The EURISCO web catalogue automatically receives data from the National Inventories (NI). It effectively provides access to all ex situ PGR information in Europe and thus facilitates locating and accessing PGR.

EURISCO is hosted at and maintained by the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) on behalf of the Secretariat of the European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks (ECP/GR). The central infrastructure of EURISCO has been developed with open source softwares. This strategic choice is intended to allow EURISCO National Focal Points to benefit from the development of EURISCO for their national implementation. The uploading mechanism concept is designed to allow an easy data checking of the information provided in national inventories both on essential descriptors and on a line-per-line checking. The checking and validation procedures assist the national partners in their efforts to improve the accuracy of their information with their data providers at national levels.