History
AEP was launched in 1992 at the occasion of the first AEP conference (Angers, June 1992).
Falling within the scope of French legislation, AEP is administered in compliance with the law of 1st July, 1901, the decree of the 16th August, 1901, and the subsequent texts.

Past AEP activities
Document to download. (This document provides the reader with an overview on the AEP activities to date: their objectives, their deliverables and results, their forecast, and the appraisal from the AEP delegates.)

In summary:

European conferences
>  Angers 1992
>  Copenhagen 1995
>  Valladolid 1998
>  Cracow 2001
>  Dijon 2004
>  Lisbon 2007

Quarterly magazine
Title: Grain Legumes
50 issues since 1993
About 200 subscribers - 800 readers
Archives and/or Subscription

European projects
(Directly by AEP or thanks to the AEP network)

>  Concerted actions: TRANSLEG, PHASELIEU
>  Shared-cost projects: UNCLE, PRELEG, LUPINE, AMINOPIG, PHASELIEU, FRYMED, MEDICAGO, LEGUMED, EUFABA, INTERCROP, GL-PRO, HEALTHY-PROFOOD, AQUARHIZ.
Details on all EU projects related to grain legumes
> Thematic network: LINK
> Integrated project: GRAIN LEGUMES IP (2004-2008)

AEP workshops (outside the conferences)
>  Genetic transformation of grain legumes (Paris, September 1992)
>  Problems and prospects for winter sowing of grain legumes in Europe (Dijon, December 1996)
>  Medicago truncatula: a genetic model for legume crops (Gif-sur-Yvette, December 1999)
>  LINK workshop on feed uses (Brussels, January 2000)
>  Evaluation on disease resistance in germplasm banks (Valladolid, November 2000)
>  LINK workshop on Functional potential of legume proteins (Kleinmachnow, December 2000)
>  LINK Workshop on Pulses and Human Health (Paris, March 2001)
>  LEGUMED Symposium "Grain Legumes in the Mediterranean Agriculture - Faba beans and other grain legumes in today Mediterranean agriculture: biotic constraints and integrated regional strategy" (Rabat, Morocco, October 2001)
>  LINK Dissemination event on Pulses and Health (Madrid, April 2002)
>  LINK Dissemination event "Legumes for sustainable agriculture" (Strasbourg, September 2002)
>  Pulses&Health Medical-Press Conference (Paris, February 2003)
>  MEDICAGO Symposium "Medicago Genomics: New Tools for Legume Biology and Breeding" (Toulouse-Labège, November 2003)
>  Zurich workshop "Grain legumes and the environment: how to assess benefits and impacts?" (Zurich, November 2004)
> Madrid GLIP Dissemination event (Madrid, October 2005) – 110 participants
> Brussels Dissemination Event (Brussels, May 2006) – 90 participants: 'Benefits of grain legumes for European agriculture and environment: new results and prospects' a Dissemination Event to inform decision-makers, organised with GL-PRO and GLIP
> ASCO-2006 (Le Tronchet, July 2006) – 70 participants: First International Workshop on Ascochyta of Grain Legumes – identifying priorities for collaborative research
> International workshop on faba bean breeding and agronomy (Cordoba, October 2006) – 75 participants
> GLIP scientific workshop: ‘Abiotic stress in Legumes’ (Tunis, 22–24 March 2007) – 55 participants
> 1st GL-TTP Workshop (Paris, April 2007) – 63 participants

Public relationships
>  Contacts with the several international organisations (CGIAR, FAO, ILA, IFLRC committee, ICLGG, International Genomics consortia related to legume species, etc.)
>  Contacts with the European Commission
>  Contacts with private organisations, especially some with national scope
>  Current sponsors: UNIP (France); PGRO (UK); APPO (Belgium), UFOP (Germany).