Posts on the Topic "policies"
2024 State of the DPG Ecosystem Report is now live!
27/02/2025
In 2024, the landscape of digital public goods (DPGs) saw unprecedented thrust, shaping change across key sectors, from healthcare and education to climate action and sustainable agriculture. The release of the 2024 State of the DPG Ecosystem report by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)...
AI in Charge: Shaping Policy Making and Agrifood Systems Governance—A Vision, Exodus, or an Opportunity?
22/05/2024
On 14 May, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a thought-provoking webinar exploring the potential role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of agrifood systems governance. For this event, titled “‘AI in Charge’ of policy making and agrifood...
AI in Charge: Shaping Policy Making and Agrifood Systems Governance—A Vision, Exodus, or an Opportunity
21/05/2024
On 14 May, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a thought-provoking webinar exploring the potential role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in shaping the future of agrifood systems governance. For this event, titled “‘AI in Charge’ of policy making and agrifood...
FAO China and Pinduoduo organize webinar on smart agriculture
02/03/2022
03/01/2022, Beijing - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Representation in China and Pinduoduo Inc. jointly held a webinar on how smart agriculture can bolster food production and security. The webinar Smart Agriculture in China: Role of Digital Technology in...
USAID launches the agency-wide Digital Strategy
11/05/2020
USAID has released its first-ever Digital Strategy, charting an Agency-wide vision for development and humanitarian assistance in the world’s rapidly evolving digital landscape. Building on decades of leadership in digital development, the Strategy outlines USAID’s deliberate and holistic commitment...
Girls in ICT Day (25 April 2019): Expand horizons, change attitudes
25/04/2019
Today is the 25 April 2019 and more than 170 countries worldwide get set to promote tech studies to girls and women on ‘ Girls in ICT Day’. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the global technology community and an expected 170+ countries will celebrate 'Girls in ICT Day', an...
Armenia to develop a national e-agriculture strategy
19/11/2018
On Monday 19 November 2018, FAO is organizing a workshop on “ The development of a national e-agriculture strategy for Armenia” within the framework of the EU-funded FAO project “ ENPARD Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia”. The workshop will provide the...
‘Call for Contributions’ by the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation
14/11/2018
The High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation has announced a call for contributions where they are seeking inputs from individuals, government, academic/research groups and various stakeholders to supply contributions that are to inform its deliberations and development of actionable recommendations...
Join the E-Consultation on ethical, legal and policy aspects of open data affecting farmers from 4 to 8 June, 2018 on e-Agriculture
28/05/2018
GODAN, Global Forum on Agricultural Research and Innovation (GFAR), Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) and Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft (KTBL) will hold an e-consultation on ethical, legal and policy aspects of open data affecting smallholder...