Advisory services & coordination
Important tasks of the IBV are advisory services to Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection and other Federal and Laender ministries on general issues related to supporting measures and political decision making in the field of genetic resources and technical and administrative coordinating activities of national, EU- and international measures and programmes.
Support and secretariat functions for relevant advisory boards
Advisory and co-ordinating committee for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (in German only)
Advisory board "Animal Genetic Resources" (in German only)
Federal and State Working-Group "Forest Genetic Resources and Forest Seed Law" (in German only)
Advisory board for aquatic genetic resources (in German only)
National programmes on genetic resources
National Strategy for Agrobiodiversity
National Programme for Genetic Resources of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
National Programme for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources
Within the framework of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Sectoral Working Groups of the CGRFA
Within the framework of European cooperative programmes on plant and animal genetic resources
European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR)
European Association for Animal Production (EAAP)
Further advisory services
Technical and administrative coordinating activities of national, EU- and international measures and programmes
European Plant Genetic Resources Information Infra-Structure (EURISCO)
World Information and Early Warning System on PGR (FAO/WIEWS)
Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (FAO/DAD-IS)
Preperation of ECPGR-meetings through German crop-specific and thematic expert groups
European Regional Focal Point for Animal Genetic Resources (ERFP)
European Farm Animal Biodiversity Information System (EFABIS)