Dear colleagues,

This may be of interest to some of you on the list.

 

Regards,

 

John Matogo

 

 

 

Pour les francophones, la version française sera disponible la semaine prochaine. Merci de votre compréhension

 

Dear all,

CTA in collaboration with its national, regional and international partners is delighted to announce the launch of the 2011 ACP Media Competition.

 

Open to all media and communication professionals from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the competition aims to encourage investigation of challenges and opportunities in providing extension and advisory services to farmers.

 

The competition is being held in conjunction with the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, which will take place from 15 – 18 November in Nairobi, Kenya. The top six finalists will be supported to attend the conference and provide media coverage. The top three winners will be announced during the event.

 

Submissions are invited to discuss one or more of the following themes:

-       Policy issues in extension

-       Capacity Development

-       Tools and approaches for delivering extension services

-       Learning networks fostering innovation in extension

 

Interested candidates are invited to send in one original print or audio-visual piece in English, French or Spanish to extension2011@cta.int, copying info@fara-africa.org and info@g-fras.org by 15 August.

 

For additional information, please read the attached announcement of the competition.

For full details of the competition would be soon available, please visit http://extensionconference2011.cta.int. 

 

Contacts:

Mr. Samuel Mikenga                          Mrs Judith-Ann Francis

Tel: +31 317 467101                           Tel: +31 317 467190

Email: mikenga@cta.int                     Email: francis@cta.int