Subject: | Expert Consultation on Communication for Development |
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Date: | Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:08:03 +0100 |
From: | DelCastello, Riccardo (OEKR) <[log in to unmask]> |
Dear colleagues
and friends,
The Expert
Consultation on Communication for Development that was held here
in FAO was a unique opportunity for all of us to meet and
reflect on the crucial challenges that ComDev in agricultural
development is facing today. Communication needs and available
channels in rural areas are going through tremendous changes and
rural people are increasingly calling for new communication
capacities to access relevant knowledge and information on rural
support services and technologies.
The enthusiastic
response we received to our call, not only illustrates how much
ComDev is a fundamental ingredient in development processes but
it also confirms the need for ComDev professionals, and the
organizations that they represent, to work together, establish
relationships and partnerships to address together the above
challenges. The recommendations from the Expert Consultation,
certainly point in that direction.
We are very happy
with the outcomes of the meeting and want to personally express
our gratitude to each and every one for contributing with your
ideas and with your expertise, as well as for the stimulating
discussions we had throughout the three day gathering.
We will soon contact individually the
participants who expressed interest in following up on the EC
recommendations. In the meantime we encourage you to visit the
EC website and browse through our photo gallery, watch the video
interviews on you-tube and read the comments on twitter. These
are all available at the following links:
· EC
website http://www.fao.org/oek/communication-for-development/expert-consultation/en/
· EC
photo gallery https://picasaweb.google.com/113899598850285694621/FAOComDevExpertConsultation
· Twitter
coverage of the event http://twitter.com/#!/faocomdev
· ComDev
channel on youtube http://www.youtube.com/FAOcomdev
Please feel free to share these links with
your colleagues and friends, particularly the videos of your
interviews and statements on ComDev.
In addition to
the recommendations of the EC you will also find attached the
list of the experts and of all the participants with their
profiles and contact details. The consultation report will be
emailed and posted on the website within a couple of weeks.
Best regards,
May
Hani, Mario Acunzo and Riccardo del Castello
Communication
for Development
Research
and Extension Branch
FAO,
Rome