FAO/GTZ Workshop on Communication and Knowledge Management in Rural Areas

Assisi, Italy
18 - 22 June 2007

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) are organizing a technical consultation workshop on the topic of Communication and Knowledge Management in Rural Areas. The workshop will be jointly organized with the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Perugia and will be held at the Domus Pacis Conference Centre in Assisi, Italy from 18 to 22 June 2007. The main aim of the workshop is to bring together experts and practitioners working in the areas of Communication for Development, Research, Extension and Knowledge Management to discuss current issues and share their practical experiences in rural development settings.

The workshop is designed to build a common understanding and framework for addressing Knowledge Management within an Agricultural Knowledge and Information System (AKIS) environment and to look at how Communication for Development approaches can foster dynamic interaction between different forms of knowledge to support local problem-solving and decision making processes as well as improve efficiency of projects/ programmes. It is expected that the group discussions will assess needs and opportunities for collaborative action to improve the existing communication and extension services and to implement effective knowledge management tools that would address the needs of rural stakeholders and of development interventions.

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