Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)

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 publications

Countries

The Centre, which is based in Wageningen, the Netherlands, 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

*Food safety
*Food security
*ICT4D
*web 2.0
*ACP Countries


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