FAO elearning Academy

Given the challenges to strengthen technical capacities and contribute to the SDG Agenda 2030, working collaboratively and in partnership is crucial for the FAO elearning Academy in order to:

a) Exploit the comparative advantages and strengths of each institution for the benefit of all

b) Strategically develop capacities, and share resources, expertise, scientific literature and innovations

c) Jointly work on areas of common interest for the same goals, and to face the global challenges humanity is confronted with.

d) create an enabling environment that contributes to the sustainable economic and social advancement of member countries.

Partnership is achieved by exchanging expertise, sharing innovations and shared design, development and delivery of competency-based capacity development interventions.

The FAO elearning Academy strategically and actively engages with various types of partners such as United Nations agencies, development agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, private sector, academic and research institutions, CSOs and NGOs, and others mentioned below.

These institutions share similar goals as FAO, which are:

1) the promotion of innovation

2) multilingualism and

3) capacity development and accessible free education, offering the most current and cutting-edge content that integrates new ideas, methodologies, practices and new technologies.

Together with its partner organizations, the FAO e-learning Academy seeks to promote collaboration in gender and culturally sensitive capacity development programmes, which are by nature interdisciplinary and international.

International Networks and Initiatives

Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition
http://www.fao.org/fsnforum 
The FSN Forum is an online platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue on food security and nutrition.

Global Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Platform
http://www.fao.org/farmer-field-schools/home/en/ 
The overall objective of the FFS platform is to shift towards more sustainable production practices, by better understanding complex agro-ecosystems and enhancing services. The platform aims at sharing the FFS experiential approaches, facilitating exchanges and uptake of innovations, working together to collaboratively improve the overall quality of FFS implementation, and engaging with a like-minded approach to development and empowerment.

FAO e-Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/e-agriculture/
e-Agriculture is a global community of practice that facilitates dialogue, information exchange, and sharing of ideas related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for sustainable agriculture and rural development.

United Nations Scaling-Up Nutrition Movement
https://scalingupnutrition.org/
Countries ​in the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement work together with the United Nations, civil society, business, and donor networks to fight against malnutrition in all its forms. 

United Nations Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
https://www.gainhealth.org/
GAIN is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition, in collaboration with governments, businesses, and civil society.