Organized by the Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGR), this technical workshop aims to strengthen the capacities of the National Programmes on Plant Genetic Resources in Latin America (CAP-FITOGEN). The workshop will: contribute to the improvement of skills and capacity of the technical staff in the area of conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; promote the use and adoption of several data management tools adapted to the needs of the national programmes of the region; and gather information on the need to further develop new tools within the framework of the Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources.

dates: 19-22 March 2013 location: Bogota, Colombia contact: ITPGR Secretariat phone: +39 06 570 53441 fax: +39 06 570 56347 e-mail: pgrfa-treaty@fao.org www: http://www.planttreaty.org/capfitogen