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ISTA: The Association; Development in 2009

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ISTA: Overall Finances;Accounts 2009

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ISTA: The Association; International Collaboration and Representation

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Member Countries

ISTA Association Development

2006 20092005

Countries holding voting rights 71 73 73

2007

72

Member Countries


2008

73

Governmental 125

Private independent

Company

Total

72

11 6

38 22

174 100

137 70.3

14 7.2

44 22.5

195

total in % total in %total in %

100

20092006 2007

123 69

12 7

43 24

178 100

Member Laboratories

total in %

2008

130 71.5

13 7.0

39 21.5

182 100

Member Countries


2005 2009

Member Laboratories 195170

2006

174

thereof Accredited 11495 102

%

58

%

59

%

56

Number of countries with a minimum of oneISTA accredited laboratory: 54 (52 in 2008; 51 in 2007)

2007

178

103

%

58

2008

182

106

%

58

Member Laboratories

Member Countries


Personal Members

2005 2009

5650

2006

46

Associate Members

2007

51

22

2008

56

27

Member Laboratories

Member Countries

ISTA Association DevelopmentPersonal Members

33



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Seed Science


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OECD Seed Schemes – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD Forest Schemes OECD Working Group on Biotechnology Oversight

OECD Working Group on Varietal Identity & Varietal Purity

IPPC – International Plant Protection Convetion FAO Seed Division – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UPOV – International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

UPOV Working Group on Biotechnology SADC – Southern African Development Community

AOSA – Association of Official Seed Analysts

SCST – Society of Commercial Seed Technologists CSSAC – Commercial Seed Analysts Association of Canada

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

EPPO – European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization NAPPO – North American Plant Protection Organization

CPVO – Community Plant Variety Office

ILAC – International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation EC – European Commission

ENGL – European Network of GMO Laboratories

WTO – World Trade Organisation ISSS – International Society for Seed Science

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International Collaboration with Partner Organisations

ISF – International Seed Federation ESA – European Seed Association APSA – Asia & Pacific Seed Association AFSTA – African Seed Trade Association FELAS – Federación Latinoamericana de Semillistas ASTA – American Seed Trade Association CASA – Central Asian Seed Association ICARDA – International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas EESNET – Eastern European Seed Network SAA – Seed Association of the Americas

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International Collaboration with Partner Organisations

31 working units in total

Challenges addressed to the Secretary General

• Revision of Tolerance Tables

• Extension of Tolerance Tables

• Revision of the Annotated List of Seed-borne Diseases

• Sample Sizes for Seed Health Testing Methods (phytosanitary measures)

• ISTA Rules for Treated Seeds in Seed Health Testing

• ISTA Rules for Seed Mixtures

• Sampling Rules for automatic sampling

• Threshold level in AP for GM seeds (unit of measurement)

• Reference Material for GM testing

• ISTA Rules for Orobanche identification

• Consultancy for becoming an ISTA accredited laboratory

• Consultancy for designing a Seed Testing Laboratory

• Increase of Lot Size for Herbage Seeds

• Reporting on awned seed in perennial ryegrass

International Developments in the Seed Area

57 working units in total

IPPC – Development of an International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) for Seeds

ISO – International Standardization of Testing Methods for GMO testing in Seeds

ISHI – Opening of ISHI for public laboratories Extension in the scope:

Definition of Seed Borne and seed transmitted diseases Development of sampling rules for small consignments

OECD – Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology in Seeds (AP, LLP Discussions) ISF/ISTA – Herbage Seed Lot Size Experiment CBD – Access and benefit sharing of plant Genetic resources ITPGRFA – Installation of the treaty EU – Evaluation of the Seed Marketing Regulations EU – Evaluation of the EU plant health regime ENGL – 2nd Global Conference in GMO Analysis ENGL – International Workshops in GMO testing including seeds ESA – Technical Working Group on GMO analysis

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2nd World Seed Conference


A free copy of the 2nd World Seed Conference Proceedings was sent to all members

NEEDS Project – ISF, OECD, FAO, ISTA, UPOV




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Accreditation Statistics

Total number of 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Accredited laboratories 98 102 103 106 114First accreditations 6 3 2 4 9Cancellations 1 2 2 0 2Suspensions 1 1 0 2 0Re-instatements of accreditation 3 0 0 1 2Withdrawal of accreditation 1 0 0 0 0New applicants (not yet audited) 8 2 2 3 6


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Type of Certificate 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Orange Certificate 70300 116000 124270 110517 110700

Blue Certificate 2412 5090 6800 6050 5400

Total 72712 121090 131070 116567 116100



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SST Subscriptions

Subscriptions soldworldwide 346

2006

310

2007

301 *

2008

* 296 single subscriptions (288 print only editions, 5 online & print editions and 3 online only editions) 5 multi-user subscriptions (4 online & print editions, 1 online only edition)

Free access to multi-user online edition for each member laboratory 195 (2008: 182)Free access to single-user online edition for each personal member 56 (2008: 56)


Seed Science

301 **

2009

** 288 single subscriptions (272 print only editions, 8 online & print editions and 8 online only editions) 13 multi-user subscriptions (3 online & print editions, 10 online only edition)

ISTA Seed Symposium 2010Cologne, Germany – June 16-18

Alison A. Powell, ISTA Seed Symposium Convenor 2010


Seed Science

ISTA Seed Symposium 2013– June 12-14



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Sales figuresISTA International Rules for Seed Testing

ISTA Rules (complete sets)

ISTA Rules (amendments)

Total

2007

208

215

423

2008

209

235

444

2005

192

221

413

2006

187

232

419


Publishing House

2009

265

325

590

ISTA Publications released in 2009 International Rules for Seed Testing, Edition 2010 and Amendments

Annexe to Chapter 7, Seed Health Testing, Edition 2010 and Amendments

ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation, 3rd Edition, 2009 (Amendments)

Seed Science and Technology (SST) Volume 37/2009, Numbers 1, 2 and 3(online and print)

Seed Testing International (ISTA News Bulletin) April 2009 issue / No. 137

Seed Testing International (ISTA News Bulletin) October 2009 issue / No. 138


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Sales of ISTA Handbooks

20092007

541 338Total number of ISTA Handbooks sold

2005

366

2006

375

2008

313


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Tasks of the Secretariat :

editorial collect articles contribute with articles type setting & layout proof readingmarketing for advertisements printing and distribution 2 issues annually (April/October)

well over 2000 readers wordwide!!!

Seed Testing International (ISTA News Bulletin)


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ISTA Workshops, Training Courses and Seminars held in 2009

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France 8th ISTA Seminar on Statistics

ISTA Workshop on Molecular Markers for Variety Identity & PurityItaly

ISTA Quality Assurance WorkshopSwitzerland

ISTA Seed Analyst Training Seminar/WorkshopSwitzerland

ISTA Seminar on Purity TestingSwitzerland

ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance in Seed TestingNew Zealand

ISTA Seminar for AfricaZambia

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