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Assessment of the human capacity development needs for, and gaps in, the Agricultural Advisory Services in Western Balkans

Final Report FAO technical cooperation programme facility project

Year of publication 2011

Pages 46

Author Regional Office for Europe

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Background to the project and the present project framework. This study was initiated in 2007at a sub-regional workshop in FYR of Macedonia, dealing with the opportunities for joint efforts for the development of the agriculture sector in the Western Balkans region. Human capacity development in the agriculture sector was determined as one of the key issues, and this study is a result of the research on the current status of human capacity development in the agriculture sector in Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, UNMIK Kosovo, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. National consultants interviewed the stakeholders of the agricultural knowledge and information systems in the countries, determining the structure of the system, the linkages between the organisations and the effectiveness of the stakeholder organisations (in terms of how they elaborate, share and spread information and knowledge within the system). This concluding report summarizes these national reports, provides an overview of common traits in the given systems and provides conclusions, and recommendations for the further development of human resources in the agriculture sector in the Western Balkans region.

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