Rural Youth Innovation Award 2021
Descripcion
The Award is an initiative of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and co-financed by the China-IFAD South-South and Triangular Cooperation Facility. Learn more about IFAD, its projects and focus on youth and the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) in the following links:
The Award`s participating initiatives must be good practices and technologies already implemented. They must be effective in resolving issues related to the rural area, especially of small local farmers.
In addition, they must be related with at least one of the categories below:
The Prize have a Featured Category that will award one of the already participating initiatives within the Technical Categories:
Promotion and inclusion of vulnerable groups
Program
| Fecha - Hora | Actividad | Expositores |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 3, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (GMT-6) | Opening remarks | Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA |
| Rossana Polastri, Regional Director for Latin América and the Caribbean at IFAD | ||
| Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture/Health of Costa Rica | ||
| The Pandemic as a development opportunity for rural youth in LAC | Moderator: Miguel Altamirano, Cordinator at Project INNOVA Agricultura Familiar at IFAD/IICA | |
| Jonathan Castro, FABLAB Cordinator at IICA, Costa Rica | ||
| Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido, Sub Regional Coordinator for Central America and the Caribbean at IFAD | ||
| Perseida Tenorio, General Director ar Una Mano para Oaxaca, México | ||
| Awards Launch | Cintia Guzmán, Program Officer at IFAD, Brasilia | |
| Denise Carvalho, Project Manager for the "Rural Youth Innovation Award in LAC | ||
| Closing Remarks | Claus Reiner, Country-Director and Head of the Knowledge and SSTC Center for Latin America and the Caribbean at IFAD, Brasilia |
Speakers
Paola Vega, Minister of Science Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica.
Laura Pacheco Ovares, Vice Minister of Agriculture of Costa Rica.
Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA
Rossana Polastri, Regional Director for Latin América and the Caribbean at IFAD
Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture/Health of Costa Rica
Jonathan Castro, FABLAB Cordinator at IICA, Costa Rica
Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido, Sub Regional Coordinator for Central America and the Caribbean at IFAD
Perseida Tenorio, General Director ar Una Mano para Oaxaca, México
Cintia Guzmán, Program Officer at IFAD, Brasilia
Denise Carvalho, Project Manager for the "Rural Youth Innovation Award in LAC
Claus Reiner, Country-Director and Head of the Knowledge and SSTC Center for Latin America and the Caribbean at IFAD, Brasilia
Moderator: Miguel Altamirano, Cordinator at Project INNOVA Agricultura Familiar at IFAD/IICA
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Publicado por IICA en Viernes, 26 de febrero de 2021