Participation of developing countries
The 2004 workshop on the provision of scientific advice to Codex and Member
Countries recommended that FAO/WHO, “...should make every effort to achieve
full participation of developing countries in the provision of scientific advice”.
As a result, a joint FAO/WHO meeting on enhancing developing
country participation in FAO/WHO scientific advice activities was organized
to provide practical suggestions concerning this issue. The meeting explored
new approaches to enhance the availability of data and expertise from all
parts of the world in the preparation of FAO/WHO scientific advice. Specific
objectives included identifying:
- Potential mechanisms to better reach out to qualified experts
and institutions in developing countries, including mechanisms to search
for information/experts which may no be easily accessible through normal
channels, such as peer reviewed journals;
- Suggested plans to strengthen the capacity of developing country
experts to participate effectively in expert meetings, including training
efforts at international and national level, involving governmental, non-governmental
and scientific institutions;
- Processes at regional level to generate scientific data from
developing countries and facilitate its input to international FAO/WHO
scientific advice.
Possible activities may include enhancement of regional databases related to available experts, and data on priority themes, preparation of training tools/leaflets and information dissemination, technical meetings at regional level on provisions of scientific advice activities, twinning programmes.
The final report
[ 528kb] is now available as FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 88 (2006), and copies of the presentations made at
the meeting can be downloaded here. |
