OECD report on Biological Resource Centres
(revised version 13-14 February 2001)

Complete Report available in pdf format (191 kb)

Table of Contents

• Note by the Secretariat
• Executive summary
• Chapter 1: The need for Biological resource centres
• Chapter 2: The increasing challenges of Biodiversity and Genomics
• Chapter 3: Financial support for long-term stability
• Chapter 4: Ensuring quality and expertise
• Chapter 5: Restrictions affecting access
• Chapter 6 Towards a global network of Biological resource centres
• Chapter 7: A call for action by OECD countries and beyond
• Annex 1: OECD workshop Tokyo '99 on S&T infrastructure - support for
• Biological resource centres (conclusions and recommendations)
• Annex 2: Consistency with new Global regulatory systems
• Annex 3A: List of participants to the second and third task force meeting
• Annex 3B: List of participants in drafting team meetings in Paris and Tokyo