Empowering Academia with FAO elearning Academy courses and resources for transforming agrifood systems

Topic outline

International Technical Webinar

Tuesday 26 March 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 Europe/Rome

Panelists

Mr Maurizio Martina (Deputy Director General, FAO)
Ms Maya Takagi (Regional Programme Leader at FAO's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile)
Ms Daniela Corona (EU Law Professor, Luiss Guido Carli University)
Mr Joseph Muliaro Wafula (Associate Professor, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology - JKUAT, Kenya)
Mr David Conte (Special Adviser to the Assistant Director General / Director of the Office of Strategy, Programme and Budget, FAO)
Ms Cristina Petracchi (Leader of the FAO elearning Academy)

Objectives of the session

• Highlight the importance of Academia in the transformation of agrifood systems across the globe and expansion of the impact of the FAO elearning Academy;
• Describe how to create joint University Master’s Degree programmes, by integrating FAO elearning courses and other FAO knowledge resources, into the educational curricula of partner Academic institutions; and
• Advise on the value of the competency-based digital badges granted by the FAO elearning Academy, in addition to the formal University Degree, to better equip students with employability competencies, while entering the professional world.