trainings associated with pgr work in the cac republics since 1998 Acknowledgement! Most of the activities that took place in the CAC republics would not have been possible without the facilitation and assistance of the ICARDA office/CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit (PFU) located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. We gratefully acknowledge the leadership and support of the the unit's management and staff.

Last updated: 18 Jan 05 cac region

trainings opportunities & fellowships ICARDA CIMMYT The Global Diversity Foundation UNU/IAS The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships. 2 training workshops on cryopreservation

coming 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Date Title Participants Venue    coming Feb, 2005 PhD scholarship: 3 years Sofia Kobakhia (Georgia) ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria March Lentil screening: 2 months Sevda Babaeva (Genetic Resources Institute, Azerbaijan) ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria Dec English language course For details contact: PFU office in Tashkent PGR units of Central Asian countries Tashkent, Uzbekistan   2004 Oct Expert system Mukin Kadyrzhan Kazakh Scientific-Production Center of Farming and Plant Growing   ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria Sept 2004- Feb 2005 The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships; study the molecular basis of resistance to rust diseases in Triticum timopheevii Tamar Jinjikhadze Sidney, Australia 2003 Dec English language course PGR units of Central Asian countries and Georgia Tashkent, Uzbekistan Sept Database training Conducted by: Faizulla Abdulaev (Uzbekistan) Turkmenistan Aug 10-31 Database training Conducted by Natalya Rukhkyan (Armenia) and Tamar Jinjikhadze (Georgia) PGR units of Central Asian countries Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Apr 20- July 30 GIS and database on the job training; 2 months Sofia Kobakhia (Georgia) ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria Apr 20- July 2 Characterization of Chickpea collection; on the job training for genebank operations, computer skills, language skills 2 months Kanat Samsaliev (Kyrgyzstan) ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria   2002 Dec 1- March 15 (2003) English language course 12 participants from all CAC countries Tashkent, Uzbekistan Nov-Dec Web-page design and construction; on the job training: 1,5 months Armenia: Natalya Rukhkyan Azerbaijan: Yagut Akbarova Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria July 22- Aug 20 International Training Course on Conservation and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture and Forestry Kyrgyzstan: Venera Isaeva Kazakhstan: Yuriy Zelenskiy German Foundation for International Development Centre for Food, Rural Development and the Environment (DSE), Germany, Zschortau   Wheat Breeding Armenia: Hayk Azizbekyan Azerbaijan: Sevinj Mamedova Georgia: Alexander Loladze CIMMYT, Mexico June Genebank and PGR work; 10 day Azerbaijan: Yagut Akbarova VIR St.Petersburg, Russia Feb 2001- Mar 2002 Genebank management; on the job training 2 months Armenia: Natalya Rukhkyan Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze Australian Winter Wheat Collection (AWWC) Tamworth, Australia   2001 Dec PGR Documentation Training Central Asian countries and Georgia Tashkent, Uzbekistan Feb 15- Aug 20 Wheat Breeding; 6 months Armenia: Anush Davtyan Azerbaijan: Fargana Alibakhshiyeva Kazakhstan: Ayman Absatarova, Anuar Masalimov, Adilkhan Babkenov Kyrgyzstan: Venera Isaeva Tajikistan: Khafiz Mumidjanov Turkmenistan: Hudayberdi Hajiyev Uzbekistan: Saidmurat Baboev, Saidjon Tyshobaev CIMMYT, Mexico Oct GIS training (diploma level);1 week Armenia: Natalya Rukhkyan Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze Tbilisi, Georgia June GIS training; 1 week Armenia: Natalya Rukhkyan Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze Tbilisi, Georgia May PGR Documentation Training; 1 week Armenia: Natalya Rukhkyan Azerbaijan: Yagut Akbarova Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze Kyrgyzstan: Elena Matveeva Tbilisi, Georgia May- June Characterization of collected material; on the job training for genebank operations, computer skills, language skills; 2 months Armenia: Rudik Nazaryan ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria   Visit to UWA to work on aspects of fungal pathogens Supported by: Crawford Scholarship Turkmenistan: Lidiya Zubkova UWA   2000   Wheat Breeding Azerbaijan: Mohtasim Ahmedov CIMMYT, Mexico   Characterization of collected material; on the job training for genebank operations, computer skills, language skills; 2 months Armenia: Rudik Nazaryan ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria   Characterization of collected material; on the job training for genebank operations, computer skills, language skills Turkmenistan: Bayramgeldy Kurtgeldiyev ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria   1999   Characterization of collected material; on the job training for genebank operations, computer skills, language skills; 2 months Uzbekistan: Bitore Djumakhanov ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria Development of database for ex situ seed collection; 2 months Uzbekistan: Faizulla Abdullaev ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria   1998 Nov Seed genebank management; on the job training;2 weeks Uzbekistan: Yakubov Mirakbar ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria March Database management Uzbekistan: Faizulla Abdullaev VIR St. Petersburg, Russia   Seed genebank management; on the job training; 2 weeks Georgia: Tamar Jinjikhadze ICARDA-GRU Aleppo, Syria

Last updated: 10 September 2004