<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Ken Lohento" <<a href="mailto:lohento@cta.int">lohento@cta.int</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 10, 2013, 3:08:34 PM GMT+12:00<br><b>To:</b> "Caribbean ICT stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC)" <<a href="mailto:civic@dgroups.org">civic@dgroups.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[civic] WSIS Forum - Invitation to attend the C7 Workshop on enhancing strategies for e-agriculture/ Geneva</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Caribbean ICT stakeholders Virtual Community (CIVIC)" <<a href="mailto:civic@dgroups.org">civic@dgroups.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black">CTA and FAO are pleased to invite you to take part in this event if you are attending the WSIS Forum in Geneva next week. It will be held on
<b>Tuesday 14 May, from 9:00 to 10:45 in ITU Room A</b>. If you are not in Geneva, you can also join us via remote participation. More information below and attached. Please share with people who might be interested. The link of this article on the e-agriculture
website is <span style="background:white"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/eagric-session">http://tinyurl.com/eagric-session</a>.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><b>PS: If you are attending the WSIS Forum and are interested in this session, please let me know by sending me a private email.</b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#F79822">WSIS Forum 2013: the C7 Workshop on enhancing strategies for e-agriculture</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black"><a href="http://www.cta.int/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)</span></b></a><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>and the<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">Food and
Agri-culture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)</span></b></a><span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span>are investigating the state of national and regional strategies for e-agriculture strategies, and their impact on how the entire sector can tap
into the full benefits of ICT. The outcomes of these actions will serve as the starting point for the e-agriculture action line session at WSIS Forum 2013.<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Earlier this year, CTA prepared a background report on the general state of e-agriculture policies and strategies in selected ACP countries which aimed
at providing a quick overview of the issue. The need of e-agriculture strategies and critical related is-sues were further discussed during a two week online discussion (<a href="http://bit.ly/10ODUPH" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/10ODUPH"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">http://bit.ly/10ODUPH</span></b></a>)
hosted by CTA on the e-Agriculture Community platform. In addition, an international workshop was orga-nized in the Netherlands, from 24 to 26 April (2013 ICT Observatory<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ict-observatory.cta.int/" target="_blank" title="http://ict-observatory.cta.int"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">http://ict-observatory.cta.int</span></b></a>)
on the same subject. These activities were implemented with the collaboration of FAO and various partners including the UNECA, IICD, NEPAD Agency and some ACP ministries.</span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Panellists</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Ms Jennifer Britton, Caribbean Community (CARICOM ) Secretariat, Guyana</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Mr Edward Addo-Dankwa, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Mr Ken Lohento, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Mr Harsha Liyanage, Sarvodaya-Fusion and eNovation4D, Sri Lanka</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Mr Shahid Uddin Akbar, Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID)</span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Moderator</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">Mr<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/blogs/michael-riggs"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">Michael
Riggs</span></b></a>, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO)</span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">This event will take place on Tuesday, 14 May, 09:00-10:45</span></strong><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">(Central
Europe Time).</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">If you are attending WSIS Forum 2013 in Geneva, please join us in<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.wsis.org/forum/agenda/agenda.html?se=31" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">ITU
room A</span></b></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:black">If you are not attending WSIS,<span class="x_apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">please join us by</span></strong><span class="x_apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2013/forum/rem_part.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E894E; text-decoration:none">remote
particpation</span></a>. You will be able to ask questions and make comments!</span></strong></span><strong></strong></p>
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<a href="http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/wsis-forum-2013-c7-workshop-enhancing-strategies-e-agriculture">http://www.e-agriculture.org/news/wsis-forum-2013-c7-workshop-enhancing-strategies-e-agriculture</a></p>
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