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Title: FAO Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe


1
FAO Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern
Europe
  • The Role and Mandate of FAO in CEE

Improvement of Information Exchange between
Education institutions in the SEE Region 1-3
June, Godollo
Benczur utca 34, H-1068 Budapest, Hungary  Tel
36 1 4612000 Fax 36 1 3517029 
FAO-SEUR_at_fao.org 
2
The establishment of SEUR
  • In the Third Millennium, FAO has committed itself
    to play a renewed role in Europe, specially
    focusing on some of the problems brought about by
    political events in the Region over the past
    decade.
  • A key move was the establishment of the
    Sub-regional Office for Central and Eastern
    Europe (SEUR) in Budapest in 1996, staffed by a
    core team of specialists, with expertise in
    various areas relevant to the development and
    transition needs of Central and Eastern European
    Countries (CEECs).

3
FAO Member Countries in Central and Eastern
Europe
FAO SEUR covers 20 member countries Albania,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland,
Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Ukraine. Belarus applied for membership
in 2004. Observer Russian Federation.
4
The Mandate of SEUR
  • The FAO Sub-regional Office for Central and
    Eastern Europe (SEUR), closely working with the
    Regional Office for Europe (REU) and relevant
    Technical Departments at Headquarters, is
    responsible for
  • monitoring and reporting to Headquarters the
    major developments and trends in the Central and
    Eastern European Sub-region,
  • identifying priority areas of action for the
    Organization in the Central and Eastern European
    Sub-region, with particular emphasis on the World
    Food Summit follow-up,
  • providing technical assistance to Member
    Countries within the areas of technical expertise
    available,
  • promoting and implementing the Agreement on
    Technical Cooperation between Countries in
    Transition and other Partnership Programmes,
  • providing support services as appropriate to
    FAOs activities in the Sub-region.

5
FAOs priorities in the CEE
  • According to the FAO Regional Conference for
    Europe FAOs priorities in the CEE up to 2007
    are
  • Poverty reduction, through support to sustainable
    rural livelihoods and food security
  • Food safety and quality
  • Sustainable management of natural resources
  • Institution and capacity building to support the
    process of transition to market economies in the
    rural sector


6
Organizational Structure of FAO SEUR
  • Office of the Sub-regional Representative (SEUD)
  • Multidisciplinary Team (SEUM)
  • Operates in close coordination with the
    respective technical departments of Headquarters
    as well as with the relevant units of the
    Regional Office for Europe
  • Policy Assistance Unit (SEUP)
  • Operates in close coordination with the Regional
    Office for Europe Policy Assistance Branch (REUP)
    and Policy Assistance Division of the Technical
    Cooperation Department.

7
Office of the Sub-regional Representative (SEUD)
  • The Sub-regional Representative's office ensures
    the efficient functioning of the Sub-regional
    Office and oversees the utilization of the staff
    and resources allocated to it it participates in
    the development and implementation of a
    coordinated and balanced programme of work of the
    Organization and liaises with national
    authorities and other segments of the
    Organization.

8
Work Programme
Agricultural Information Management Farm
Management and Agribusiness Food Standards and
Nutrition Land Tenure and Rural
Development Livestock Sector Development Forestry
Policy Assistance Library and Information
Services
9
Agricultural Information Management
In close coordination with the Library and
Documentation Systems Division (GIL) at FAO
Headquarters
  • promotes the development of national and
    sub-regional agricultural information systems and
    networks compatible with FAOs information
    systems,
  • advises agricultural research, education and
    development institutions to use more efficiently
    FAOs information systems, databases and data
    banks,
  • assists in the development and strengthening of
    the network of WAICENT centers in the sub-region,
  • works as WAICENT-Outreach contact person in
    Eastern Europe,
  • visits national AGRIS/CARIS centers in the
    sub-region to review their activities,  needs,
    and  advises them on the problems limiting their
    input to the system,
  • assists in the organization of, and lectures at,
    seminars, workshops and training sessions related
    to WAICENT information services,
  • organizes and maintains a modern agricultural
    Information Centre and Library suitable to the
    needs and tasks of the Sub-regional Office.

10
Farm Management and Agribusiness
Working in close coordination of the
Agricultural Support Systems Division (AGS)
responsibilities include
  • facilitatation, co-ordination and exchange of
    information,
  • evaluation of performance of commercial farming
    and agribusiness, food and product supply chains,
  • development of policy guidelines and strategies,
  • advice to member countries in human capacity
    building and developing training programmes and
    materials,

relating to farm planning, management economics
and agribusiness development, focusing on farm
and firm adjustments and the improvement of
commercial farming and agribusiness, farm data
systems, and related support services.
11
Food Standards and Nutrition
Working in close cooperation with the Food and
Nutrition Division (ESN) at FAO Headquarters, the
responsibilities include
  • promotion of internationally accepted standards
    (e.g. Codex Alimentarius)
  • support of Codex Alimentarius Contact Points in
    CEE,
  • assistance in harmonizing national standards with
    international standards,
  • assistance in the elaboration and implementation
    of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition,
  • facilitatation and implementation of food control
    systems,
  • establishment of sub-regional directories of
    internationally accredited food laboratories,
    national control services, national standardizing
    bodies,
  • support of Food Composition Data-base Network for
    Central and Eastern Europe (CEECFOODS),
  • provision of technical backstopping for field
    projects in the Sub-region. 

12
Land Tenure and Rural Development
Working in close coordination with the Land
Tenure Service (SDAA) and Rural Institutions and
Participation Service (SDAR) of the Rural
Development Division (SDA) at FAO Headquarters,
in support of central and eastern European
development,
  • Develops and organizes research and analysis
    related to land tenure institution changes taking
    place in CEEC and CIS countries with particular
    reference to land market institutions and
    technologies associated with the development and
    management of modern land information systems.
  • Provides advice to FAO members on rural
    development, design of poverty reduction,
    employment creation programs and institutional
    restructuring including support for agricultural
    cooperatives and farmers' organizations in
    co-operation with technical units at HQ.
  • Assists FAO members in the design and formulation
    of rural development and implementation of
    decentralized institutions and adoption of
    differentiated policies.
  • Provides technical support for FAO field experts
    in the above subjects, including field missions,
    project preparation and supervision.
  • Develops and prepare material and documents for
    technical meetings.

13
Livestock Sector Development
Working in close coordination with the Animal
Production and Health Division (AGA) at FAO
Headquarters, the Livestock Sector Development
Officer
  • assists and coordinates a multi-disciplinary
    programme to promote new developments of the
    livestock sector in countries of the sub-region, 
  • cooperates in formulation of livestock
    development policies with special emphasis on
    restructuring, modernization or revitalization of
    the livestock sector,
  • Supports capacity building in animal production
    and health services,
  • analyses the economic and technical constraints
    to developing sustainable systems of animal
    production and associated animal products
    processing industries, 
  • assists in the formulation of integrated
    livestock development projects and advises on all
    aspects from production to consumption, 
  • cooperates with all relevant institutions and
    NGOs active in the sub-region, in particular the
    European Association for Animal Production, 
  • promotes the organization of, and participates in
    technical meetings with livestock research and
    educational institutions involved in the
    livestock sector, 
  • assists in the identification and formulation of
    technical assistance programmes and projects and
    provides technical backstopping to the
    implementation of such projects. 

14
Policy Assistance
The Policy Assistance Unit (SEUP) operates in
close coordination with the Policy Assistance
Branch (REUP) of the Regional Office for Europe
and the Policy Assistance Division (TCA) of the
Technical Cooperation Department and
  • provides sector review and policy assistance, on
    request, to individual countries
  • assists in the identification/definition of
    national and sub-regional priority areas of
    action for FAO's biennial programme of work,
  • conducts country assessments of structural and
    sector adjustment programmes, strategies, plans,
    policies and programmes for enhancing food,
    agriculture and rural development,
  • assists FAO Member Nations of the Sub-region in
    reviewing sector policy options and choices,
    formulating policies and strengthening national
    capacities to perform policy analysis, design and
    implementation
  • ensures the necessary coherence and linkages
    between sector policy work and FAO's programme
    development operational activities within  the
    framework of each country's development plans and
    priorities,
  • provides technical guidance and backstopping to
    agricultural policy analysis and planning
    projects in the field and cooperates with the
    Agricultural Policy Support Service (TCAS), as
    appropriate, in implementing training in
    agriculture policy and planning,
  • prepares country economic and agricultural sector
    profiles assists in FAO's programme development
    and assists the Information and Procedure Unit
    (TCDI) in maintaining up-to-date information on
    political, economic and social situations,
    including emergencies, for use in the preparation
    of country briefs or other information material,
  • organizes programme development missions and
    assists their governments in the reviews of their
    technical assistance requirements.

15
Forestry
In close cooperation with the technical Divisions
of the Forestry Department the forestry officer
  • Analyze and disseminate information and data
    related to forest resources, forest products
    markets and forest policies
  • Develop and disseminate technical advice for
    sustainable forestry management
  • Advise member countries in effective forest
    policies and institutional arrangements on the
    national and international level
  • Support programmes and projects related to
    forestry and natural resource management.
  • Active participation in the work of
  • FAO European Forestry Commission monitoring
    policy processes and institutions, focusing on
    cross-sectorial approaches and the regional
    integration of Eastern European countries into
    the international forestry community
  • UNECE Timber Committee in particular with regard
    to outlook and analytical policy studies as well
    as to information and data gathering,
  • Ministerial Conference on Protection of Forests
    in Europe with regard to policy implications.

16
Library and Information Services
The Information Centre and Library of the
Sub-regional Office, in close cooperation and
coordination with the Library and Documentation
Systems Division (GIL) provides the users free of
charge with the following services
  • use of the reading room
  • approximately 1000 papers, mostly FAO
    publications mainly about the following topics
  • agriculture
  • farm management
  • livestock management and development
  • forestry
  • rural development
  • food and nutrition
  • use of the FAO electronic information services
    CD-ROM databases, online information services
  • acquisition of FAO publications
  • regular or individual queries on FAO publications

17
Projects
Significant progress has been made over the past
recent years in decentralizing operational
responsibility for projects at the country level.
In the European Region, due to the lack of FAO
Representations, the operational responsibility
for projects rests with the Regional Office. The
average number of projects which SEUR operates in
the Region on a yearly basis is between 30 and 35.
18
Regional and national projects
The following projects have been recently
approved by the Director General of FAO
  • "Support to the formulation of a medium-term
    agricultural and rural policy framework"        C
    ountry Ukraine        Project
    symbolTCP/UKR/3004 (A)        Starting date
    April 2005        Completion date March 2006
  •  "Assistance in piloting small-scale modern
    on-farm irrigation technologies - Phase
    II"        Country MOLDOVA        Project
    symbol TCP/MOL/3001 (A)        Starting date
    March 2004        Completion date January 2006
  •  "Food safety capacity building"        Countrie
    s Armenia and Georgia        Project
    symbolTCP/RER/3003 (A)        Starting date
    February 2005        Completion date July 2006
  •  "Strengthening food safety in South East
    European transition countries - A regional
    approach to food legislation and
    control"        Countries Albania, Bosnia and
    Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia,
    Kosovo - Serbia and Montenegro, Moldova,
    Romania        Project symbolTCP/RER/3002
    (A)        Starting date December
    2004        Completion date May 2006

19
Major events in 2004-2005
The Sub-regional Office hosted and supported
several significant international events, e.g.
2005 Location Title
20-21 June Budapest, SEUR office UNECE/FAO Workshop on policy consequences of the European Forest Sector Outlook Study (EFSOS)
06-09 June Durdevac Croatia Policy options for improved forest land use in South-East Europe
1-3 June Godollo, Hungary Improvement of Information Exchange between Education institutions in the SEE Region
6-7 May Nitra, Slovak Republic Development of Land Markets and Related Institutions in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
18-21 April Zvolen, Slovakia Policy options for storm damage management - Workshop
autumn Tbilisi, Kiev Two sub-regional workshops on FAO assistance aiming at the Forest Sector
autumn Budapest, SEUR office Meeting of the UNECE/ FAO team of specialists on sustainable development of the forest sector in Central and Eastern Europe and in the CIS
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SEUR on the Internet
http//www.fao.org/Regional/SEUR
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