Education is the best road out of poverty for rural african poor

September 27, 2005. - Interview by La Voix de l'Amerique (Camille Grosdidier) to FAO's Senior Officer: Extension, Education and Communication Service - Lavinia Gasperini: More

Education in Africa - FAO initiative in Addis Ababa

September 18, 2005. - Interview by Carmela Giglio to FAO's Senior Officer: Extension, Education and Communication Service - Lavinia Gasperini: More

Education for the Rural Poor is Crucial in Africa

7-9 September 2005 - Ministerial Seminar on Education for Rural People in Africa: Policy Lessons, Options and Priorities was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Press release

A school garden ... ... knowledge and culture

July 6, 2005. - Interview by Channel Africa (Jenine Coetzer) to FAO's Senior Officer: Extension, Education and Communication Service - Lavinia Gasperini:

Since 1997, over 150 school garden initiatives in more than 40 countries have been supported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, the F.A.O. The organisation says school gardens can be a powerful tool to improve the quality of both nutrition and education of children and their families in developing countries, especially if they are integrated with national agricultural, nutrition and education programmes. More

School gardens: education and nutrition go together

30 June, 2005. FAO newsroom.
Support by farmers and parents is essential.

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A school garden ... ... knowledge and culture

July 6, 2005. - Interview by Channel Africa (Jenine Coetzer) to FAO's Senior Officer: Extension, Education and Communication Service - Lavinia Gasperini:

Since 1997, over 150 school garden initiatives in more than 40 countries have been supported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, the F.A.O. The organisation says school gardens can be a powerful tool to improve the quality of both nutrition and education of children and their families in developing countries, especially if they are integrated with national agricultural, nutrition and education programmes. More

30 June, 2005. FAO newsroom.
Support by farmers and parents is essential.

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17 June, 2005. La provincia di Biella e la FAO. La Provincia di Biella, capofila della cooperazione internazionale insieme a FAO e Acra.

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15 June, 2005. FAO newsroom. Education for rural people, a crucial step towards the Millennium Goals. Identifying the needs of rural communities is essential.

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May, 2005. Development Education Times n.7 - News from Europe. Building awareness on the importance of ERP is a crucial step to achieve all the MDGs, and particularly, eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education and promoting gender equity.
ACRA, on behalf of the Italian NGO Association, invites you to know more about ERP and to join this challenge! More

May, 2005. - The ERP new online education tool kit on agriculture, forestry and fisheries was included in the FAO Fisheries Web site. More

26 Avril, 2005, ROME. For the first time, a tool kit including a wide range of teaching and learning tools for the education of rural people is available on the Internet.

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Support to Kosovo initiative

3 and 4 March 2005 - A 2 day workshop was held at OSCE HQ, in Pristina, Kosovo, by the Inter-Ministerial and Stakeholder Working Group (IMSWG) on Curriculum Contextualization for basic education (grades 6-9) in rural areas. The Kosovo ERP strategy , supported by FAO, has generated quite a number of actions which have been taken by the Government of Kosovo to implement aspects of the strategy. More

La Educación Rural en América Latina

Jan. 2005 InterCambios Ano 4 N. 46 La Educacion Rural en América Latina.

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The contribution of NGOs to ERP

December, 2004 - In an interview Ms. Ada Civitani (Association of Rural Cooperation in Africa and Latin America ACRA) talks about the contribution of NGOs to ERP while giving insights on how to strengthen collaboration between NGOs and UN agencies.
Source:United System Network on Rural Development and Food Secutity Website http://www.rdfs.net

Not to forget Africa

December 6, 2004 - Interview to Lavinia Gasperini (FAO/SDRE), RAI Radio Uno 8,00 - GRR - Saxa Rubra - Roma - I.
Not to forget Africa. The plague of illeteracy in some countries affects more than 80% of the population.
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Addressing the gap between urban and rural illiteracy

November 25, 2004 - Representatives from more than 100 non-governmental and civil society organizations from developed and developing countries, senior officials from the Italian Development Cooperation programme and experts from FAO, UNESCO and other international organizations have agreed on strengthening their cooperation in order to address the basic education needs of the world's biggest neglected majority: rural people. A partnership project will raise public awareness in Europe on the importance of education for rural people in poor countries and the urgent need to target rural areas where over 70 percent of the world's poor are caught in the vicious circle of being unable to access the services and opportunities that might take them out of poverty. The project, discussed at a three-day meeting (15-17 November) is co- financed by the European Commission, several European NGOs, FAO and UNESCO.
Source:United System Network on Rural Development and Food Secutity Website http://www.unesco.org/education/efa/archives.shtml

15 - 17 November, 2004 - The European Commission, several European NGOs, FAO and UNESCO agreed to co-finance a partnership project to raise public awareness in Europe on the importance of education for rural people in poor countries.
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Education for Rural People - FAO fact sheet.

10 September, 2004 - "Education for Rural People - FAO fact sheet." A joint enterprise and flagship study by the Sustainable Development Department, FAO and UNESCO. A call to boost education in rural areas. Inviting member countries, agencies and organizations to work together to plan greater collaboration in promoting education for rural people. More

UNESCO:Education for sustainable development

2 to 3 September, 2004 - "Education for a sustainable future: action, commitments and partnership" is the title of the Conference organized by UNESCO, the UNESCO Coordination Unit and the Ministry of Education of South Africa. During the meeting were discussed some initiatives. Among them was presented the Education for Rural People initiative launched by FAO and UNESCO. More
Source: Educazione&Scuola - Board. News e Forum dal mondo della Scuola.

AMERICA LATINA: Educacion rural, una tarea pendiente".

13 August, 2004 - Los habitantes de zonas costeras, montanosas o selvaticas tienen diferentes problemas, historias y contextos, agrozoologicos y ambientales, que deben ser tomados en cuenta por los programas escolares, dijo a IPS Lavinia Gasperini, experta en educacion de la sede central en Roma de la FAO". More

Educating Rural People.

12 August, 2004 - "THE Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said a recent regional study on education for rural people in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru will provide background for discussion at the Santiago workshop, which is organised by it in collaboration with the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation. More

Campana internacional de educacion rural.

06 August, 2004 - "La Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas para Agricultura y Alimentacion (FAO) anuncio el lanzamiento de una campana internacional de educacion rural para incrementar la productividad agricola y reducir el hambre, la malnutricion y la pobreza en America Latina. El lanzamiento fue realizado en el marco de un taller regional, organizado por la FAO y la Unesco (Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas para la Educacion, la Ciencia y la Cultura), sobre "Seguridad alimentaria y educacion rural", llevado a cabo entre el 3 y el 5 de agosto pasado en Santiago de Chile. ." More

A workshop Educacion de la Poblacion Rural (EPR) en America Latina: ALIMENTACION Y EDUCACION PARA TODOS

3 to 5 August, 2004 - Regional Education for Rural People (ERP) capacity building workshop for Latin America policy makers and managers from Ministries of Education and of Agriculture was held in Santiago de Chile. Press release

A medium-term Strategy for Education for Rural People on Kosovo

June 17, 2004 - In Pristina, a medium-term Strategy for Education for Rural People, prepared during 2003 – 2004 by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development with the technical support of FAO (T.C.P./KOS/2901) was officially launched and presented to the donors’ community.
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