Objective

The objective of the FAO–China SSC project is to train High-Level/Senior Staff - national focal point institutions for GIAHS and government resource officers or academicians and, in the process, initiate, implement and manage a GIAHS programme in their respective countries.

The proposed High Level training will build upon a decade of successful piloting of GIAHS dynamic conservation, scientific underpinning of agricultural heritage and worldwide experience in selected countries in Latin America, North Africa and Asia, particularly in China. The course will be divided into different modules:

• The GIAHS Conceptual Framework, background, criteria and processes
• The GIAHS Implementation and Operational Framework; resource mobilization and funding opportunities
• Agricultural Heritage Systems and the Pillars of Sustainable Development
• GIAHS and the Rio+20 Visions and international development objectives
• GIAHS impacts and issues
• Lessons learned and experiences exchange through South-South Cooperation
• The Way Forward

Concept note

Agenda