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On the occasion
of the 100th anniversary of the NAUU, Kiev, Ukraine, a scientific
conference was held entitled, "Globalizing Agricultural Higher
Education and Science: Meeting the Needs of the 21st Century."
Participants included over 400 representatives from 30 different countries.
At the conference, the idea of a global consortium was born.
The three universities organizing the conference proposed a structure
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· Iowa State University (Ames,
Iowa, USA)
· National Agricultural University of Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
· Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany)
Each of these universities pledged
to identify and recruit other universities to participate in the
consortium. At the conference, other universities from Europe and
the United States stepped forward to join the Founding Committee
of the Global Consortium of Agricultural Universities.
In 1999, the consortium held a conference in Amsterdam with the
theme of Leadership for Higher Education in Agriculture. The Founding
and Organizing Committees met at this time and made several important
decisions:
1. The new name of the organization will be the Global Consortium
of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture.
2. An Executive Committee would replace the Founding and Organizing
Committees.
3. Dr. Martin Jischke would remain as President until the next conference
scheduled for 2001.
4. Dr. Dmytro Melnychuk was elected as President-Elect and will
take over as President at the conference in 2001.
The Second Global Conference of GCHERA Higher Education and Research
for Agriculture met in San Francisco, USA during the period July
12 - 14, 2001. At the conclusion of the conference, in accordance
with the decisions noted above, Dr. Dmytro Melnychuk officially
assumed the responsibility as President of the Global Consortium
of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture. The Secretariat
moved to Kiev at the National Agricultural University of Ukraine.
GCHERA currently has 403 members from 136 countries
of the world. Its members represent all continents at the GCHERA
Executive Committee.
It decided to hold the next conference of GHCERA
in Kiev, Ukraine in the fall of 2003, where the President-Elect
Dr. Jiaan Cheng (China) will take over.
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