ISTA President's Strategic Presentation (941 KB) - International ...

Budapest 2004

• Presented in Angers, France 2001
• The need for a change was clearly
demonstrated
• Stakeholders: governments as well
as the seed industry
• Governments hand over more
responsibilities to the private sector
• Decreasing financial support of
governments for research

• Adoption of the strategic document
• Installation of annual meetings
• Discussion on voting rights
• Evaluation of the experiment on
accreditation of company laboratories
• Governance, installation of a
Secretary General
• Generic method validation standard
• More workshops

• Bolivia 2002 and Zurich 2003
• A speed up of the decision
making process
• Enhancement of the activities
of Technical Committees
• Better communication

• Ideas and draft proposals were
discussed in Santa Cruz
(Bolivia) 2002 and Zurich 2003
• For discussion and decision in
Budapest 2004

• For discussion and decision in
Budapest 2004

• Decided in Angers
• Proper definition of the responsibilities
of the Executive Committee on one side
and the Secretary General on the other
side
• Final responsibility remains up to the
Ordinary Meeting

• Generic method validation
standard is about to be
finalised
• Method validation has been
successfully introduced

• Most Technical Committees
successfully organised one or more
workshops
• 1998 – 2001: 4 workshops
• 2001 – 2004: 11 workshops
• Fruitful cooperation with FAO,
especially in the field of GMO
workshops

• Internationally accepted and implemented
rules for seed testing and handbooks
• International seed lot certificates
• Accreditation program, including proficiency
tests for uniform application of the methods
• International platform for seed science and
cooperation
• Workshops and publications, such as SST,
Seed Testing International and Website

• Internationally accepted rules for seed
testing and handbooks
• Availability of accepted and validated
methods
• Accreditation and validation program
• ISTA facilitates the cooperation between
scientist, lab managers and analysts

• Continue the process of changes, as
agreed in Angers
• Changes are a part of an ongoing
process
• Progress depends on the decisions to
be taken
• Enhancement of the value of being an
ISTA member

• Discount on ISTA Publications (unchanged)
• Difference in registration between member
and non-member fees (for meetings,
symposiums, workshops)
Business concept will be prepared

• Non-members may participate in the
ISTA Proficiency Test Programme for
an annual fee of CHF 3000.-
• Participation is free for ISTA Members
(unchanged)
Introduction 2005

Goal:
why are laboratories and persons not
member of ISTA
Can categories be changed in order
to get more members
B.C. 2005, starting 2006

The Association wants to support the work
of the Technical Committee Chairs by
supplying some financial support for
• attending Annual Meetings and
Congresses
• representation of ISTA at other meetings
B.C. 2005, starting 2006

• The financial administration has been
improved
• More insight in costs and benefits of
the various activities
• The impacts on the presented B.C.’s
must be evaluated
• A multi-annual budget will be
presented to the Ordinary Meeting in
2005

• Appreciation for the efforts of
the Technical Committees
• The work of the Technical
Committees remain the core
business of the Association

• Membership categories
• Proxy voting
• Harmonisation
• Working Group on tropical species
• Implementation of a GMO Chapter
• Validation
• Evaluation of the Accreditation Program
• Training and accreditation of analysts