Dear all,

It was briefly mentioned at our meeting in February, but I wanted to now give more detail and seek your input.

Arche Noah kindly received funding from the Gen-ethische Stiftung to do some capacity building on the issue of patents on seeds among seed saver organisations. As part of this, we will host one-day workshops in two countries with the aim of motivating organisations to get active in their country, and potentially join NPOS. Our former colleague, Fulya, will prepare and lead the workshops.

We are currently at the mapping stage to determine priority countries in which a workshop would make most sense, taking into account the government’s position and the type of range of potential partner organisations in that country. This first workshop will, if it possible and sensible under the Corona circumstances, take place in November; the second workshop next year.

We will of course keep you up to date on the developments and share the proposed material for and participants of the workshops with you all. If you have any questions or would like any more information, please let me know.

Best

Katherine

Katherine Dolan

ARCHE NOAH Leitung Politik / Head of Policy

+43 (0)676 557 4408

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