Transcript Diapositiva 1

Lecturer: Erika Chávez
e-mail: [email protected]
What is FAO?
Founded in 1945 the FAO is the lead specialized agency in the
UN System for:
Agriculture
Forestry and Fisheries
Nutrition and Food Security
* Especial Attention to: Developing rural areas (70% world's poor and
hungry people)
What is FAO?
 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
leads international efforts
to defeat hunger
Developed
 Serving both
Developing countries
What is FAO?
 FAO acts as a neutral forum where
 All nations meet as equals
 Negotiate agreements
 Debate policy.
 FAO is also a source of knowledge and information
 Especial focus on
Developing Rural Areas
(70% of world’s poor and hungry)
FAO’s Mandate is to:

Raise Levels of Nutrition
Achieving Food Security for all
(To make sure people have regular access to enough
high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives)

Improve Agriculture
Productivity

Better the Condition
of Rural Populations
FAO’s Activities
FAO’s activities comprise 4 main areas
1. Putting Information within reach.
Serves as a Knowledge network:
It uses Staff’s expertise
to collect,
analyze and
disseminate
DATA
that Aid
Develop.
FAO internet site: Technical document, newsletters, reports, for a
2. Sharing Policy Expertise.
It lends its experience
To member
countries in
devising:
*Agricultural policy
*Supporting planning
*Creating nat. strateg.
FAO’s Activities
3. Providing a Meeting Place for Nations:
Serves as a Neutral Forum
It provides the Setting
Where:
•Rich
•Poor
Nations
Come together to build:
Common Understanding
4. Bringing Knowledge to the Field
It provides the Technical
Assistance (Know-How)
To the Field
Projects
to make sure they
achieve their goals
A Short History of FAO
 The foundation of FAO on the 16 October 1945 took place as
result of 3 major steps:
 1943: 44 representatives of gov. met in Hot Springs, Virginia, USA.
 World’s Problems of food and agriculture.
 Commitment to founding a permanent organization.
 The establishment was entrusted to the Interim Commission on
Food and Agriculture.
 Its task: to draw up a Constitution
 1945: 1st Session of the FAO Conference in Quebec, Canada.
 Formal foundation of FAO. The Constitution signed by 34 nations
 1951: FAO headquarters were moved to Rome,Italy
Structure
• FAO is governed by the Conference of Member Nations.(It meets
• The Conference elects a Council (49 member nations).
It acts as an interim governing body
•The Conference also elects the Director General
Dr. Jacques Diouf
FAO Headquarters Organizational Structure (as of 1 January 2006)
every 2 years)
FAO’s Departments
 FAO is composed of 8 departments:
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Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Economic and Social Development
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Forestry
Human, Financial and Physical Resources
Knowledge and Communication
Natural Resources Management and Environment
Technical Cooperation
FAO’s Departments
1.
AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Animal Production and Health Division
Joint FAO/IAEA Division
Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division
Plant Production and Protection Division
Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division
2.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Agricultural Development Economics Division
Statistics Division
Trade and Markets Division
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division
3.
FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE DEPARTMENT
Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
Fish Products and Industry Division
Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division
4.
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Forest Economics and Policy Division
Forest Products and Industry Division
Forest Management Division
FAO’s Departments
5.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
Conference, Council and Protocol Affairs Division
Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building Division
Communication Division
Information Systems and Technology Division
6.
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy Division
Land and Water Division
Research and Extension Division
7.
TECHNICAL COOPERATION DEPARTMENT
Policy Assistance and Resources Mobilization Division
Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division
Investment Centre Division
Field Operations Division
Technical Cooperation Programme
8.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN, FINANCIAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES
Finance Division
Human Resources Management Division
Administrative Services Division
How is FAO funded?
 The total FAO budget planned for 2008-2009 is roughly
US$ 1.8 billion.
•Of this amount, about half comes
from regular assessed contributions
paid by members countries
• While the remainder comes from
voluntary contributions from:
 Countries
 Agencies
 Other partners
Source: FAO, 2009
How Does FAO allocate its Resources?
 FAO’s Regular Programme budget is funded by its members,
through contributions set at the FAO Conference.
•The FAO budget for the biennium
2008-2009 is US$929.8 million.
•The budget covers:
• Core technical work
• Cooperation and partnerships
(Including the Technical Cooperation Programme)
• Information and general policy
•Direction and administration.
FAO’s Organization Improvements and
Decentralization
 Since 1994, FAO has undergone the most significant
restructuring since its founding to decentralize
operations, streamline procedures and reduce costs.
Highlights of the reforms include:
1. The Transfer of Staff
from Headquarters to
the Field
2. Increased use of experts
from developing
countries and countries
in transition
3. Broadened links with:
* Private sector
* NGOs
4. Greater electronic access
to FAO statistical
database and
documents
FAO’s Organization Improvements
and Decentralization
 FAO employs more than 3 600 staff members (about
1600 professional and 2 000 general service staff)
 It currently maintains :
 5 Regional offices,
 9 Sub-regional offices
 5 liaison offices
 74 fully-fledged country offices
 In addition to its headquarters in Rome.
FAO Desentralized Offices Structure
Regional Offices
 Its principal function is the overall identification,
planning and implementation of FAO’s priority
activities in the Region.
 They ensure a multi disciplinary approach to programmes
 They identify priority areas of action for FAO in the Region
 They also:
 Implement approved programmes in the Region
 Monitor the level of programme implementation
 Draw attention to any problems and deficiencies.
Sub-Regional Offices
 They are part of the Regional Office and work closely
with them.
 They are primarily responsible for the overall
planning of FAO activities in the Sub-Region
 They ensure a multi disciplinary approach to
programmes (with the guidance and support of the R.O.)
 They also:
 Implement approved programmes in the Sub-Region
 Monitor the level of programme implementation
 Draw attention to any problems and deficiencies.
Country Offices
 FAO is currently present in the countries through its
Representations.
 Its main aim is to assist governments to:
Develop: policies, programmes, projects to address the
root causes of hunger & malnutrition.
b) Develop their agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors
c) Use their environmental and natural resources in a
sustainable way.
a)
Liason Offices
 They have been established where many:
 UN System organizations
 International
 Intergovernmental
 Non-governmental
Associations or organizations are working
 They maintain relations with Members & external
development partners operating in these locations
 They monitor developments affecting nutrition, food and
agriculture
 They Represent FAO at meetings which address matters
that fall within FAO’s mandate.
FAO’s Programmes and
Achievements
 Codex Alimentarius
 Technical Cooperation Programme
 FAO Statistics
 Integrated Pest Management
 Food Security Programmes (SPFS)
 Telefood
 Goodwill Ambassadors Programme
 International Alliance Against Hunger
 The Right to Food
 World Summit on Food Security
FAO’s Programmes & Achievements
 Codex Alimentarius: (FAO-WHO)
 Also called Food Code
 Develop food standards, guidelines and texts such as
codes of practice.
 Aim: contribution to the protection of public health and
fair practices in the food trade.
 The Technical Cooperation Programme
 Small projects
 Specific problems in the agriculture, fisheries and
forestry sectors.
 The aim is to produce tangible and immediate results
FAO’s Programmes & Achievements
 FAO Statistics
 FAOSTAT is an on-line multilingual database
 It contains over:
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3 million time-series records
from over 210 countries and territories
 Covering statistics on:
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Agriculture, nutrition
Fisheries, forestry
Food aid, land use and
Population.
 The Statistical Division also produces data on World Agricultural
Trade Flows.
FAO’s Programmes & Achievements
 Food Security Programmes
 FAO's flagship initiative for reaching the goal of halving
the number of hungry in the world by 2015.
 It promotes national ownership and local empowerment
in the countries in which it operates.
 Telefood
 Is a campaign of concerts, sporting events and other
activities to harness the power of media, celebrities and
concerned citizens to help fight hunger
 Money raised through TeleFood pays for small,
sustainable projects that help small-scale farmers
produce more food for their families and communities
FAO’s Programmes & Achievements
 Goodwill Ambassadors Programme
 The main purpose of the programme is to attract public
and media attention to end world hunger
 Using the talents and influence of a number of
celebrities
FAO’s Programmes & Achievements
 International Alliance Against Hunger
 2002 World Food Summit: Call for the creation of IAAH
 2003 Launched on World Food Day the IAAH works to
generate political will and concrete actions through
partnerships between intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and national alliances
 Mission: Join forces in efforts to eradicate hunger
 World Summit on Food Security
 The World Summit on Food Securitywill take place in Rome,
Italy, between 16 and 18 November 2009.
 Heads of State and Government are expected to attend the
summit
Field Projects
FAO has bout 2050 field projects with a total value of 768 million
US$.
 FAO field projects have 2 main
funding sources:
 The Organization's core budget
(Regular Programme)
 Extra-budgetary resources
received from multilateral (e.g.
mainly UNDP and other UN
funds)and bilateral donors.
 6% are funded by the Regular
Programme (TCP-SPFS)
 94%are funded from extra budgetary
resources.
Partners
 In a world where some 963 million people are chronically
deprived of adequate food, no single individual,
organization or sector can solve the problem.
 Only by sharing knowledge, pooling resources and
working together will humanity bring an end to hunger.
Partners
 FAO works in partnership with institutions of all kinds:
 Private foundations,
 Grassroots organizations,
 Companies,
 Professional associations,
 United Nations agencies (WFP, IFAD)
 National governments
 Some partnerships operate at national level or in the
field, others are regional or global.