FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Subregional Office
for Central and Eastern Europe (SEUR)

NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

Events

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

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

Best practice examples of non-state forestry in CEEC
Workshop
17-20 January 2010, Hissar, Bulgaria

Institutional Needs for Sustainable Non-Wood Forest Product Sector in South-East Europe
Workshop
10-12 February 2010, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

For previous events please click here.

News

FAO launched three year national plan to support agricultural development in Albania
The document outlines FAO`s commitments and contributions as part of the organization`s work under the One UN Programme in Albania, part of the wider "Delivering as One" process of global UN reform.

REU Policy Studies on Rural Transition
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

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

  "Support to the development of a national programme for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture"
Countres: Serbia
Code: TCP/YUG/3203 (D)

  "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

Click here for more information about projects in the region.