The Neuchâtel Initiative


Meeting documents from the

15th Annual Meeting of the Neuchâtel Initiative

 

Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, Rome) at the Domus Pacis Conference Centre in Assisi, Italy

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Minutes of the 15th Annual NI Meeting

- Minutes of the 15th Annual NI Meeting

 

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The Assisi Declaration on the need of a Global Forum that provides leadership and advocacy on Agricultural Advisory Services

- Assisi Declararation on Agricultural Advisory Services Worldwide (English)

- Déclaration d'Assisi sur les services agriccoles d'appui-conseil dans le monde (French)

- Declaraçâo de Assisi sobre os Serviços de Extensâo no Mundo (Portuguese)

- Declaration on AAS worldwide (Korean)

- Declaration on AAS worldwide (Arabic)

 

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Proposal for establishment of a

Global Initiative for Rural Advisory Services

- (Will be published by October 30, 2009)

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Presentations made during the NI meeting 2009

 

- Presentation on Research and Extension Unit of FAO (Karin Nichterlein)

 

- Presentation on Stocktaking on AAS (Magdalena Blum)

 

- Presentation on Fifteen Years Neuchtel Initiative (Ian Christoplos)

 

- Presentation on Institutional Changes and Challenges for Agricultural Advisory Services in Africa (Kristin Davis)

 

- Presentation on A systemic evaluation of Advisory Services to Family Farms in West Africa (Guy Faure)

 

- Presentation on Agricultural Development: What we do, how and why - Bill and Melinda Gates Founda-tion (Mercy Karanja and Brady Walkinshaw)

 

- Presentation on Rural Extension Revisited: Contracting facilitators for agricultural development (Willem Heemskerk)

- Presentation on Social Networks and Innovation (Frank Hartwich)

 

- Presentation on Engineers without Borders: Experiences of capacity building of extension institutions (Sarah Grant and Boris Martin)

 

- Presentation on a Guide to Capacity Development for Small-Scale FOs in Africa (Benito Odala Eliasi)

 

- Presentation on AFAAS (Silim Nahdy)

 

- Presentation on GFAR (Mark Holderness)

 

- Presentation on GCARD (Mark Holderness)

 

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Minutes of the preparatory Meeting in Steinfurth, Germany

 

- Minutes of the Meeting: Steinfurth Conclave on Agricultural Advisory Services, July 2009

 


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