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This guidance document will:  Introduce the concepts of rural employment and decent work (RE&DW). Acknowledge the centrality of RE&DW for the achievement of the Millennium  Development Goals (MDGs)

• Affirm FAO’s comparative advantages in dealing with RE&DW and identify the main areas  of intervention

• Provide a summary of the results of FAO’s “Self-Assessment on Employment and Decent Work

• Suggest examples of concrete actions that FAO country offices could consider to promote  RE&DW w ithin their existing work programmes 

• Encourage the creation of links with International Labour Organization (ILO) field offices  and facilitate partnerships and the identification of synergies.