1. The Treaty was adopted by the FAO Conference on November 2001 and entered into force on June 2004 – 123 Contracting Parties (Sept 2009)‏

2. The scope of the Treaty is all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture J.T.Esquinas

3. Main feature The Treaty's cornerstone is its Multilateral System of ABS which creates a global genepool of distributed worldwide genebanks which agreed to exchange their material (accession) according to conditions (a standard contract) agreed multilaterally

4. Policy relevance of the Treaty the only fully operational, international Access and Benefit-sharing System for plant genetic resources; represents the agricultural sector and its specificity within GR policy, while: providing innovative instrument to address simultaneously several global challenges: –genetic erosion and biodiversity loss –rural poverty of small-holder farmers –food crisis and escalation of food prices –crop adaptation to climate change –bottom-up approach to development policy in agriculture becoming a model for numerous other sectors, eg. WHO, UNCLOS, etc;

5. ITPGRFA Constituent Relationship Management Constituent Relationship Management CPs Profile CPs Profile CPs List CPs List NFPs List NFPs List Correspondence and workflow Correspondence and workflow CPs Submissions CPs Submissions Site content: GB-FS-MLS-FR Site content: GB-FS-MLS-FR MEDIA ROOM MEDIA ROOM Our Core Publications FAQs Photo Gallery Photo Gallery Events Contacts lists Contacts lists Newsletter Notifications & distribution lists Notifications & distribution lists Meeting Management Meeting Management List of Meetings List of Meetings Meeting docs Meeting docs Funding contacts & prospects Funding contacts & prospects Travel Meeting Organizer Travel Meeting Organizer Library and Documentation Library and Documentation Project Management Project Management Ask the TREATY Ask the TREATY News Video Gallery Video Gallery Virtual Library Virtual Library Budget and Finance Budget and Finance Status of Contributions Status of Contributions Roster of Consultants Roster of Consultants Consultant Contracts Consultant Contracts Staff actions Staff actions Back Office Report Back Office Report Press Dossier Press Dossier ALIS - Global facilitated access Global ALIS Genebank Information systems GRIN EURISCO SINGER

6. Three sets of information Information about plant genetic resources (documentation of GR in the MLS and their characteristics)‏ To document and make visible the plant genetic resources in the system Information about agreements entered into and the material transferred (SMTA), which includes the minimum information legally needed to initiate a dispute settlement procedure Feedback information about use of the material (Non- commercial benefit-sharing)‏ To feed non-confidential research information back to the system To facilitate exchange by lowering the transaction costs of acquiring this information and provide legal effectiveness to the Third Party Beneficiary Who? Provider GB/ITS Recipient

7. Data Store Permanent Identifier Server ‘PID’ Data Store A secured data store will receive through the upload webpage the SMTA reports. This component is still under development. Permanent Identifier Server PID Server is used to obtain Permanent Identifiers (PIDs) by natural and legal persons participating in Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs). UPLOAD WEB INTERFACE

8. Provider Web Site A provider web site providing simple search functionalities to allow the selection of accessions and a germplasm request process.

9. Provider Web Site Ordering Tool Kit ‘OTK’ An Ordering Tool Kit Web site was design linked to provider site. The ‘OTK’ allows users to proceed with their germplasm request following the SMTA principles.

10. Provider Web Site Ordering Tool Kit ‘OTK’ Permanent Identifier Server ‘PID’ Permanent Identifier Server PID Server is used to obtain Permanent Identifiers (PIDs) by natural and legal persons wishing to participate in Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs).

11. Provider Web Site Ordering Tool Kit ‘OTK’ Data Store Permanent Identifier Server ‘PID’ Data Store A secured data store will receive from existing ‘OTK’ or other implementation the SMTA reports. This component is still under development.

12. ALIS - Global facilitated access Global ALIS Genebank Information systems GRIN EURISCO SINGER

13. Accession level information, incl. mapping and environmental links

14. Provides: a single gateway to access the world’s significant collections; appropriate information to facilitate utilization and conservation; functionality to request accessions from providers in compliance with the MLS and SMTA ALIS – accession level information system A new, global way to gather information about accessions in genebanks AND make it available for access and benefit sharing in the multilateral system