Široka paleta dejavnosti, ki jih izvajajo države članice (organi v javnem sektorju ali fizične ali pravne osebe) in različne mednarodne organizacije in programi, kot so FAO, Evropski skupni program za omrežja rastlinskih genskih virov (European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks (ECP/GR), Posvetovalna skupina za mednarodne kmetijske raziskave (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Svetovni forum za kmetijske raziskave (Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), regionalne in podregionalne organizacije Kmetijske raziskave za razvoj (Agricultural Research for Development (ARD), ki jih podpira Skupnost, Evropska regionalna središčna točka (European Regional Focal Point (ERFP) nacionalnih koordinatorjev za upravljanje genskih virov domačih živali (National Coordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources), Evropski program gozdnih genskih virov (European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (Euforgen) in s tem povezane obveze stalne Ministrske konference o zaščiti gozdov v Evropi (Ministerial Conference on the protection of forests in Europe (MCPFE), katere podpisnica je Skupnost, zahteva učinkovito izmenjavo informacij in tesno sodelovanje med glavnimi akterji v Skupnosti in z zadevnimi organizacijami po vsem svetu glede ohranjanja, karakterizacije, zbiranja in uporabe genskih virov v kmetijstvu, da se poveča njihov pozitiven učinek na kmetijstvo.
The wide range of activities carried out in the Member States (by a public sector body or natural or legal persons) and by various international organisations and programmes such as FAO, the European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks (ECP/GR), the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), the Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) regional and subregional organisations supported by the Community, the European Regional Focal Point (ERFP) of National Coordinators for the Management of Farm Animal Genetic Resources, the European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (Euforgen) and the related commitments of the ongoing Ministerial Conference on the protection of forests in Europe (MCPFE) to which the Community is signatory call for an effective information exchange and close coordination between the Community main actors and with the relevant organisations throughout the world with regard to the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture so as to enhance their positive impact on agriculture.