- Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
, preserve the natural resource base and thus contribute to building self-reliance in ACP rural and agricultural development.”
CTA work focuses on three key areas:
*providing information products and services (e.g., publications, question-and-answer services and database services)
*promoting the integrated use of communication channels, old and new, to improve the flow of information (e.g., e-communities, web portals, seminars, and study visits)
*building ACP capacity in information and communication management (ICM), ICT for Development (ICT4D ) and web 2.0 for Development (web2forDev) mainly through training and partnerships with ACP bodies and other international organisations.CTA Products, Projects and Services
CTA regularly issues a range of online services and print publications, including:
*" [http://spore.cta.int Spore] "— Information for ACP agricultural development
*"ICT Update" — A current awareness bulletin for ACP agriculture
*" [http://agritrade.cta.int Agritrade] " — Agricultural trade issues in ACP-EU relations
*" [http://knowledge.cta.int Knowledge for Development] " — ACP/EU S&T Policy Dialogue
*" [http://www.newsfordev.org Newsfordev] " - The Latest News for Development Professionals
*" [http://www.anancy.net Anancy] "" - Virtual resource centre of CTA publicationsCountries
The Centre, which is based in
Wageningen , theNetherlands , is active in seventy nine ACP countries.Funding
CTA’s resources are derived mainly from the
European Development Fund , but also from other European programmes or countries that may assign it appropriations or offer co-funding for operations.References
* [http://www.anancy.net/uploads/file_en/CTA-SP%2007-10%20EN-DEF.pdf| CTA Strategic Plan 2007-2010]
*Cotonou Agreement
*Lomé Convention
* [http://www.cta.int/about/annual_report_eng/annual_report.htm| CTA Annual Report 2007]
* [http://www.cta.int/about/mission.htm| CTA Mission and Objectives]External links
* [http://www.cta.int Official website]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=CTA+-+Technical+Centre+for+Agricultural+and+Rural+Co-operation+ACP-EU+(CTA)%E2%80%8E&sll=51.978193,5.648003&sspn=0.003,0.009356&ie=UTF8&ll=51.978603,5.648003&spn=0.003,0.009356&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A Location Map]ee also
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Food safety
*Food security
*ICT4D
*web 2.0
*ACP Countries
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