BACSA current activities

Since its establishment in April 2005 until the end of 2005 the BACSA performed the following activities:

A special logo of the association was developed;
A BACSA membership form was prepared and sent to a number of institutes/persons involved in sericulture development in different countries.
In May 2005 a brief information about the workshop, held in Tashkent purposes, activities and results was provided to the International Sericultural Commission (ISC), Lyon, France and put at the ISC' web site: www.inserco.org
BACSA attracted for membership three new countries from the region – Albania , Armenia and Romania and 20 persons from Bulgaria , China , Egypt , India , Ghana , Greece , Turkey , Republic of Korea , Romania , Ukraine and Uzbekistan . Member of BACSA became also the International Sericulture Alliance, Bangalore , India .
Among the individual BACSA members are very experienced and world famous sericulture experts like Dr Y.K. Lee, Korea , Dr M. Braslavskii, Ukraine , Dr Y. Miao and Dr J. Liu, China , Dr Dandin, India etc.
Members of BACSA are the experts from one of the world recognized sericulture research institutes and training centers, such as Zhejiang National University, Sericulture department, China; The Regional Sericultural Training Centre for Asia-Pacific, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Wushan, Guangzhou, China; Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Mysore, India; International Sericulture Alliance, Bangalore, India; Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea . Those experts and their institutions may collaborate with BACSA to implement regional sericulture revival and development project activities.
A regional strategy for sericulture revival and development was prepared and discussed among the BACSA members.
FAO financed the workshop, held in Tashkent proceedings preparing, printing and distribution to over 50 persons from more than 25 different countries.
A text book in English entitled “Sericulture training manual” was compiled, printed on the expense of Greek government and distributed to over 20 countries along with the Tashkent workshop proceedings.

The planed BACSA activities in 2006 were as follows:

FAO provided a total amount of support - US$31000, including expenses for holding the Bursa Workshop and B ACSA Executive Meeting – 2006 , e stablishment of B ACSA Website, r egistration of B ACSA as legal Entity and p rinting and distribution of Proceedings of Bursa Workshop.
Together with FAO and Kozabirlik sericultural cooperative, Bursa, Turkey BACSA is a co-organizer of the "International Workshop on Silk Handcrafts Cottage Industries and Silk Enterprises Development in Africa, Europe , Central Asia , and Near East ", Bursa, Turkey 6 -10 March 2006.
A second BACSA meeting will take place on 9 March 2006 Bursa , Turkey as a satellite of the "International Workshop on Silk Handcrafts Cottage Industries and Silk Enterprises Development in Africa, Europe and Central Asia ".
The following documents will be prepared, presented and discussed during the second BACSA meeting:
- Draft regional project proposal: “ Improvement of Income-Generation Options Based on Revival of Sericultural Industries and Promotion of Small Silk Enterprise Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia ”
- “Opportunities for donor funding of sericulture industry development projects with special emphasis on the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia"
- Proposal for c omparative studies of silkworm hybrids performance for sericultural enterprise development in Black, Caspian seas and Central Asia region.
- Justification about the necessity to register BACSA as a legal entity.
- Each National coordinator will present a brief report on the national strategy for sericulture rehabilitation, containing suggestions for necessary national projects, need of expert assistance etc.
Opening a BACSA web site: According to the work plan, a BACSA web site and information bulletin (incorporated into the web site) are to be open. The financing has been provided by FAO and the BACSA web site will be open until the end of February 2006.
In January 2006 a detailed information will be collected through BACSA' National coordinators and other related persons from the member countries about the available for selling mulberry saplings, silkworm eggs, dry cocoons, raw silk, twisted silk, spun silk, and different silk commodities like fabrics, wear, carpets etc. The information will be uploaded at the BACSA web site.
Until May 2006 each BACSA' national coordinator should make efforts to provide an official “Letter of support” on behalf of the government respective about principle support to the future possible regional project for sericulture revival.
The regional project proposal will be submitted to the most promising donors for funding respective. (June-September).
The government of Bulgaria will finance the publishing two monographs on the conservation status of silkworm and mulberry germplasms in Bulgaria , which will be distributed among BACSA countries, leading sericulture research institutes in the world as well as the countries in Africa and the Near East .