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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is to inform you
about an initiative taken by FAO as part of the WSIS action line follow up on
E-Agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The FAO on-line
discussion Forum on Public Private Partnership in <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>
will take place between 10 and 28 March 2008 on <a
href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/">www.e-agriculture.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Find more information
below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philippe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>==================================================================</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Making
e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in <st1:place
w:st="on">Asia</st1:place></span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Sponsored by Katalyst and FAO. Moderated by Katal</font></tt></span></font><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>yst, a multi-donor funded</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">market development project implemented by
Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">for Technical Cooperation and co-implemented by
GTZ-International Services. A</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Global Knowledge Partnership Event. </font></tt><br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><a
href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/">www.e-agriculture.org</a><tt><font
face="Courier New"> </font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>will host a
special online forum on the Role of Public</span></font></tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Private Partnerships (PPPs) starting 10 March
2008. </font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Areas which will be</span></font></tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">explored include: The scope of Public Private
Partnerships to implement</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">e-Agriculture successfully; Understanding the
major & common constraints in</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">PPP based on past experiences and current
practices; Suggestions and</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">solutions to overcome the challenges and focus on
bringing practical</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">solutions; and the roles of stakeholders:
government, private sector, and</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">others. </font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Subject Matter Experts Participating include: </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director, Agriculture
and Rural Development,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global
Services India</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Philip DesAutels, Academic Evangelist, Microsoft
Corporation </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Sunit Shrestha, Director, TNR Institute,
Thailand </font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Moderated by: </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager of
Katalyst </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Michael Riggs, Information Management
Specialist, FAO </font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">- Charlotte Masiello-Riome, World Summit on the
Information Society</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Communications Focal Point, e-agriculture and
e-agriculture.org Coordinator </font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">This Forum is a lead up to the e-Agriculture INDIA
2008 Conference to be held</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">in New Dehli, India 29-31 July 2008. Outcomes will
also be reported to the</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">World Summit on the Information Society Follow Up
Action meetings to be held</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">in May 2008. </font></tt></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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