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This note is meant to serve as a guide on how to ensure balance representation of Civil Society organizations in FAO activities or processes. Balanced representativeness of Civil society has four main components that need to be ensured and look at, these are: constituencies, geography, gender andgroups. By ensuring that these four components are taking into account during relevant discussions, FAO will ensure that whether from meetings or processes,...

Резюме: На протяжении многих лет ФАО взаимодействует с сотнями организаций гражданского общества (НПО, местными организациями, профессиональными объединениями, сетевыми структурами и т.п.) при осуществлении технической работы, полевых операций в условиях чрезвычайных ситуаций, подготовке кадров и наращивании потенциала, а также пропаганды передового сельскохозяйственного опыта. За прошедшие годы организации гражданского общества (ОГО) развили свой потенциал в вопросах координации, охвата групп населения, мобилизации и информационно- пропагандистской деятельности. В ФАО за это время были осуществлены преобразования в системе управления, пересмотрена Стратегическая рамочная...

Cooperatives play a crucial role in reducing poverty, improving food security and generating employment opportunities. Awareness must be raised on their important contribution to global socio-economic development and to promote the growth and strengthening of cooperatives all over the world.

More than a billion of the world’s poorest people rely on forests and trees on farms to provide food, energy and cash income. By forming producer groups and cooperatives, forest farmers can take collective action and enjoy economies of scale.

Agricultural cooperatives (AC) have proved to be an effective mechanism for engaging young people in agriculture while increasing youth employment opportunities through on-farm and off-/non-farm activities. As highlighted by the 2011 International Day of Cooperatives with its theme of “Youth, future of cooperative enterprise”, equitable and efficient ACs can play an important role in helping young farmers overcome specific challenges to engage in agriculture.