FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Subregional Office
for Central and Eastern Europe (SEUR)

NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

Events

Eastern European and Central Asian Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Forum
26-29 October 2009, Ankara, Turkey

Policy options for wood energy
Workshop
17-20 November 2009, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Mapping of and Policy Orientation for Adaptation to Climate Change
Capacity Building and Methodological Workshop (TCP/RER/3203)
19-21 November, Budapest, Hungary

Regional Consultation and Workshop on Seed Production
24-26 November, Budapest, Hungary
The main objective of the consultation and workshop is to make inventory of various elements of the seed programme and to find out the current status of seed production in 12 member countries of the Subregion. The outcome of the workshop will help FAO to assist the member countries in improvement and development of functional and sustainable seed delivery system adequate to meet both basic national requirements for food security and meeting minimum international standards.

United Nations Ministerial Conference
Social Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Turkey
7-8 December, Almaty, Kazakhstan

For previous events please click here.

News

REU Policy Studies on Rural Transition
Topics covered in this new series include land reform and farm restructuring, livestock development, agriculture in the new EU member states after accession, crop diversification and farm debt. This series includes studies on agricultural policies in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Central Asia and Central Eastern Europe, but the list will expand as new titles are added.


FAO launched new Hunger portal

In October three important events prepared the ground for the World Summit on Food Security:
High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050
Committee for World Food Security (CFS)
World Food Day, October 16, focuses this year on how to ensure Food Security in times of crisis.

The following projects have been recently approved by the Director-General of FAO:

  "TCP Facility"
Countres: Ukraine
Code: TCP/UKR/3201 (D)

  "TCP Facility"
Country: Serbia
TCP/YUG/3202

  "TCP Facility"
Country: Georgia
TCP/GEO/3201 (D)

  "Technical Support for Human Resources Development of Agricultural Advisory Services"
Countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, UNMIK Kosovo
TCP/RER/3206 TCP Facility SEU

  "Wood energy for sustainable rural development"
Country: Serbia
TCP/YUG/3201 (D)

Click here for more information about projects in the region.