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New TGs published:
TG/284/1 Pomegranate
TG/285/1 Coriander
TG/286/1 Hebe
Revised TGs
TG/108/4 Gladiolus
TG/176/5 Osteospermum
TG/213/2 Phalaenopsis
Partially revised TGs
TG/266/1 Rev. African Lily
UPOV Press Release No. 94
(Geneva, March 22, 2013)
UPOV Council holds its Thirtieth Extraordinary Session
UPOV DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE DL-205
"Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection
Under the UPOV Convention"
Course dates: May 13 to June 16, 2013
Registration open: February 1 to March 31, 2013
March 20, 2013:
The Secretary-General awards Mr. Joël Guiard (France) a UPOV
gold medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to UPOV
© UPOV 2013. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod
December 5, 2012:
Serbia becomes a member of UPOV
H.E. Mr. Uglješa Zvekić, Ambassador of Serbia,
Mr. Francis Gurry, Secretary-General, UPOV and
Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV
Naktuinbouw Video -on Plant Breeders' Rights
Video: UPOV Symposium on the Benefits for Farmers and Growers
(November 2, 2012, Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV Press Release No. 92
(Geneva, November 1, 2012)
UPOV Council Holds its Forty-Sixth Ordinary Session
October 22, 2012:
Panama accedes to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV and
H.E. Mr. Alfredo Suescum, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Panama
and Ms. Zoraida Rodríguez Montenegro, Alternate Permanent Representative
of Panama
UPOV DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE DL-205
"Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection
Under the UPOV Convention"
Course dates: November 5 to December 9, 2012
Registration: August 13 to September 30, 2012
X Curso de Formación sobre la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales para Países Iberoamericanos
(Montevideo, Uruguay, del 12 al 16 de diciembre de 2011)
Naktuinbouw - Course on Plant Variety Protection, Wageningen, Netherlands
from June 17 to 28 June, 2013
Application deadline: May 17, 2013
Nuffic scholarship application deadline: October 1, 2012
(information on NUFFIC fellowship)
Message on ITPGRFA from Francis Gurry (Video)
Second High-Level Round Table (HLRT2) in connection with the High-level Task Force of the
Benefit-sharing Fund of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Treaty),
co-organized by Brazil and Italy on 21st June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro,
during the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (the Rio+20 Summit).
April 27, 2012:
France ratifies the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
Mr. Francis Gurry, Secretary-General, UPOV and
H.E. Nicolas Niemtchinow, Ambassador of France
UPOV Press Release No. 89
(Geneva, March 30, 2012)
UPOV Council Holds Extraordinary Session
Test Guidelines now available in Word format
December 8, 2011:
Ireland ratifies the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention
Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV and
H.E. Mr. Gerard Corr, Ambassador of Ireland
November 1, 2011: UPOV launches redesigned website
(Bogotá D.C., 27 de septiembre de 2011)
Symposium on Plant Breeding for the Future
Geneva, October 21, 2011
UPOV Press Release No. 87
(Geneva, October 20, 2011)
UPOV Council Sets Biennial Program, Marks 50th Anniversary of the UPOV Convention
Seminario Internacional Sobre Derechos de Obtentor
(Mexico D.F., Mexico, 31 de agosto de 2011)
Ver presentaciones
VII Taller Internacional de Evaluación DHE de Variedades Vegetales
(Estado de México, 1 de septiembre de 2011)
Symposium on Plant Variety Protection
(Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 13, 2011)
Presentations:
UPOV Japan ASPA
UPOV Press Release No. 86
(Geneva, July 8, 2011)
Peru accedes to the UPOV Convention
UPOV Press Release No. 85
(Geneva, April 8, 2011)
UPOV Council Holds Annual Session
UPOV Seminar on Plant Variety Protection and Technology Transfer: the Benefits of Public-Private Partnership
(Geneva, April 11 and 12, 2011)
Program and Presentations
Closing remarks by the Chairs
UPOV Press Release No. 84
(Geneva, April 4, 2011)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accedes to the UPOV Convention
UPOV DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE DL-205
"Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection
Under the UPOV Convention"
Course dates: May 9 to June 12, 2011
Assistance offered by Naktuinbouw
Helpdesk on pratical technical questions
Information on internship at Naktuinbouw Internship application form
Reply of January 23, 2009, to the letter of the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of December 19, 2008, providing a peer review of the draft “Study on the relationship between the ABS International Regimen and other international instruments which govern the use of genetic resources: The World Trade Organization (WTO); the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); and the Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)”
Letter of UPOV Comments of UPOV on Draft Study
