1. AgroWeb Regional Planning and Training Workshop Summary & Conclusions

2. Sessions Introductory presentations Country presentations Network presentations Content Management Systems - technical and Practice session Discussion session

3. AgroWeb structure –sub-regional/national portals –thematic networks diverse capacities and resources adoption of CMS agreed in principle for pilot phase

4. PEOPLE TECHNOLOGYCONTENT Static elementsInteractive elements Web-based Community Platforms ! NOT technology-driven !

5. AgroWeb Migration to CMS Advantages Decentralized content management Customizable access authorities Prior familiarity with CMS of core AgroWeb stakeholders Shared templates & structures facilitate process of migration of AgroWeb content Country authors able to publish without programming skills Central hosting of AgroWeb site(s) avoids server constraints FAO-HQ resource group with CMS expertise Challenges Significant work involved in preparation of CMS elements Acquisition of CMS skills by various AgroWeb actors Migration of existing website content

6. Actions/Steps Step 1: Preparation of technology aspects –Consultation in March 2008 –FAO + core AgroWeb resources persons –Expected Outputs: templates structure hosting instruments/tools national portals in up to 4 countries (proofs of concept)

7. Actions/Steps Step 2: Knowledge exchange networks - ESCORENA etc –Consultation in April 2008 (Poland) –FAO + Network Coordinators –Expected Outputs: network purpose checklists (needs/demands/capacities) network capacities (coordinators and members) functional requirements (systems) identification/enabling of pilot networks

8. Actions/Steps Step 3: Learning –May/June 2008 –FAO + core AgroWeb resource persons –Expected Outputs: evaluations of pilot CMS experiences documentation of benefits of CMS pilots action plan

9. Actions/Steps Step 4: Advocacy - AgroWeb broader community –Late 2008 –FAO + core AgroWeb actors –Expected Outputs: Coherence of AgroWeb platform ?Dynamism?

10. Actions/Steps Step X: Regional “e-Agriculture” Conference –Early 2009 (venue/date tbd) –FAO, AgroWeb, EFITA, EC, USA-NAL, GFAR IAALD, GKP, etc –Main plenary sessions with satellite meetings and parallel working sessions –Objectives: Various determined by stakeholder groups –Outputs: ??