This report presents the findings and recommendations of the consultant Poul Elgaard who visited Ethiopia the 8th - 26th of May and 23rd of October - 10th of November 2018 and assessed facilities at TSTC and four RSCs in accordance with the ToR of the consultancy.

The consultants visited the TSC under FRC in Addis Ababa and the four regional tree seed centres (RTSC) in Bahir; Dar, Mekele, Sebeta and Awassa, to assess the current situation regarding seed documentation related to tasks of the centers. After evaluating the present situation on seed documentation, recommendations were made for upgrading the seed documentation by presenting a flow chart and examples for different registration forms from planning of seed collection, seed processing, seed testing, seed storage to seed delivering note.

The consultants would like to express their sincere thanks to PATSPO and in particular SimeMekdes, Samuel Hailu and Bekele Achame for all the operational and logistical support received during their stay in Ethiopia.

The findings and recommendations from the visits to the centres are presented on the following pages and in the appendices. See Annex 1. ToR