FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

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2025

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2025

Hybrid Event, 03/06/2025 - 05/06/2025

The Presidency of Poland to the Council of the European Union and the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) are organizing a Conference on management advice to reduce cormorant predation impacts.

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2025

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2025

Budapest (Hungary), Hybrid Event, 28/05/2025 - 30/05/2025

Since 2002, FAO has organized 22 annual regional workshops for Europe and Central Asia on land tenure topics such as land consolidation, land banking, state land managem...

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2025

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2025

Budapest (Hungary), 15/05/2025 - 16/05/2025

The Informal Consultationfor Europe and Central Asia provides a strategic platform where representatives from the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Europe an...

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2025

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2025

Budapest (Hungary), 07/05/2025 - 09/04/2025

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to pest control that reduces reliance on harmful chemicals, safeguards human health and the environment, and enhances agricultural resilience. Under the FAO project about pesticide life cycle management and POP pesticide disposal in Central Asia and Türkiye, extensive IPM field trials were conducted between 2020–2025 across five coun...

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2025

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2025

Mafra (Portugal), 28/04/2025 - 30/04/2025

When adopting the 2030 Agenda, United Nations Member States committed to work closely with local and regional governments on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Since 2015, sub-national authorities have been actively localizing the 2030 Agenda, bringing the SDGs closer to the people they serve and using the framework as a tool for planning and implementation.

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2025

Virtual Event, 25/04/2025

The European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) is organizing a Stakeholder consultation on the draft European Cormorant Management Plan. The cormorant population in Europe has increased over the last decades. This increase took place under protection by the EU Birds Directive. However, since the 1990s there are concerns about the impact of predation by cormorants on ...

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2025

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 16/04/2025

As Uzbekistan moves forward with its green economy and environmental protection agenda, reducing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) is a critical step toward protecting human health, safeguarding natural resources, and enhancing agricultural resilience. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) plays a key role in this transition, offering a sustainable, science-based approach to pest con...

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2025

16/04/2025

Since its inception in 2018, the Voluntary Local Review (VLR) global movement has gained remarkable momentum. To date, over 300 VLRs have been produced by more than 200 local and regional governments worldwide. This growing movement underscores the role of VLRs as a transformative process for advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across governance levels.

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2025

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 15/04/2025

The Government of Uzbekistan has declared 2025 as the Year of Environmental Protection and Green Economy, reinforcing national efforts to address climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental pollution, and the challenges of unsustainable farming practices.

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2025

Dushanbe (Tajikistan), 10/04/2025

As Tajikistan strengthens its seed sector, with the support of a World Bank funded project implemented by FAO, building technical knowledge among experts is crucial to support policy implementation, improve service delivery, and contribute to long-term food security and economic development.

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2025

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2025

Chișinău (Moldova), Hybrid Event, 09/04/2025 - 11/04/2025

In the context of accelerating biodiversity loss and the impacts of climate change, pollinators play a critical role in sustaining food systems and ecosystems. To advance knowledge and foster collaboration, the Regional Multistakeholder Meeting on Digital Tools for Genetic Diversity of Pollinators, organized by FAO, will convene government officials, technical experts, and innovation leaders to...

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2025

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2025

Aspindza (Georgia), Adigeni (Georgia), Akhaltsikhe (Georgia), Kareli (Georgia), Gori (Georgia), Tsalka (Georgia), 08/04/2025 - 17/04/2025

Veterinary experts of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will train local dairy farmers in Georgia on biosecurity. Biosecurity is defined by FAO as a strate...

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2025

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), 08/04/2025

Uzbekistan submitted its first Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) on 30 December 2024, in accordance with the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement. The country is advancing efforts to improve transparency in tracking climate action, particularly through the implementation of the GEF-funded Capacity-Building Initiative for Transparency (CBIT) project. 

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2025

Virtual Event, 08/04/2025

Recent years have seen numerous scientific studies and projects examining the impact of climate change on inland aquatic resources. Synthesizing these efforts will provide managers and policymakers with valuable guidance to tackle the climate change related challenges facing inland fishery resources. This online workshop aims to provide a platform for sharing key research findings.

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2025

Ankara (Türkiye), 08/04/2025

The inception workshop of the “Improving Biodiversity and Sustainable Forestry” project will mark the official launch of a transformative initiative aimed at strengthening biodiversity conservation and sustainable forest management across Central Asia, the Caucasus and Montenegro.

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2025

Tbilisi (Georgia), 02/04/2025 - 04/04/2025

Georgia’s wine sector representatives will have the opportunity to attend training sessions in Tbilisi, Georgia, on marketing, branding, selling, and export their products on an international level. The series of educational events are implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the fourth phase of the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture ...

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2025

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2025

Hybrid Event, 02/04/2025 - 03/04/2025

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level. It will be organized from 2-3 April 2025 under the theme: “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- ...

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2025

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2025

Geneva (Switzerland), 02/04/2025 - 03/04/2025

The 2025 Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (RFSD) is an annual intergovernmental forum aiming to assess progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and provide a forum to exchange knowledge, best practices, and policy solutions to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in line with regional priorities. The 2025 RFSD will be convened in Geneva on&nb...

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2025

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 02/04/2025

Join us for the launch of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024 at 13:15 p.m. on 2 April, when FAO and the co-publishing partners will reveal the latest food security and nutrition trends for Europe and Central Asia and present the specific subtheme of the report ‘Managing water resources sustainable for improved food security and nutrition.’ The hybrid event will feature a ...