1. Introduction
As stated in connection with agricultural education in the 34th Report of the Administrative Committee on Coordination, further consultations between the three Directors-General concerned resulted in agreement on a new approach involving complementary or joint action, based on the respective competences of the three agencies. This approach is embodied in the joint statement of the three Directors-General annexed to the 34th Report of the Administrative Committee on Coordination (see Annex).
It was further recognized that it was urgent to have an arrangement whereby the complementary character of different fields of specialization involved in the development of agricultural education, science and training as well as rural employment programmes could appropriately be combined to meet the demands of agricultural development and of human resources promotion of member countries.
In order to ensure that there is common understanding of what is meant by the concept of complementarity in the context of the respective responsibilities of the three agencies and with a view to providing guidelines which could be clearly understood and followed at the working level by Member Governments and the three agencies, the three Directors-General have agreed on the following basis for developing, where appropriate, concerted and integrated activities in agricultural education, science and training.
2. Basis
In order to provide a more effective and expanded service to Member States, FAO, Unesco and ILO, making full use of their complementary expertize in agriculture, education and rural employment respectively, will undertake complementary programmes or joint action projects, where appropriate, based on the following criteria. Primary responsibility for a particular programme or project which, in the promotion of the common goal of economic and social development in the rural area, consists in the promotion of agriculture, including fisheries, forestry and nutrition, will rest with FAO, in the promotion of education, will rest with Unesco, or in the promotion of rural employment, will rest with ILO.
3. Planning agricultural education science and training as well as rural employment
The Organization which has taken the initiative or received a governmental request shall consult the two other Organizations with respect to the general conception of the programme or project concerned, and the part each might appropriately play in its execution.
Arrangements will be made for sub-contracting, where applicable, or for support, assistance or advice by the other two Organizations. Once agreement has been reached on the programme or project, it will be carried out by the Organization responsible according to the criteria enunciated above with the participation of the other Organizations in the manner agreed at the planning stage.
4. Complementary programmes
Farmers training
FAO has primary responsibility for programmes or projects in this field. As appropriate, Unesco and ILO will contribute complementary services in their respective fields including functional literacy and rural employment;
Functional literacy
Unesco has primary responsibility for programmes or projects in functional literacy. As appropriate, FAO and ILO will contribute complementary services in their respective fields, including agricultural extension, and industrial training, and employment.
Rural employment
ILO has primary responsibility for programmes or projects in rural employment. As appropriate, FAO and Unesco will contribute complementary services in their respective fields.
5. Joint projects
Agricultural education, science and training projects will be the subject of consultations and joint planning and evaluation by FAO and Unesco, but will be executed by one of the two agencies on the basis of the foregoing criteria with sub-contracting arrangements with the other.
in projects for which FAO is the executing agency, the basic science and pedagogy component will be sub-contracted to Unesco;
in projects for which Unesco is the executing agency the appropriate element (that is applied agricultural sciences together with those of the derived sciences which have major applied elements) will be subcontracted to FAO.
Rural training projects will be the subject of joint consultations and planning by FAO and ILO, but will be executed by one of the two agencies, on the basis of the foregoing criterias, with sub-contracting arrangements with the other.
in projects for which FAO is the executing agency, the rural employment component will be sub-contracted to ILO;
in projects for which ILO is the executing agency, elements contributing to agricultural development will be sub-contracted to FAO.
6. Programme advice
To advise the Directors-General of the three Organizations on the planning and executing of programmes of agricultural education, science and training as well as rural employment on the basis of the agreed complementary roles of the respective Organizations, and of the criteria established in this Aide-Mémoire for primary responsibility, a joint FAO/UNESCO/ILO Advisory Committee of Experts on Agricultural Education, Science and Training will be established with the approval of the governing bodies of the three Organizations. The statutes of the Committee, whose members will be jointly appointed by the three Directors-General, are hereunder set forth:
JOINT FAO/UNESCO/ILO ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION SCIENCE AND TRAINING
STATUTES
Article I
A Joint FAO/UNESCO/ILO Advisory Committee on Agricultural Education, Science and Training, hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”, is hereby established.
Article II
1. The functions of the Committee shall be to advise the Directors-General of the three Organizations on the planning and execution of programmes of agricultural education, science and training as well as rural employment on the basis of the agreed complementary roles of the respective Organizations and of the criteria established in the Aide-Mémoire for primary responsibility.
2. In particular, the Committee, when requested, shall advise upon:
Manpower assessment and planning in relation to agricultural development within the context of national and regional development planning;
Planning the development of agricultural education, science and training in relation to the requirements of agricultural development, rural employment, and systems of general education, notably within the framework of national development plans, priority needs and available resources;
Improvement of the efficiency of agricultural education, science and training through better teaching, the provision of suitable textbooks and teaching materials and appropriate facilities;
Organization, administration and institutional requirements of agricultural education, science and training.
Article III
1. The Committee shall be composed of 18 members serving in a personal capacity. The Members shall be appointed by the Director-General of the three Organizations on the basis of their competence in the field of agricultural education, science and training, and bearing in mind the need to ensure appropriate geographical distribution.
2. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years. Nevertheless, the Directors-General of the three Organizations in appointing the first members of the Committee, shall designate nine members whose terms of office shall end two years after their appointment. Terms of office may be renewable.
3. In the event of the resignation, incapacity or death of a member of the Committee, the Directors-General of the three Organizations shall appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term.
Article IV
1. The Directors-General of the three Organizations shall designate members of the Secretariat of their Organization to represent them on the Committee without the right to vote.
2. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Secretariats of the three Organizations.
Article V
1. The Committee shall meet at least once every year. Each Organization in turn shall act as host to the session of the Committee.
2. At each of its sessions, the Committee shall elect a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a Rapporteur, who shall remain in office until the following session of the Committee.
3. The Chairman, the Vice-Chairman and the Rapporteur shall constitute the Bureau of the Committee.
4. The Director-General of the three Organizations shall convene the sessions of the Committee. They may also convene the Bureau of the Committee.
Article VI
The travel expenses and subsistence allowances of members of the Committee shall be borne by the three Organizations in a manner to be determined by agreement between them.
Article VII
1. Member States and Associate Members of each Organization may send observers to meetings of the Committee.
2. The United Nations and other organizations of the United Nations system which have concluded mutual representation agreements with any of the three Organizations may send representatives to meetings of the Committee.
Article VIII
The Director-General of the three Organizations by mutual agreement may extend, as appropriate, invitations to send observers to meetings of the Committee, to:
Article IX
The Directors-General of the three Organizations may invite one or more experts whose advice on particular subjects is deemed necessary, to attend meetings of the Committee as consultants without voting rights. Such experts shall receive the same allowances as the members of the Committee.
Article X
1. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure, which shall be submitted to the Directors-General of the three Organizations for approval.
2. The agenda of the sessions of the Committee shall be drawn up by the Directors-General of the three Organizations.
3. After each session, the Committee shall present a report on its work and recommendations to the Directors-General of the three Organizations.
Article XI
These Statutes may be amended by agreement between the three Organizations.
7. Programme planning and execution
To facilitate the planning and executing of complementary or joint action programmes or projects set forth above, an Inter-Secretariat Working Group, consisting of three officers responsible for the programme within the three agencies, will be established and meet for two or three days initially every two months and subsequently as frequently as required. The functions of this Working group are to assist the three Directors-General in implementing the terms of the present Aide-Mémoire and report to them by means of:
Reviewing current activities in the field of agricultural education, science, and training and rural employment in each of the three agencies with the object of effecting better coordination and cooperation to achieve the maximum impact within the framework of their agreed roles.
Consulting and agreeing upon sub-contracting arrangements where appropriate.
Consulting upon any proposed new plans and developments in agricultural education, science, training and rural employment in order that available resources may be put to optimal use.
Exploring and advising upon means by which improved service in agricultural education, science, training and rural employment may be given to member countries through the combined efforts of the three agencies.
8. In addition, the need is recognized for continuing contact and consultations at the technical level as well as the prompt exchange of all enquiries and requests received by one agency regarding the matters covered by the Aide-Mémoire with the other two.
9. This Aide-Mémoire will be submitted by the three Directors-General to their respective Governing Body, Council or Executive Board as the case may be for endorsement.
| David A. Morse | Addeke H. Boerma | René Maheu |
| Director-General | Director-General | Director-General |
| International Labour Office | Food and Agriculture Organization | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
Rome, 3 May 1968
ANNEX
Joint Statement on Agricultural Education to the ACC
The following report is the one to be annexed to the ACC's annual report to the Council in accordance with the latter's request in resolution 1277 B (XLIII).
The question of agricultural education, agricultural science training, and agricultural training has been the subject of continuing consultations between the ILO, FAO and the UNESCO over the last several months. As the result of these consultations, the Directors-General of the three Organizations concerned have come to the conclusion that, the solution of this problem lies in an integrated approach as agricultural education and training are vital components of agricultural development, within the wider context of economic, social and cultural development as a whole. Increasing emphasis is now being placed upon the development and utilization of human resources and, Resolution 1274 of the XLIII Session of ECOSOC calls upon the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies to increase concerted efforts in this field of endeavour. All these factors, together with the gravity and urgency of the world food problem, imply the need for new and sustained efforts by the three Agencies to combine their available resources and expertise to discharge their responsibilities in the field of development and human promotion.
Although progress has been achieved in the recent past, the share of resources allocated to agricultural education, science and training is still relatively small and not increasing at an adequate rate. It appears, therefore, that, unless an accelerated, continuing and major effort is undertaken by the three Organizations in the years ahead, they will be unable to meet even partially the numerous requests from Member States for increased assistance in the development of agricultural education, science and training.
Within the framework of their constitutional mandates and their approved work programmes, all the available intellectual and material resources of the three Organizations should be mobilized to face problems which cannot be effectively dealt with in an isolated manner or by any single Agency action in areas where combined effort would be more fruitful. The solution to these problems must be found in the perspective of a global effort aimed at linking closely the activities undertaken in the fields of education, science training and general training, with the targets set by the economic and social development plans. In other words, it is essential that projects which have been carried out until now on an individual basis in certain fields of activities within the competence of one Organization, or another, must be conceived and carried out within an over-all framework set up by mutual agreement between the three Organizations wherever such action would enhance the contribution of such efforts. The key to the problem is the concept of complementary and joint partnership, i.e. the imperative for the three Organizations to respond collectively, to the best of their abilities, to the aims and requests of Governments which, on their side, are striving to integrate in the over-all framework of their economic and social objectives.
The main problem, however, is to have a common understanding of what is meant by the concept of complementarity in the context of our several responsibilities in the field of agricultural education and training. These concepts can be interpreted as meaning the pooling of resources and their utilization in precisely the same aspects of agricultural education and training as hitherto by all the different Agencies, which will not meet the desired objective. What is urgently needed is to have an arrangement whereby the complementary role of different fields of specialization involved in the development of appropriate agricultural education programmes could appropriately be blended to meet the demands of agricultural development and of human resources promotion of member countries.
The fields in which the activities of the three Organizations appear to be most closely complementary and inter-related, and calling, therefore, for the above approach are:
Planning of agricultural education, science and training;
Agricultural secondary and post-secondary education;
Teacher training in agriculture;
University education in agriculture - undergraduate and post-graduate;
Vocational training in agriculture.
The three Directors-General have had a fruitful exchange of views as to how the concepts of complementarity and joint partnership could be translated into practical application. They agreed to have the matter studied further by their representatives and to meet again in May in order to see whether a mutually acceptable arrangement could be established which would provide the basis for a viable working relationship.
It is pertinent to observe in this connection that the General Conference of FAO and its Council have passed resolutions to set up, subject to the concurrence of the Unesco Executive Board, an ad hoc inter-governmental Committee under Article III of the “Relationship Agreement” to review the whole matter. These resolutions will be placed before the Unesco Executive Board meeting at the end of May for considerations and appropriate action having regard to Unesco General Conference Resolution 2.343, which had given necessary authorization in the matter to the Board. The Directors-General of FAO and Unesco, have agreed that if such a Committee is to be established, the ILO should be associated in a proper manner with its work. Meanwhile, it is the considered view of the three Directors-General that any practical form of cooperation agreed to by them would provide an important contribution to a lasting solution of the problem.
The Organization of African Unity and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
RECALLING that the Organization of African Unity (hereinafter referred to as “OAU”) was established with the purpose, among others, of coordinating and intensifying the cooperation and efforts of independent African States in order to achieve a better life for, and to promote the Unity and Solidarity of, the peoples of Africa, in accordance with the provisions of its Charter;
RECALLING also that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as “FAO”) has been established as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations to secure improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, with a view to raising levels of nutrition and standards of living and thus to contribute toward an expanding world economy, and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger; and
CONSIDERING that OAU is called upon to undertake and promote cooperation in matters appertaining to or connected with food and agriculture within Africa which are undertaken on a world-wide scale by FAO;
BEING DESIROUS of coordinating their efforts in Africa with a view to achieving their common aims within the framework of the United Nations Charter, the Charter of OAU and the Constitution of FAO;
HAVE AGREED as follows:
Article I
Cooperation:
OAU and FAO agree to cooperate with each other through their appropriate organs with respect to all matters of common interest that arise in the fields of food and agriculture.
Article II
Mutual Consultation:
1. OAU and FAO shall consult on all the matters mentioned in Article I that are of common interest to them.
2. OAU shall inform FAO of any plans for the development of its activities in the fields of food and agriculture. It shall consider any proposals concerning such plans as may be made to it by FAO with a view to securing effective coordination between the two Organizations and avoiding unnecessary duplication of activities.
3. FAO shall inform OAU of any plans for the development of its activities in Africa. It shall consider any proposals concerning such plans as may be made to it by OAU with a view to securing effective coordination between the two Organizations and avoiding unnecessary duplication of activities.
4. When circumstances so require, OAU and FAO shall engage in consultations with a view to selecting the best means of ensuring that their activities in matters of common interest are fully effective.
Article III
Reciprocal Representation:
1. OAU shall invite FAO to be represented at sessions of its Specialized Commissions, and at technical conferences or meetings, at which questions of interest to FAO are to be discussed. The observer representing FAO may participate without vote in the deliberations of such sessions, conferences or meetings with respect to matters in which FAO is interested.
2. FAO shall invite OAU to be represented at all sessions of the FAO Conference and the FAO Council and at all other conferences and meetings held under the auspices of FAO in which Member States of OAU participate. The observer representing OAU may participate without vote in the deliberations of such sessions, conferences or meetings with respect to matters in which OAU is interested.
Article IV
Meetings:
1. OAU and FAO may, in appropriate cases, agree to convene under their auspices, according to arrangements to be made in each particular case, joint meetings concerning matters of interest to both Organizations. The manner in which measures proposed by such joint meetings may be put into effect will be determined by the two Organizations.
2. In appropriate cases, meetings convened by one Organization may call for the cooperation and participation of the other Organization. The scope of such cooperation and participation will be the subject of arrangements in each case, taking into account any relevant resolution approved by the Organization responsible for the convening of the meeting.
Article V
Joint Action:
1. OAU and FAO may, through special arrangements, decide upon joint action with a view to attaining objects of common interest. These arrangements shall define the ways in which each of the two Organizations shall participate in this action, and shall specify the financial commitments, if any, that each is to assume.
2. OAU and FAO may, when they consider it desirable, set up joint commissions, committees or other bodies, on conditions to be mutually agreed in each case, to advise them on matters of common interest.
Article VI
Assistance in Technical, Research and in other relevant fields:
Joint requests for aid from two or more Member States to either Organization may, if the Governments concerned so request, be the subject of consultations between the two Organizations.
Article VII
Statistical and Legislative Information:
OAU and FAO will concert their efforts to obtain the best use of statistical and legislative information and to ensure the most effective utilization of their resources in the assembling, analysis, publication and diffusion of such information, with a view to reducing the burden on the Governments and other Organizations from which such information is collected.
Article VIII
Exchange of Information and Documents:
1. Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary for the safeguarding of classified material, OAU and FAO shall arrange for the fullest exchange of information and documents concerning matters of common interest.
2. OAU shall be kept informed by FAO of developments in the latter's work which are of interest to OAU.
3. FAO shall be kept informed by OAU of developments in the latter's work which are of interest to FAO.
Article IX
Administrative Arrangements:
The Administrative Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO shall make appropriate administrative arrangements to ensure effective cooperation and liaison between the Secretariats of the two Organizations.
Article X
Implementation of the Agreement:
1. The Administrative Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO shall consult with each other upon questions arising out of the present Agreement.
2. The Administrative Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO may make such supplementary administrative arrangements for the implementation of this Agreement as may appear desirable in the light of experience.
Article XI
Entry into Force, Amendment and Termination:
1. As soon as it has been approved by the Council of Ministers of OAU and the FAO Council, the present Agreement shall be signed by the appointed representatives of the two Organizations and shall enter into force on the date of such signature, subject to confirmation by the FAO Conference.
2. The terms of this Agreement may be amended with the consent of both parties.
3. Either of the parties may terminate this Agreement by giving six months' written notice to the other party.
Done at ................................. the ...................................in duplicate, in the English and French language, both texts being equally authentic.
MEMBERS OF FAO COUNCIL
Independent Chairman: Maurice Gemayel
The composition of the Council until 31 December 1968 was as follows:
Afghanistan1
Australia2
Brazil1
Canada1
Central African Republic3
Chile2
Colombia1
Costa Rica1
Ethiopia3
France2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of3
India2
Indonesia3
Israel1
Ivory Coast1
Japan3
Kenya1
Mali2
Nepal3
Pakistan2
Peru3
Philippines3
Romania3
Somali Republic2
Sudan, The1
Sweden2
Tunisia1
Turkey3
Uganda2
United Arab Republic2
United Kingdom2
United States of America1
Uruguay3
Yugoslavia1
The composition of the Council from 1 January 1969 is as follows:
Algeria4
Afghanistan4
Australia2
Belgium4
Brazil4
Canada4
Central African Republic3
Chile2
Colombia4
Costa Rica4
Ethiopia3
France2
Germany, Fed. Rep. of3
India2
Indonesia3
Iraq4
Japan3
Mali2
Nepal3
Nigeria4
Pakistan2
Peru3
Philippines3
Poland4
Romania3
Somali Republic2
Sweden2
Turkey3
Uganda2
United Arab Republic2
United Kingdom2
United States of America4
Uruguay3
Zambia4
1 Term of office until 31 December 1968
2 Term of office until conclusion of fifteenth session of the Conference, November 1969
3 Term of office until 31 December 1970
4 Term of office until conclusion of sixteenth session of the Conference, November 1971
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES
24 November 1967 – November 1969
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Chairman:
Michel Cépède (France)
Members:
G. Bula Hoyos (Colombia)
H.J. Kristensen (Denmark)
J.C. Mathur (India)
R.W. Phillips (United States of America)
Y. Qureshi (Pakistan)
E.M. West (United Kingdom)
First Alternate:
A. Davatchi (Iran)
Second Alternate:
Mme M.-T. Basse (Senegal)
Third Alternate:
S. Krolikowski (Poland)
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chairman:
J.C. Nagle (Ireland)
Members:
C.M.R. Correa Avila (Argentina)
V.P. Dhital (Nepal)
R. Gibb (United States of America)
M. Ristic (Yugoslavia)
First Alternate:
A.M.R. van Hauwermeiren (Belgium)
Second Alternate:
M.Y. Mayel (Afghanistan)
Third Alternate:
A. Löchen (Norway)
COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Ceylon
Chad
Dominican Republic
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Lebanon
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Senegal
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
United Kingdom
United States of America
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
Argentina
Australia
Cameroon
Canada
Ceylon
Chad
Chile
Costa Rica
Denmark
France
Germany, Federal Republic of
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Senegal
Spain
Tanzania
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
Australia
France
Morocco
Pakistan
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
OTHER COMMITTEES
FAO / UN INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
The composition of IGC until 31 December 1968 was as follows:
Argentina*
Australia
Brazil
Canada*
Colombia*
Denmark
France*
Germany, Fed. Rep. of*
Ghana
India*
Ireland
Jamaica*
Korea, Rep. of*
Netherlands*
New Zealand*
Nigeria*
Pakistan
Peru
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America*
The composition of IGC from 1 January 1969 is as follows:
Argentina
Australia
Canada*
Chile*
Colombia*
Denmark
France*
Germany, Fed. Rep. of*
India*
Ireland
Jamaica*
Korea, Rep. of*
Netherlands*
New Zealand*
Niger
Nigeria*
Pakistan
Peru
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America*
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON FUNCTIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL
Australia
Canada
Colombia
Mali
Philippines
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
FAO MEMBER NATIONS
(as at 1 April 1969)
Afghanistan
Algeria
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Barbados
Belgium
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Ceylon
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Dahomey
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Ethiopia
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia, The
Germany, Federal Republic of
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somali Republic
Spain
Sudan, The
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Republic
United Kingdom
United States of America
Upper Volta
Uruguay
Venezuela
Viet-Nam, Republic of
Yemen Arab Republic
Yugoslavia
Zambia
FAO ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
(as at 1 April 1969)
Bahrain
Qatar
