Molecular Breeding Training Program ? Call for Applications
To be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 28 Nov-18 Dec 2004, this course will provide training tailored to the needs of the participants so they may incorporate what they learn into their research or breeding programs. Participants will be selected on the basis of prior experience, current projects, and pledges from host institutions to continue molecular breeding research and application activities in the future. Applications due 20 SEPT 2004. Further eligibility criteria can be found in the call for applications: http://www.generationcp.com/MAS%20Training.htm. Please email SP3 Leader and Molecular Breeding Training Program Coordinator, Jonathan Crouch (j.h.crouch@cgiar.org), with questions.
WARDA Joins GCP as Consortium Member
We are pleased to announce that the Program Steering Committee has approved WARDA?s petition to join the GCP consortium. Marie No?lle Ndjiondjop (m.ndjiondjop@cgiar.org) is the WARDA institutional contact for the GCP.
SP4 Bioinformatics ?Hack-a-thon? 5-23 July at IRRI ? REPORT AVAILABLE
The workshop?s objective was to construct a first year full reference implementation of the GCP information platform and network reflecting design inputs discussed at the CIMMYT-hosted workshop of 31 May-4 June 2004. The workshop report and reference documents can be found here: http://cpvws.grinfo.net (last item on page).
SP1/2 Phenotyping Protocols Workshop 5-9 July at Agropolis
This workshop brought together experts in phenotyping for drought to discuss how the GCP should assure uniformly high quality data collection: what minimum data sets are required for every GCP experiment, how these measurements should be taken, and with what equipment. Please email Francois Tardieu (ftardieu@ensam.inra.fr) to request a draft report. The final version will be posted to the virtual workspace following ratification at the Brisbane Annual Research Meeting 22-24 Sept.
SP5 NARS Needs Assessment for Capacity Building 2-6 August in Costa Rica
At this intensive week-long meeting with senior NARS research managers from LAC, Africa, Asia, and CWANA, a comprehensive global, regional, and national capacity building needs matrix was developed, with suggestions for implementation. A full report will be released soon. Workshop documents can be found here: http://cpvws.grinfo.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29.
GCP Medium Term Plan and Quarterly Report
The GCP Medium Term Plan lays out the GCP?s 2005-2007 strategy and expected activities, outputs, and impacts. It can be found here: http://www.generationcp.com/MTP%202005-2207%20FINAL.pdf.
GCP Quarterly Report: http://www.generationcp.com/GCP%20PROGRESS%20REPORT%20Second%20Quarter-FINAL.doc.
Links to both documents can be found on the GCP website: www.generationcp.org.
Annual Research Meeting in Brisbane, 22-24 SEPTEMBER 2004
Participant list is now closed! The meeting agenda and final list of participants will be sent out to the participants shortly. Please email Jenny Nelson (j.nelson@cgiar.org) with questions.
New GCP Communications Assistant
Ibti Vincent joined the GCP on August 9. From the Washington D.C. area by way of Kuwait, Ibti has worked as an Americorps volunteer, a high school teacher, and a technical editor at the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia. She will be managing the new GCP website (to be unveiled in September), assisting on the virtual workspace, and helping plan GCP events, among other activities. Ibti?s email address is i.vincent@cgiar.org.