Report of a Working Group on Vitis. First Meeting, 12-14 June 2003, Palic, Serbia and Montenegro.

This is the Report of a Working Group on Vitis (First Meeting, 12-14 June 2003, Pali?, Serbia and Montenegro). Working Group on Vitis is a group of Bioversity International, that is an independent international scientific organization that seeks to improve the well-being of present and future generations of people by enhancing conservation and the deployment of agricultural biodiversity on farms and in forests. Bioversity International is one of 15 centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), an association of public and private members who support efforts to mobilize cutting-edge science to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and health, and protect the environment. Bioversity has its headquarters in Maccarese, near Rome, Italy, with offices in more than 20 other countries worldwide. The Institute operates through four programmes: Diversity for Livelihoods, Understanding and Managing Biodiversity, Global Partnerships, and Commodities for Livelihoods. The international status of Bioversity is conferred under an Establishment Agreement which, by January 2008, had been signed by the Governments of many countries.