Noticias
South-south Cooperation
11 Nov 2016
New agreement aims to improve food security, boost rural development, and address climate change in the Global South
New agreement aims to improve food security, boost rural development, and address climate change in the Global South
11 November 2016, Marrakesh - FAO is joining forces with the South Centre, an intergovernmental organization of developing countries, to help the countries of the Global South eliminate hunger and malnutrition, reduce poverty, address climate change and achieve sustainable rural development under the umbrella of South-South cooperation.
A five-year Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Natural Resources, and Vicente Paulo Yu, Deputy Executive Director of the South Centre on the sidelines of the 22nd Conference of...
Resource Partners
10 Nov 2016
La FAO ha obtenido múltiples e importantes resultados en 2015 con los fondos no condicionados. Hay varios proyectos con grandes posibilidades de ampliación.
En 2015 se lograron resultados significativos a través de los proyectos sufragados por el Mecanismo de apoyo a programas multiasociados de la FAO (en adelante “el Mecanismo”), tal como se resalta en el Informe anual de dicho Mecanismo que ya está disponible.
El Mecanismo es un sistema de financiación para los asociados que desean contribuir con fondos no condicionados o ligeramente condicionados. Creado en 2010, el Mecanismo recibe actualmente el apoyo del Reino de Bélgica, los Países Bajos y Suecia.
El Mecanismo ha sido concebido como herramienta de apoyo al Marco estratégico de la FAO.
Según Alexander Jones, Director interino de la División...
Parliamentary alliances
09 Nov 2016
Legisladores de América Latina y el Caribe, África y Europa analizaran estrategias legales para luchar contra el hambre y enfrentar el cambio climático de forma integral.
Más de cien legisladores de América Latina y el Caribe, África y España señalaron hoy que es imperativo actuar contra los efectos del cambio climático mediante leyes, en la inauguración del VII Foro del Frente Parlamentario contra el Hambre. Según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, FAO, los Frentes Parlamentarios contra el Hambre son clave para hacer cumplir los compromisos del Acuerdos de París y la Conferencia...
Fao-Academia
03 Nov 2016
The Memorandum of Understanding signed today is based on the exchange of experience, knowledge and expertise
Today, FAO and Sapienza entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to underline their long-standing collaboration on the themes of Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, among others.
The MoU, signed by the Rector of Sapienza, Prof Eugenio Gaudio and by the FAO Deputy Director General for Operations, Mr. Daniel Gustafson, is defined by a solid plan of work based on sharing and exchanging knowledge and expertise, promoting innovative research techniques and developing capacities.
The collaboration focuses on four particular areas of work: strengthening statistic and data analysis,strengthening food safety and quality within a ‘’Food Systems” approach, increasing the role and contribution of...
South-south Cooperation
01 Nov 2016
Cooperation among the southern countries innovatively brings practical and cost-effective development solutions for food security
Dubai, Tuesday 1 November 2016. South-South Cooperation among the Global South is a fundamental tool achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030, conveyed FAO today at a joint event with Rome-based Agencies at the United Nations Global South-South Development Expo in Dubai this week.
Rome-based Agencies expressed their firm commitment to facilitating South-South Cooperation (SSC) and Triangular Cooperation (TrC), offering their services in brokering “match-making” between countries for agricultural development, stressing that SSC is a complementary tool to North-South Cooperation. “We all need to work together in the context of the big agenda set out by the SDGs,” said...