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June 2006

Institutions: Land tenure

"European Union accession and land tenure data in Central and Eastern Europe. FAO Land Tenure Policy Series Number 1" The EU has a long tradition of offering membership to countries with the intention of strengthening democracy and the rule of law in them, and the present expansion into Central and Eastern Europe should be seen in this context.

Institutions: Rural organizations

"Soil and water conservation to conservation agriculture practices. Eotulelo Farmer Field School Group, Tanzania" The Eutolelo Farmer Field School Group has been in existence since 2001 as a self-help community based group. From the very beginning a key motivation for the group and individual households was to find means to deal with the deteriorating natural resource base.

Knowledge: Communication for development

The first "World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD)" jointly organized by FAO, World Bank and The Communication Initiative will be held in Rome from 25-27 October 2006 at FAO headquarters. The focus of the Congress is to effectively promote the mainstreaming of communication into development policies and programmes and to promote strategic partnerships and alliances in this field. A "Background paper on Communication for Sustainable Development" has been prepared to serve as the basis for discussions.

Knowledge: Research and technology

"The status of agricultural biotechnology and biosafety in Ukraine" Ukraine was a major food producer as part of the former Soviet Union and it retains tremendous agricultural potential. Ukrainian agriculture was founded on collectivised agricultural enterprises that have, since independence in 1991, largely been replaced by more modern ventures that increasingly take sustainability into account.

Update: Energy and Technology

"Introducing the International Bioenergy Platform (IBEP)" The International Bioenergy Platform is being presented to the international community in the energy, agriculture and environment sectors as a mechanism for organizing and facilitating a multidisciplinary and global approach.

Update: Land tenure

"Interview on the outcomes of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD)" In an interview, Parviz Koohafkan, Director of FAO’s Rural Development Division and Executive Secretary of the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD) shares the main outcomes of the Conference held in Porto Alegre in March 2006 and provides his views about its follow-up.

Institutions: Rural organizations

Four new distance learning CD-roms have been produced by the Rural Institutions and Participation Service. Each CD-rom is comprised of modules, exercise and supplementary material. The following CD-roms are available: "Understanding and Supporting Rural Producer Organizations", "Understand, Analyze and Manage a Decentralization Process", "Participatory Negotiated Territorial Development", and “Participatory Project Formulation”.

Update: Education

On 12 -15 June, in Rome, the "Meeting of the International Working Group on Education" addressed two major topics: Education for Rural People and Capacity Building. The meeting was organized by the UNESCO Institute of Education and hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sustainable Development Department, flagship partnership on Education for Rural People. The weaknesses of basic education services in rural areas are related, among other factors, to the fact that many countries still lack capacities to formulate policies that respond to people’s needs. The meeting thus analyzed the consequences of taking into consideration the specific needs of the rural population at primary level, in non formal education, in technical an vocational education, and at higher education. Capacity building was the second theme discussed since it is the key to the preparation of good education plans, programmes and reforms. The Group also examined current trends in development cooperation, including Sector Wide Approaches, Poverty Reduction Strategies and follow up of Education for All and the MDGs, including the Fast Track Initiative.

Update: Communication for development

A Sub-regional workshop on "Communication, Natural Resources Management and Local Development" was held 6-8 June 2006 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The workshop, organized by FAO, the World Bank and GTZ, was coordinated by the Network on Communication and Natural Resources Management and the Communication for Development Group of FAO. The workshop gathered relevant experts and specialists in the field of Communication for NRM, with the objective of evaluating current tendencies and approaches of Communication for NRM in the region. The results of this consultative process will lead to a strengthening of communities and the establishement of priorities and proposals that will be presented in a specific session of the WCCD with the objective of sharing experiences and fostering cooperation for mainstreaming Communication for Development in the region.

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