ICT-based dialogue and information exchange

As part of the effort to promote greater use of ICTs, CTA implements activities aimed at exploiting the opportunities provided by e-mail and Internet in information sharing (see Calendar of events).

On its Website, the Centre plans to develop four major windows on priority topics for agricultural and rural development. These are:

agricultural policy;
agricultural trade;
ICTs;
resource centre (virtual library).

These Website windows are intended to serve as an entry point for information and discussions on the latest significant developments in the respective areas and their implications.

CTA plans to organise electronic conferences on a variety of priority topics, and it will use electronic discussion fora as part of the preparatory work for its seminars. In the latter half of 2002, the Centre is coordinating four sets of electronic discussions in support of the following events:

European Forum on 'Rural Cooperation' (September)
3rd World Congress of Rural Women (October)
CTA Annual Seminar on 'Meeting the Challenge of Effective ACP Participation in Agricultural Trade Negotiations: the Role of ICM' (November)
Caribbean Herbal Business Forum (December)

Other activities in this programme component include the collection and exchange information on the use of conventional media (radio, video and television) through an expert consultation, held from 2nd to 4th December 2002 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The outputs of the consultation is being used to develop CTA's strategy with regard to conventional media.

CONTACT: painting@cta.int and traore@cta.int

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