Bureau régional de la FAO pour l'Afrique

FAO Sub Regional Multidisciplinary Team Meeting on the theme "Paving the way for sustainable development in West Africa"

The 11th Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations Sub Regional Multidisciplinary Team Meeting in West Africa will take place from October 7th to 10th 2019 in Dakar.

This Multidisciplinary Team Meeting (MDT) is the first since the opening of the sub regional office for West Africa in Dakar and will bring together FAO Representatives from 15 ECOWAS member countries, those from Cameroon, Chad and Mauritania, and the Management Team as well as Sub regional Technical Officers.

The MDT meeting will enable to discuss the nature and type of support expected to assist FAO carry out its duties and responsibilities. Additionally, it will produce a workplan responding as effectively and efficiently as possible to the technical assistance needs of the Sub-region as a whole and of individual countries. It also adresses the working relationships between Headquarters' units and the decentralized structures, as well as between Country Offices and the Sub-regional Office.

For four days, the sixty or so FAO delegates and its strategic partners will define FAO's key priorities and initiatives in West Africa in relation to the common priorities of countries, sub regional organizations, producer organizations, partners, and donors in preparation for the sub regional office's programming framework.

Under the coordination of Dr Robert Guei, SFW is responsible for developing, promoting and implementing agreed strategies to help countries and sub regional organizations address food security, nutrition, agriculture and rural development priorities.

WHAT:   FAO Sub Regional Multidisciplinary Team Meeting

WHO:    

  • His Excellency Moussa Balde, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment;
  • Jocelyn Brown Hall, Deputy Regional Representative, FAO Regional Office for Africa;
  • Government officials, regional institutions (ECOWAS, G5 Sahel, CILSS), UN agencies, civil society, producer organizations;
  • FAO Representatives from West Africa and Sahel countries.

WHERE: King Fahd Palace Hotel (Route des Almadies), Dakar, Senegal.

WHEN: Monday, 7th october 2019,8h30, local time (GMT + 0)

 

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