Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, March 2025

FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

In their pursuit to ensure an equitable and sustainable future, governments can rely on FAO expertise in food and agriculture. Responding to the needs of Europe and Central Asia, the Organization is offering support in many specific areas. Find out more

Highlights

News

Europe and Central Asia: To feed the population, sustainable water management is essential, UN report says

News

Mutli-Stakeholder Exchange on Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Georgia

Regional Priority Programmes

The three Regional Priority Programmes provide an integrated, programmatic approach to addressing the region’s priority issues, and guide the implementation of country programmes. Most of FAO’s work in the region contributes to one or more of these priority programmes, with food and nutrition security as a cross-cutting area of work.

Regional Priority Programme

Empowering smallholders, family farms and youth through inclusive rural transformation, digitalization and innovation

Regional Priority Programme

Transforming food systems and facilitating market access and integration

Regional Priority Programme

Managing natural resources sustainably and preserving biodiversity in a changing climate

Recent and upcoming events

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2025

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2025

Integrated Forest Fire (Wildfire) Management Training

Semey (Kazakhstan), 22/04/2025 - 23/04/2025

Forests cover 31 percent of the world’s land surface, store an estimated 296 gigatonnes of carbon and are home to the majority of terrestrial biodiversity. They provide essential resources for millions of people while helping to mitigate climate change and improve environmental quality.

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2025

Stakeholder consultation on the draft European Cormorant Management Plan

Virtual Event, 25/04/2025

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) is organizing a Stakeholder consultation on the draft European Cormorant Management Plan. The cormorant population in Europe has increased over the last decades. This increase took place under protection by the EU Birds Directive. However, since the 1990s there are concerns about the impact of predation by cormorants on ...

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Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, March 2025 – Issue #17

Mar 17, 2025, 16:22 PM

In this edition, we explore how women’s empowerment is catalyzing change within agrifood systems and provide insights from FAO’s Gender Week that highlight advances in gender equality. We also discuss how FAO contributed to championing the transformation of agrifood systems at COP29. A special focus is given to the Country Gender Assessment in rural Georgia, which outlines effective solutions for combating gender inequality in the country.

Title : Europe and Central Asia Gender Newsletter, March 2025 – Issue #17

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*Publication Date : Mar 1, 2025, 12:00 PM