FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

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2023

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2023

Budapest (Hungary), 04/05/2023 - 05/05/2023

The Informal Consultation for Europe and Central Asia provides a platform on which the FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and Members can interact, facilitating consultation on key issues in the region. The main purpose of the Informal Consultation in 2023 is defining the FAO priorities for the Europe and Central Asia Region for 2024-2025, which will be presented for endorsement at...

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2023

Virtual Event, 17/04/2023

11:00 - 12:05 (Ankara time). FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye bring together national stakeholders and partner organizations from across the sub-region to mark the closure of the three-year project “Reduction of Food Loss and Waste in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and Türkiye” and present the main results of their activities since t...

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2023

Virtual Event, 30/03/2023

The FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and UN World Tourism Organization is organizing an online side event during the UNECE Regional Sustainable Development Forum  “ Rural women, agritourism and digitalization: practices and experiences that contribute to sustainable development” on 30 March 2023 to showcase promising practices from Albania, Chile, Georgia, Spain and ...

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2023

Hybrid Event, 29/03/2023

Approximately 75% of emissions originate from cities, whilst by 2050, urban areas are expected to house over two-thirds of the global population. Cities will therefore play a critical role in the push to achieve sustainable development. Cities are also the site of tackling local complex issues such as housing, energy, transportation, waste and water management, disaster risk reduction, air p...

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2023

Geneva (Switzerland), 28/03/2023

09:00am -17:30pm CET. The Issue-Based Coalition on Sustainable Food Systems and the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub are organizing the “Regional preparatory meeting for the Food Systems Stocktaking Moment (STM),” which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 28 March 2023, during the 2023 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.&...

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2023

Virtual Event, 27/03/2023

14:00-15:30 CET. 2030 is seven years away and we are far from achieving the SDGs. We are at risk of not achieving in full the targets related to agrifood systems by 2030. Climate change, along with other drivers and crises, is already undermining the recent progress made in promoting sustainable rural livelihoods and fighting against all forms of malnutrition. To contin...

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2023

Virtual Event, 14/03/2023

11:00 – 12:00 (CET) In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) renewed the commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition and reducing premature mortality caused by non-communicable diseases.

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2023

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2023

Yerevan (Armenia), 13/03/2023 - 17/03/2023

In the framework of the regional programme on seed system and the project titled “Creating enabling environments for enhanced climate resilience in agriculture”, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia is organizing a regional training between 13-17 March 2023 Yerevan, Armenia, to strengthen seed system management in South European and Central Asia c...

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2023

Hybrid Event, 09/03/2023

14:30 – 17:00 (Ashgabat time) The 7th Meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture of Central Asia will be held during the international conference “Cooperation on food security in the context of climate change,” in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 

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2023

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2023

Hybrid Event, İstanbul (Türkiye), 07/03/2023 - 08/03/2023

09.00 – 17.00 GMT+3 (Ankara time). The 13 Member Nations of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) face multiple challenges regarding agrifood systems including unbalanced diets, increased incidence of issues related to food safety, transboundary animal and plant disease outbreaks, and significant levels of food loss and waste.

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2023

Virtual Event, 01/03/2023

The 39/6 meeting of the Executive Committee of the European Commission on Agriculture (ECA) is scheduled for 1 March 2023. The Committee will be provided with an update on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security and related matters in countries of Europe and Central Asia and beyond, and with technical information on REU’s work relating to agricultural matters and food security in the ...

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2023

Virtual Event, 15/02/2023

The meeting entitled “Agricultural finance for the Sustainable Enhancement of Agricultural Productivity in Central Asia” will address pathways to increase agricultural productivity that delivers economic growth in an environmentally sustainable way. It will explore innovative models to encourage on-farm investment by the smallholders in new technologies and vital agricultural inputs through acc...

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2023

Hybrid Event, Baku (Azerbaijan), 24/01/2023

9:00 – 18:00 GMT+4. The FAO–Türkiye partnership programmes consist of the FAO–Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture and the FAO–Türkiye Forestry Partnership Programme.

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2023

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2023

İstanbul (Türkiye), 23/01/2023 - 25/01/2023

Small-scale family farmers can be instrumental in elevating human rights in the food and agriculture sector – a key element in ensuring the sustainability of food security.

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2023

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2023

Berlin (Germany), 18/01/2023 - 21/01/2023

The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is an international conference on central issues of global agricultural and food policies, held in Berlin on an annual basis. At the 2023 edition, 2000 visitors from politics, business, academia, and civil society will discuss in Berlin how to bring about successful ...

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2023

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2023

Budapest (Hungary), 15/01/2023 - 28/02/2023

The following Master of Science degree course is offered in English for the 2023–24 academic year:

  • Master in Agricultural Water Management Engineering
  • Master in Biotechnology

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2023

Virtual Event, 13/01/2023

The Committee will be provided with an update on the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security and related matters, along with technical information on FAO’s work relating to agricultural matters and food security in the region and beyond.

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2022

Virtual Event, 14/12/2022

Agrifood systems in Europe and Central Asia are deeply affected by geopolitical and economic uncertainties which impact both directly and indirectly on food supply chains, and have repercussions in food markets; moreover, they are threatened by environmental, human-driven long-term stresses, such as climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and natural resource degradation.

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2022

15/12

2022

Hybrid Event, 14/12/2022 - 15/12/2022

Earlier, FAO launched a Technical Cooperation Programme to strengthen preparedness against lumpy skin disease in Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

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2022

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2022

Hybrid Event, 05/12/2022 - 06/12/2022

Let’s celebrate World Soil Day 2022! As soils provide most of our food and are central to our planet’s life-support system. Without healthy soils, we cannot sustain healthy lives.