FAO at the CTA Brussels Briefing on major drivers for rural transformation in Africa
Mr. Peter Wobst, FAO Senior Economist at the Gender Equity and Rural Employment Division will make a presentation on 14th of September 2011 at the CTA Brussels policy briefing No 24 which will be on “Major drivers for rural
transformation in Africa: job creation for rural growth”. His presentation will be on creating employment for rural youth and rural women.
The program of the CTA briefing can be consulted: http://brusselsbriefings.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/programme-rural-transformation-in-africa.pdf
Reference material on the subject matter can be consulted at the following link:
Gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathway out of poverty (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1638e/i1638e.pdf
Rural Youth Employment in developing Countries: A Global View, FAO, March 2010: http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al414e/al414e00.pdf
Investing in skills for socio-economic empowerment of rural women (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e02.pdf
Agricultural value chain development: Threat or opportunity for women employment (FAO, IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e04.pdf
The state of agriculture 2010-2011: women in agriculture, closing the gender gap for development (FAO, 2011): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e00.htm
Rural women’s entrepreneurship is good business (FAO,IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e03.pdf
Women in infrastructure works: boosting gender equality and rural development (FAO,IFAD, ILO 2010): http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e05.pdf
Youth: Junior farmer field and live schools: http://www.fao.org/bestpractices/content/11/11_04_en.htm
Schuman Trophy Tournament
Playing under the UNIDO banner, staff from IOM, UNFCCC, UNIDO and UNRIC took part in the Schuman Trophy football tournament for the fourth year running, finishing in third place.
