November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Funding criteria for biodiversity research in developing countries
Lothar Quintern
Project funding agency of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- PT-DLR UF in Bonn-
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Motivation of this workshop
• …how to safeguard biodiversity
• … how to achieve real cooperative research which will yield a benefit for all involved partners
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
BMBF-project funding given as an example
• The following slides will give an example – project funding in cooperation with developing countries.
Biodiversity research as part of the German Global Change research (Research for sustainability)
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
International links of the German biodiversity research
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Characteristics of the application oriented research
• Not commercial oriented but oriented to achieve results which should find the way into practice (no „pure“ basic research)
• Capacity building• Close partnerships• Organized data management• Common publications• Benefit for the local people
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Current Funding by BMBF
• Funding of the programmesBIOLOG, BioTeam, Mata Atlântica, GBIF-D
• Budget: about 16 Mio € /annum• Cooperation with developing and megadiverse
countries:Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ethiopia, Equador, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Namibia, Rep. South Africa, Uganda
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Best preconditions:
• Trustful cooperation !!!- at the level of the involved scientists- at the governmental or regional level
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Best preconditions (2): How to meet the national biodiversity action
plan and the national necessities of the partner country?
• - Participatory project planning• - Close dialogue between the funding
agency and decision makers within the partner country. (visits, WTZ)
• - Close dialogue between all involved scientists
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Best preconditions (3)
• Within a current initiative which is funded by the EC (ERA-Net Biodiversa, www.Eurobiodiversa.org) a dialogue has been started between the european funding agencies to develop best practice methods for the funding of projects with developing countries
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Project funding conditions (1): Part of the BMBF funding contracts
(CBD-conform; Bonn-guidelines)Publications:• All project reports in English/French language• A synthesis report has to be distributed also to
the stakeholders• Scientific publications together with the
cooperating country scientists
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Project funding conditions (2):
Data management:
• Full transparency and data exchange by operating a common data base on the basis of a signed data protocol. (see BIOTA within BIOLOG)
• Access to the data by the partner country
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Project funding conditions (3):
General rules:
• To accept the CBD guidelines
Further instruments for BMBF /PT:
(WTZ, Visits, common symposia, etc)
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Reality (1)
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources
Reality (2) WTZ
• Scientific / technological cooperation contracts between the governmant of Germany and other countries do not guarantee the realisation of a successful research project
November 8 – 10, 2005, Bonn, Dr. Lothar Quintern
BfN Workshop on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources