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EURISCO National Inventory Focal Points

The National Focal Points (NFPs) are the unique link between the EURISCO and the European National Inventories (NIs) and national documentation systems.

Within their countries, NFPs have the responsibility for the creation, development and national-level coordination of PGR inventories. They ensure the appropriate flow of data between NIs and EURISCO. Their roles are primarely technical, but they are also expected to give clearance for the online publication of country passport data.

The NFP of the NI accepts the following responsibilities regarding the data to be replicated in EURISCO:

  • To acquire and manage the appropriate data of the NI, inter alia for upload onto EURISCO;
  • To define the appropriate data to be incorporated into EURISCO;
  • To obtain any necessary permissions from third parties to allow the data to be made publicly available in EURISCO;
  • To provide the data to Bioversity;
  • To provide only non-confidential data that is not subject to any restrictions to be incorporated into EURISCO;
  • To provide the data in the EURISCO uploading format at least once a year;
  • To resolve any legal actions that may be brought by third parties with respect to such data and indemnify Bioversity against any legal actions that may be brought by third parties with respect to the data provided by the NI to Bioversity for inclusion in EURISCO.

National Focal Points

CountryNameOrganisationContact
AlbaniaMr Belul GixhariInstitute of Plant Genetic Resources, Albanian Gene Bank, Agricultural University of Tirana
Rruga `Siri KODRA`, Tirana, Albania
Phone: Tel: (355) 67 2883637

Email: bgixhari.agb@gmail.com
ArmeniaMs Alvina AvagyanScientific Centre of Vegetable and Industrial Crops
Ladoyan Str. 38, vil. Darakert, 0808, Ararat marz, Armenia
Phone: Tel: (374) 93 707009

Email: alvinaav@hotmail.com
AustriaMs Sylvia VoglAustrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Dept for Plant Genetic Resources
Wieningerstrasse 8, 4020, Linz, Austria
Phone: Tel: (43) 664 966 83 76

Email: sylvia.vogl@ages.at
AzerbaijanMr Afig MammadovGenetic Resources Institute, International Relations, Coordination and Information Department
155, Azadlig ave., AZ1106, Baku, Azerbaijan
http://www.biodiversity.az
Phone: Tel: (994) 50 4636327

Email: afig.mammadov@gmail.com
BelarusMs Iryna MatysResearch and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Arable Farming
Timiryazev str. 1, 222160, Zhodino, Belarus
Phone: Tel: (375) 29 1788935

Email: belgenbank@mail.ru
BelgiumMr Marc LateurCentre Wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Department of Life Sciences, Biodiversity and Plant & Forest Breeding Unit
Bâtiment Emile Marchal, Rue de Liroux 4, 5030, Gembloux, Belgium
http://www.cra.wallonie.be/craw/units/d3/
Phone: Tel: (32) (0) 81 874600

Email: m.lateur@cra.wallonie.be
Bosnia and HerzegovinaMs Marina AntićUniversity of Banja Luka, Genetic Resources Institute
Univerzitetski grad, Bulevar vojvode Petra Bojovi¿a 1A, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: Tel: (387) 51 348081

Email: marina.antic@igr.unibl.org
BulgariaMs Nikolaya VelchevaInstitute for Plant Genetic Resources "K. Malkov"
2 Druzhba Str., 4122, Sadovo, Plovdiv district, Bulgaria
Phone: Tel: Tel: (359) 885012480

Email: nikolaya_velcheva@abv.bg
CroatiaMs Ivana DugalićCroatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Center for Seeds and Seedlings
Usorska 19, Brijest, 31000, Osijek, Croatia
Phone: Tel: (385) 98 425 302

Email: ivana.dugalic@hapih.hr
CyprusMr Angelos KyratzisAgricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
P.O. Box 22016, 1516, Lefkosia, Cyprus
Phone: Tel: (357) 22 403131

Email: akyratzis@ari.moa.gov.cy
Czech RepublicMs Ludmila PapouškováVýzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, v.v.i. Praha (VÚRV), Crop Research Institute, Gene Bank
Drnovská 507, 161 06, Prague - Ruzyne, Czech Republic
Phone: Tel: (420) 233022394

Email: papouskova@vurv.cz
EstoniaMr Vahur KukkCentre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
Aamisepa 1, 48309, Jõgeva, Estonia
http://www.hridir.org/countries/estonia/PROVCOUN/estonian_ministry_of_agriculture/jageva_plant_breeding_institute/ www.metk.ee
Phone: Tel: (372) 5058224

Email: vahur.kukk@metk.agri.ee
FinlandMs Merja HartikainenNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Alimentum
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Alimentum, , 31600 , Jokioinen , Finland
Phone: Tel: (358) 295326105

Email: merja.hartikainen@luke.fi
FranceMs Bernice van Issum-GroyerGroupe d¿Étude et de contrôle des Variétés Et des Semences (GEVES)
25 rue Georges Morel - CS 90024 , 49071, Beaucouzé cedex, France
Phone: Tel: (33) (0) 241228595

Email: bernice.vanissum-groyer@geves.fr
GeorgiaMs Tamar JinjikhadzeScientific Research Center of Agriculture, Standardization and Certification department , PGR gene bank
6 Marshal Gelovani Ave, 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia
http://www.cac-biodiversity.org/geo/geo_inst.htm
Phone: Tel: (995) 32 2053500

Email: tamrikoj@yahoo.com