Mandatory Deposit Laws in Selected Jurisdictions (2017 Update)

Summary This report, which updates and expands on a report prepared by Law Library staff in March 2015, contains data on 131 countries, indicating whether or not published books are subject to a mandatory deposit requirement at the national level and, if so, how many copies are required, where they must be deposited, and whether the deposit is part of the copyright system. Citations to the controlling legislation for mandatory deposits are provided. In all but thirteen of the jurisdictions surveyed, deposits are required. For some of these thirteen jurisdictions, deposits are voluntary, while in others, no information regarding deposit practices could be found. Asterisks in the copyright system column indicate that the deposit requirement is contained in the copyright law

Participants Review and Report to the CGIAR Fund Council

Playwright: William Shakespeare Director: N/A Academic Year: 1999-2000https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/productions_2000s/1001/thumbnail.jp

Global Conference for Agricultural Research and Development (GCARD)

Review of forthcoming GCARD e-consultations and face-to-face meetings leading up to the Global Conference for Agricultural Research and Development in March 2010. This document was presentated at ExCo16, in June 2009

GFAR Report of Activities 1996-1997

This document consists of three parts, distributed as background to the report of the Chair of the Global Forum Steering Committee (GFSC) to the International Centers Week meeting of the CGIAR in October 1997. These are a report of GFAR activities 1996-1997 (without its background documents); initiation of the NARS-SC Secretariat; and minutes of the second meeting of the NARS Steering Committee. The revised plan of action was distributed in December 1997 and is contained in a separate record

Global Forum on Agricultural Research: Plan of Action 1998-2000

Revised version of the plan of action for the years 1998-2000 of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research, discussed on the basis of preliminary documents at CGIAR International Centers Week in October 1997

Report of the First Meeting of the Global Forum Steering Committee

Report of the inaugural meeting of the Global Forum Steering Committee (GFSC), held in Cairo, Egypt, May 24-25, 1997 in conjunction with the CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, 1997. The meeting focused on the mandate, responsibilities, and composition of the Committee, and its role in translating the GFAR Plan of Action into a systematic program of activities

Comments on the TAC Report: The CGIAR and National Agricultural Research Systems

Comments presented at TAC 76 by Fernando Chaparro, Executive Secretary of the NARS Secretariat on a report by Hans Gregersen on CGIAR relationships with national agricultural research systems. The comment endorsed Gregersen's proposal that TAC undertake a thorough study of the subject, and offered the collaboration of the NARS Secretariat with TAC in the study of alternative modalities for CGIAR collaboration with NARS.An annex lists Gregersen's main recommendations with a specific comment on each