1. Planning the implementation and administration of a database for AnGR A. Georgoudis (Project leader), Oya Akin, Sreten Andonov, Jorg Bremond, Louise Byrne, Condrea Draganescu, Evi Danou, Juan Vicente Delgado Bermejo, Luis Telo da Gama, Drago Kompan, Hermann Schulte-Koerne, Kristaq Kume, Christina Ligda, Vera Matlova, Serge Massart, Donato Matassino, Christos Papachristoforou, Dominique Planchenault, Elisenda Ruiz de Villalobos Zabala, Ihsan Soysal, Srdjan Stojanovic 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

2. Administrator Location Resources [Human] [Facilities] [Financial] Organisations Procedures [Protocols] [Validation] [Transfer data] [Updates] Users Levels of accessibility Authority National specificities Adapting existing data Technical support Training Cost calculation Roadway to implementation Phases Steps Decisions Exploring the existing situation Implementing the DB Establish the DB Organise the Data stream Accessibility Management issues 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

3. Existing situation in Europe Phase 1. Questionnaire presented in Cairo Two questionnaires sent by Dominique Planchenault to the NCs 65 % of the countries have their national inventories in an electronic form 55 % of the countries have their own national database on AnGR only 23 % of the countries collect all the data asked by European needs All the countries are trying in different ways to establish their own databases There is no concrete plan, cost estimation and allocation of resources Need to develop a plan for implementation and administration 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

4. Responsibilities of the Administrator Phase 2. Step 1. Decision 1 The database fulfils the country’s needs Ensures that the data are: –Reliable –Accurate –Verifiable –Complete –Timely –relevant Security of the system Training users 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

5. Criteria for the location of the DB Phase 2. Step 1. Decision 2 Depends on: responsible body available technology and facilities 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

6. Resources required Phase 2. Step 1. Decision 3 Human –administrator –an application programmer –Other?? Facilities –The organization of the data stream, the expected possible users and their demands should be considered in order to set up the capabilities of the system Financial resources –List of all possible resources 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

7. Data stream Phase 2. Step 2. List of the organizations that provide data –governmental organizations –breeders associations, etc. List of the existing databases related with AnGR, the connections between these databases and the existing organizations Define the procedures –Design the forms – language –Data validation 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

8. Data flow Breeders Associations Other organisations?? Validation / National Coordinator National Database European Database Frequency of updates? Frequency of updates? 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

9. Management issues Phase 2. Step 4. Committee to have the overall authority: –Role and terms of references National specificities Transferring existing data Technical support Training 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

10. Training Phase 2. Step 4. Decision 5 Appreciation of the importance of AnGR, explain the major steps in documentation, conservation and improvement Users Technical/maintenance part 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

11. Cost estimation Phase 2. Step 4. Decision 5 Estimated cost of the implementation and the administration of the DB for the management of AnGR Secure the sustainability of the project. Direct costs –hardware, software, personnel and communication fees. Indirect costs –training –Dissemination, etc. Develop a list with the items of the cost, in order to have a comparable procedure in all countries. 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

12. Additional remarks (1) How to ensure financing in the long term –Permanent resources in the annual budget of the country –??? Administrative law for the regulation of the National DB 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

13. Additional remarks (2) Avoid multiple and contradictory information regarding the same population 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

14. Additional remarks (3) DB outputs - Standard outputs providing by EFABIS - Define additional outputs specific to each country 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

15. Resources Organisations providing data in the country Users European Database Core + National specificities Committee to have the overall authority Administrator Committee to decide on the National specificities Training Information dissemination Overall structure of the database 10th Workshop for European National Co-ordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources Bled, 04.09.04

16. Thank you!