The World Food Week kicks off 14th of October. FAO, IFAD and the other Rome-based United Nations agencies join forces to raise awareness among the global public and policymakers on the many factors underlying food and nutrition. The following activities have a direct bearing on the fight against hunger: International Day for Rural Women, October 15 – recognizing the multidimensional role of women in enhancing rural development, improving food security and
Making All Voices Count is a global initiative that supports innovation, scaling-up and research to enable citizen engagement and government responsiveness. The aim of Making All Voices Count is to push towards effective democratic governance and accountability, closing the feedback loop between citizens and government. It focuses on creative and cutting-edge solutions, including those that use mobile and web technology, to ensure the voices of all citizens are heard and that governments have the
The international photo and video contest by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is open until September 30, 2013. The contest is aimed at highlighting the benefits of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and the importance of market-based approaches in the international response to climate change. The winning works will be displayed in a dedicated booth at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Warsaw in
The nomination for 2013 Trust Women Hero Award is on from September 2 to 27, 2013. Nominations may be sent through the Trust Women site The Hero Award celebrates people whose bold thinking and high impact work enables women to know and advance their rights. Nominees are judged on their leadership and the impact, scalability, and groundbreaking nature of their work. The 2013 Hero Award will be presented at the
The 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment (HAICTA 2013) will be held on September 19-22, 2013 in Corfu Island, Greece. HAICTA 2013 aims to bring together professional, experts and researchers working on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food and Environment. The conference is organised by the Hellenic Association for Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture Food and Environment (HAICTA) with the support
The World Water Week will be held in Stockholm on September 1-6, 2013. With the theme, “Water Cooperation – Building Partnerships”, this event aims to help link practice, science, policy and decision making, and enables participants to exchange views and experiences, form partnerships and shape joint solutions to global water challenges. Plenary sessions, seminars, workshops, and awarding ceremony will be held during the event. Click here to see programme. Over 200
Held during UN Week from September 22-24, the Social Good Summit is a three-day conference at New York, USA where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions. It unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges. The most innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will come together with one shared goal:
Bonn, Germany, will host on September 12-13, 2013 an international academic conference on Agricultural knowledge and knowledge systems in post-Soviet states of Central Asia and the Caucasus…
Commons. Revista de Comunicación y CiudadanÃa Digital is a specialized electronic journal published by the Communication and Digital Citizenship research team of the University of Cadiz, Spain…
InfoDev’s Mobile Innovation program, in partnership with Sweden,the mAgri Challenge. The mAgri Challenge seeks to showcase the diversity of mobile apps across the agribusiness value chain and..
