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1 AGENDA Nordic/ECPGR Joint Workshop Plant genetic resources for food security and ecosystem services Planning and implementing national and regional conservation strategies CWR CONSERVATION STRATEGIES September 2016, Vilnius, Lithuania

2 Overview (Green: common sessions; Blue: ECPGR only sessions; Yellow: Nordic only session; No colour: associated meetings) Time 19 Monday September 20 Tuesday September 21 Wednesday September 22 Thursday September ECPGR Nordic ECPGR Nordic ECPGR Nordic ECPGR Nordic AM 9-11 AM ECPGR incountry reports on CWR conservation National and regional CWR conservation strategies Ex situ conservation and integration with in situ conservation ECPGR discussion session on integrated CWR conservation strategies Nordic discussion session and summing up ECPGR discussion on post-workshop activities, horizon scanning LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH Nordic project meeting (project group only) PM PM Introduction and policy context CWR conservation planning Discussion session Field trip to Trakai Historical National Park Meeting of the Nordic and Baltic National programs

3 Monday 19 September ECPGR session (9 12:45) Chair: Nigel Maxted / Juozas Labokas 5 min. Introduction into the session Juozas Labokas 10 min. Overview of events within ECPGR (14th mid-term Steering Committee meeting, surveys of chairs etc.) Chair of the WG Nigel Maxted / Member of the ECPGR Steering Committee 15 min. In-country Report Albania Alban Ibraliu 15 min. In-country Report Belarus Safiya Dmitrieva 15 min. In-country Report Bulgaria Katya Uzundzhalieva 15 min. In-country Report Cyprus Angelos Kyratzis 15 min. In-country Report Finland Heli Fitzgerald 20 min. COFFEE AND TEA 15 min. In-country Report Germany Lothar Frese 15 min. In-country Report Ireland Tom Curtis 15 min. In-country Report Lithuania Juozas Labokas 15 min. In-country Report Norway Morten Rasmussen 15 min. In-country Report Portugal Miguel Angelo Carvalho 15 min. In-country Report Turkey Necla Tas 15 min. In-country Report UK Nigel Maxted 1 h 15 min. LUNCH Introduction and policy context (14-16) Chair: Morten Rasmussen 10 min Welcome to the workshop Juozas Labokas 10 min Introduction to the ECPGR project: CWR Nigel Maxted Conservation Strategies 10 min Introduction to the Nordic project Ecosystem Anna Palmé services: Genetic resources and crop wild relatives in the Nordic countries : objectives and goals 20 min The Nagoya protocol implications on CWR Katileena Lohtander conservation (in situ, ex situ and non-conserved) 20 min CWR in the EU Biodiversity strategy Jens Weibull 20 min Combining conservation and use of CWR in Gaute Voigt-Hanssen Norway 10 min Q&A Chair 20 min COFFEE AND TEA CWR conservation planning (16-18) Chair: Birgitte Lund 20 min National and regional conservation strategies an overview Heli Fitzgerald, Nigel Maxted 20 min Prioritisation of CWR species for conservation Shelagh Kell action 20 min Climate change and conservation planning Jade Philips 20 min Proposed standards for European CWR genetic Joana Magos Brehm reserve designation 20 min Draft conclusions from the Nordic CWR project Jens Weibull recommendations for future actions 20 min Q&A Chair

4 Tuesday 20 September National and regional CWR conservation strategies Chair: Dainis Rungis or Vojtech Holubec 20 min Protected areas as tools for integrated resource Algirdas Klimavičius conservation and management in Lithuania. 20 min ECPGR Concept for in situ conservation of crop Nigel Maxted wild relatives in Europe 20 min European CWR strategy Shelagh Kell 20 min Development of common Nordic conservation Heli Fitzgerald action plan goals and progress 20 min Regional strategy for the SADC region Joana Magos Brehm 20 min COFFEE AND TEA 20 min Assessment of the current status of CWR conservation Juozas Labokas strategies based on Questionnaire data. National conservation planning/strategies - Problems and solutions (issues selected based on ECPGR questionnaire, question 13, and other information) 10 min Jens to confirm what problem he will address Jens Weibull 10 min Obtaining and digitizing georeferenced data Necla Tas 10 min Working with biodiversity and other non-pgr Vojtech Holubec stakeholders 10 min From planning to implementation Lothar Frese 1 h Discussion session on National conservation planning/strategies 1 h 15 min. LUNCH Discussion session (4 or 5 discussion groups, Nordic and ECPGR participants in separate groups) Chair: Jens Weibull 30 min Reporting on group discussions on national conservation Chairs of the discussion groups 20 min European governance structure for CWR Nigel Maxted conservation and use 20 min Linking CWR conservation to use Lothar Frese 10 min Introduction to the discussion session Juozas Labokas 2 h 40 min Discussion session on regional conservation planning and strategies (incl. coffee and tea) (4 or 5 discussion groups, Nordic and ECPGR participants in separate groups) 40 min Reporting of discussion sessions Chairs of the discussion groups SOCIAL DINNER

5 Wednesday 21 September Ex situ conservation of CWR and integration with in situ conservation 20 min Ex situ conservation of CWR in the Nordic region Anna Palmé 20 min ESCAPE project: "Ex-Situ Conservation of Finnish Native Plant Species". 20 min Ex situ conservation and reinforcement work at the Natural History Museum in Oslo. Chair: Katya Uzundzhalieva Marko Hyvärinen Kristina Bjureke 20 min Combining ex situ and in situ conservation Miguel Angelo Carvalho 10 min Closing the general part of the meeting Juozas Labokas Separate Nordic and ECPGR sessions after this point Nordic session Chair: Elina Kiviharju 10 min Introduction to the discussion session Heli Fitzgerald 1h 40 min Discussion session focus on ex situ and in situ integration and Nordic issues (Coffee and tea) 30 min Reporting on results of discussions Chairs of discussion groups 10 min Summing up and closing the Nordic part of the meeting ECPGR session Anna Palmé Chair: Shelagh Kell 10 min. Introduction to the discussion session Shelagh Kell 1 h 20 min. Discussion session on integrated CWR conservation strategies with focus on recommendations for nomination of CWR populations for inclusion in the network of CWR in situ conservation reserves. 20 min. COFFEE AND TEA 30 min. Reporting on results of discussions Chairs of discussion groups 10 min. Summing up and closing the ECPGR part of the meeting 4 h Field trip to Trakai Historical National Park Shelagh Kell

6 Thursday 22 September Morning Parallel meetings: ECPGR meeting (ECPGR group only) and Nordic project meeting (Nordic project group only) ECPGR session Chair: Lothar Frese 10 min. Introduction to the discussion session Nigel Maxted 30 min. Discussion on post-workshop activities including how the results will be documented. 20 min. Setting up guidelines for further activities and a creation of monitorable check-list. 20 min. Sharing and confirmation of responsibilities for coming activity follow-up. 10 min. Summing up the discussion Lothar Frese 20 min. COFFEE AND TEA 20 min. CWR Conservation Strategies the ECPGR context 20 min. Future European and national In situ CWR Conservation Lorenzo Maggioni 30 min. Horizon scanning for CWR conservation in Europe Nigel Maxted 20 min. Modus operandi of ECPGR In Situ WG Nigel Maxted Afternoon Meeting of the Nordic and Baltic National programs

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