding