We were pleased to invite all stakeholders to the ITU-FAO Webinar on Fostering Digital Agriculture in Europe and Central Asia held on 22 June 2020 from 10.00 to 11.30 am.
This webinar was organized within the framework of the ITU Regional Initiative for Europe and CIS on a “Citizen-centric approach to building services for national administrations" and on “Fostering innovative solutions and partnership for the implementation of Internet of Things technologies and their interaction in telecommunication networks, including 4G, IMT-2020 and next-generation networks, in the interests of sustainable development", adopted by WTDC-17 and aiming at creating an experience- and knowledge-exchange
platform between countries.
Jointly conducted with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the webinar provided an opportunity to present results of the new ITU-FAO study on the Status of Digital Agriculture in 18 countries of Europe and Central Asia. It also provided an opportunity for some countries to highlight their national best practices and present the work jointly done with ITU and FAO. It also aimed at engaging new stakeholders from public and private sector in the activities on digital agriculture across the region.
DRAFT AGENDA
Opening
- Doreen Bogdan, Director, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU
- Vladimir Rakhmanin - FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia
Status of Digital Agriculture in Eighteen Countries of Europe and Central Asia
This part of the webinar will offer an opportunity to provide an executive overview of the main results and conclusions of the regional study, Presentation
- Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of the ITU Office for Europe
- Mihaly Csoto, ITU-FAO Consultant
- Sophie Treinen, Information and Knowledge Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
European and CIS good practices
This part of the webinar will focus on addressing the following questions: What is the status and process of digital transformation of agriculture in your country? What are the good practices emerging from the process of digital transformation of agriculture? How the arising challenges might be turned into the opportunities?
Moderation: Natalia Mochu, Regional Director, Regional Office for CIS, ITU
Speakers
- Albania: Pjerin Shoshi, Director of project, Ministry of agriculture and rural development
- Armenia: Arman Khojoyan, Deputy Minister of Economy in charge of Agriculture
Stepan Tsaturyan, Deputy Minister of High Technological Industry, Armenia
- Azerbaijan: Namig Shalbuzov, Deputy director of Agro Research Center under the Ministry of Agriculture, Presentation
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Vico Grujica, Professor of agro economics, University of East Sarajevo – national consultant for e-agriculture project, Presentation
Aleksandar Mastilovic - Expert Advisor to the Director. Communications Regulatory Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Turkey: Hilal Ar, M. Sc. Agriculture Engineer, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Presentation
Questions and Answers
Regional cooperation and technical assistance in Europe and CIS
- Sophie Treinen, Information and Knowledge Management Officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Presentation
Conclusion and way forward
- Jaroslaw Ponder, Head of the ITU Office for Europe
