Seminar on cooperation with breeders in DUS examination (UPOV/SEM/GE/25)

October 22, 2025 (Geneva, Switzerland)

Meetings by Topic Seminars & Symposia

UPOV/SEM/GE/23 >> UPOV/SEM/GE/25

Objective

The preparatory Webinars and the Seminar at the fringes of the UPOV sessions, aim to create awareness and understanding on how DUS examinations in cooperation with breeders are conducted by some UPOV members. The UPOV Convention provides different options for UPOV members on how to arrange DUS examination in the most cost-effective way in accordance with their circumstances. Therefore, the preparatory Webinars and the Seminar are not intended to harmonize procedures but to create awareness on this particular option provided by the UPOV Convention.

The Webinars are organized to prepare for the Seminar and will offer an opportunity to learn more about how different UPOV members are currently working with breeders.

Background

The Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ), at its eighty-first session, held on October 23, 2024, considered document SESSIONS/2024/3 and decided to organize a seminar to create awareness on cooperation with breeders in DUS examination. The seminar will take place in the afternoon on Wednesday October 22, 2025. The seminar would be preceded by preparatory webinars that would be recorded.  (see document CAJ/81/7 “Report”, paragraph  39).

Please find below background information.

• Measures to enhance cooperation in examination (SESSIONS/2024/3)
• Measures to enhance cooperation in examination (SESSIONS/2023/4), including the Survey completed by UPOV members and Key Findings)

Webinar schedule and registration links (English without interpretation)