Legal & Governance Affairs Unit

On 20 September 2018, the Community Plant Variety Office held a seminar on “The benefits of Plant Variety Protection” in Sofia, Bulgaria, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs and the Bulgarian Executive Agency for Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control.

The main objective of the seminar was to promote investments in plant breeding and benefits in protecting new plant varieties at national or EU level. More than 130 participants from the private and the public sectors attended the event.

Presentations were given by

The CPVO is a partner Institution to the EIPIN-Innovation Society doctoral programme under the EU-funded Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA) ITN-EJD. The EIPIN-Innovation Society is run by a consortium of leading research and training centres making use of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions to support researchers at all stages of their careers, regardless of age and nationality.

Fifteen PhD candidates are conducting research in all fields of innovation, including plant breeding. The EIPIN-Innovation Society is also supporting