[WSIS CS-Plenary] Upcoming Forum in preparation by FAO for WSIS Follow up meetings

[CONGO - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

This is to inform you about an initiative taken by FAO as part of the WSIS
action line follow up on E-Agriculture.

The FAO on-line discussion Forum on Public Private Partnership in Asia will
take place between 10 and 28 March 2008 on www.e-agriculture.org
<http://www.e-agriculture.org/> . 

Find more information below.

 

Best, 

 

Philippe

 

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Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia

Sponsored by Katalyst and FAO. Moderated by Katalyst, a multi-donor funded
market development project implemented by Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation
for Technical Cooperation and co-implemented by GTZ-International Services.
A
Global Knowledge Partnership Event. 

www.e-agriculture.org <http://www.e-agriculture.org/>  will host a special
online forum on the Role of Public
Private Partnerships (PPPs) starting 10 March 2008. Areas which will be
explored include: The scope of Public Private Partnerships to implement
e-Agriculture successfully; Understanding the major & common constraints in
PPP based on past experiences and current practices; Suggestions and
solutions to overcome the challenges and focus on bringing practical
solutions; and the roles of stakeholders: government, private sector, and
others. 

Subject Matter Experts Participating include: 
- M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director, Agriculture and Rural Development,
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
- Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global Services India
- Philip DesAutels, Academic Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation 
- Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia 
- Sunit Shrestha, Director, TNR Institute, Thailand 

Moderated by: 
- Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager of Katalyst 
- Michael Riggs, Information Management Specialist, FAO 
- Charlotte Masiello-Riome, World Summit on the Information Society
Communications Focal Point, e-agriculture and e-agriculture.org Coordinator 

This Forum is a lead up to the e-Agriculture INDIA 2008 Conference to be
held
in New Dehli, India 29-31 July 2008. Outcomes will also be reported to the
World Summit on the Information Society Follow Up Action meetings to be held
in May 2008. 

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