Experts/ officials from CSIR, NBRI, NIO Goa, DBT, French Institute of Pondicherry, Zoo Outreach, NBPGR/ ICAR, etc. participated in the deliberations and discussions on the BioNET INTERNATIONAL programme and mechanisms of establishing the SACNET Loop.

1. Participants supported the idea of establishment of SACNET Loop.
2. Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) may function as the National Coordinating Centre for SACNET under BioNET INTERNATIONAL programme.
3. CSIR/ NBRI may act as the technical coordinating centre (NACI) through MoEF.
4. MoEF organizations like Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Botanical Survey of India (BSI), etc.; CSIR institutions like National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jammu, etc.; ICAR institutions like National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), etc. and others like Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), Department of Ocean Development (DOD), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), NGOs such as Zoo Outreach international etc., may act as National Institutes (NI).
5. Participants recommended that the establishment of a regional network and sharing of biodiversity data should be a priority project for discussion in Formulation Workshop in Dhaka.
6. It was recommended that NBRI would organize a SACNET Implementation workshop on Information Management in December 2003.
7. Participants recommended that India would be represented by a representative each from MOEF, CSIR/NBRI NGO/Zoo outreach in the Formulation workshop of the SACNET Loop and that Dr. S.Kumar may present the recommendations of this workshop in GBF meeting to be held at Dhaka from 15-18 June 2003.

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