Informal Consultation Meeting for the preparation of the 29th ERC and the 38th Session of the ECA

Chisinau, Moldova, 17 December 2013

In preparation for the 29th ERC and the 38th Session of the ECA, which will be held from 1 – 4 April 2014 in Bucharest, Romania a Second Informal Consultation will be organized by the Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia.

Memurandum of Responsibilities signed on the ERC 2014

H.E. Daniel Constantin, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania and Mr. Tony Alonzi, acting Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, signed an agreement to prepare the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC), which will be organized from 29 March – 4 April 2014 in Bucharest.

10 December 2013, Bucharest, Romania

New volumes in the REU Policy Studies on Rural Transition:

• Association of farmers in the Western Balkan countries
• Сельскохозяйственная обслуживающая кооперация в Украине
• Agriculture and Rural Cooperation - Examples from Armenia, Georgia and Moldova
• Cooperative development in Central Asia
• Agricultural cooperatives in Israel
• An overview of cooperatives in Turkey