The Spirit of the Share Fair 2011

Today the Second AgriKnowledge Share Fair starts.

Before anything else, we, the Steering Committee, think the Spirit of the participation to this event to be crucial.

I like very much Willem’s description of the spirit of the Share Fair 2011.

The first and main aspiration is to “have a lot of fun”: we need to chill out, talk to other people, get out of our daily routine and breath fresh air to bring innovation and new idea in what we are doing

This is the spirit we want and need to transmit to all the participants and to our institutions, in general. If people will come out of the the week with this spirit permeating their job, then our work can be considered successful.

Let us know this spirit is able to conquer your soul and your job.

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Share Fair 2011

September 2011 is a very long and intense month.

After the two events at FAO (the CSDI Stocktaking exercise and the ComDev Expert consultation), it is now time for an important event taking place at IFAD: the Share Fair 2011.

I will have plenty of occasions to meet with people:

• the Training on Photosharing (11:00 – 12:30, room C400),
• the session called “Radio Lake Victoria assist Kenyan farmers with nitty-gritty of food security” (12:00-13:00, room B200),
• the session named “FARM 98.0 FM: Your vocal gateway to agricultural information” (16:00-17:00, room C300),
• the session on “5 years sharing coffee and knowledge: the Bluebar experience” (14.00 – 15.30 Tent: Chill-out Corner),
• the Chill-out with Mark Davies (15:30-16:30 Tent – Chill-out Corner), and
• the Social Reporting Team

The final Agenda of the Fair is available here.

This is not going to be alone, as at the ned of the week the km4dev annual meeting will also take place, in the same venue with even more people and things to learn.

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September 2011: month of events in Rome

This September will be full of interesting events for people passing by in Rome:

• the ComDev Expert Consultation titled “Communication for Development: meeting today’s agriculture and rural development challenges” to be held from 14 to 16 September 2011 at FAO headquarters, and

• the Second Global AgriKnowledge Share Fair, from 27 to 29 September 2011 at IFAD headquarters.

Don’t loose them!

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“Visioning Day” for the 2011 ShareFair

First images of the “Visioning Day” that took place yesterday to speed the work of preparation of the 2011 ShareFair for the UN Rome-based agencies.

THINK OUT OF THE BOX

What a cool session!!! See the gallery here.