1. Some thoughts on genebank
management
Luigi Guarino

4. Contents
 Maintain quality
 Minimize risk
 Use information
 Ensure sustainability
 Remember context

5. Maintain quality
 Plan
 say what you do
 Do
 do what you say
 Check
 independent body verifies what you do
 Act
 correct and improve what you do

6. Maintain quality
 Genebank management procedures, practices
 Technical standards
 Record keeping
 Performance reporting
 Link to incentives
 Independent monitoring
 Capacity building

7. Maintain quality
 Quality Management System
 ISO 9001:2000
 ISO/IEC 17025:2005
 “Policies, processes and procedures required for
planning and execution in the core business area of an
organization”
 Accreditation demonstrates technical competence
 Transparency – all documentation openly available
online

8. Minimize risk
 Indentify risks and weak links
 Quantify potential impact
 Develop and put in place mitigation strategies

10. Use information
 Genebank data management systems
 Barcoding
 Adding value to genebank information
 e.g. GIS
 Networking
 Remain engaged with users
 Impact

11. Ensure sustainability
 Financial resources
 Human resources
 Policy environment

12. Remember context
 Institutional setting
 Customers (users)
 Service providers
 Research
 Safety back-up (both ways)
 Policy makers
 Regional and international partnerships
 CBD, ITPGRFA

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Some thoughts on genebank
management