Nairobi Declaration and Facts and Figures on the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services 15 -18 Nov, 2011

[Francis, J.]

Dear Colleagues:

 

The International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services: Linking Knowledge to Policy and Action for Food and Livelihoods, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15^th -18^th of November 2011 was a great success. There was extensive coverage on newspaper, TV, Radio and online media channels. The feedback from viewers of the conference webcast and from conference delegates was overwhelming. We have received calls for such laudable and meticulously organized initiatives to be replicated in the future.

 

 

The Nairobi Declaration

 

The declaration can be consulted on the website at http://extensionconference2011.cta.int/sites/default/files/NairobiDeclaration30112011.pdf. Comments and suggestions can be sent to extens...@cta.int .

 

FACTS AND FIGURES OF CONFERENCE

 

The overall statistics are very positive with figures that attract admiration.  103 accepted abstract submissions (60 papers, 30 posters, 5 Extended abstracts, 7 case studies 1 video& photo Collage). Presenters from over 37 countries with a fair representation of the ACP sub regions, the EU, North America and Asia

Over 453 delegates attended the conference

 

 

Table 1 Gender breakdown of conference delegates

Gender	Number of Delegates
Male Delegates	317
Female Delegates	136
Total	453

 

Table 2 Organisation type breakdown of conference delegates

Organisation	Number of Delegates
International Organization	43
NGO	67
Other	115
Private Sector	37
Public Sector	81
Research Organization	52
University	58
Total	453

 

Table 3 Sub-regional breakdown of conference delegates

Sub-Region	Number of delegates
Asia/Middle East	28
Australia	2
Caribbean	16
Central Africa	16
Eastern Africa	160
Europe	72
North Africa	7
North America	11
Pacific	9
South America	11
Southern Africa	55
West Africa	66
Total regions: 12	453

Table 4 County representation of conference delegates

Country	Region	Number
Afghanistan	Asia/Middle East	3
Albania	Asia/Middle East	1
Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	2
Argentina	South America	2
Australia	Australia	2
Azerbaijan	Asia/Middle East	1
Bangladesh	Asia/Middle East	3
Barbados	Caribbean	1
Belgium	Europe	2
Belize	Caribbean	1
Benin	West Africa	4
Botswana	Southern Africa	2
Brazil	South America	3
Burkina Faso	West Africa	6
Burundi	Eastern Africa	4
Cameroon	Central Africa	5
Canada	North America	2
Chad	Central Africa	1
Chile	South America	2
Colombia	South America	1
Costa Rica	South America	2
Côte d'Ivoire	West Africa	2
Democratic Republic of Congo	Central Africa	7
Denmark	Europe	2
Dominican Republic	Caribbean	1
Egypt	North Africa	7
Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	11
Fiji Islands	Pacific	2
France	Europe	1
Gabon	Central Africa	1
Germany	Europe	3
Ghana	West Africa	17
India	Asia/Middle East	5
Indonesia	Asia/Middle East	2
Iran	Asia/Middle East	1
Ireland	Europe	2
Italy	Europe	18
Jamaica	Caribbean	3
Jordan	Asia/Middle East	1
Kenya	Eastern Africa	101
Lebanon	Asia/Middle East	1
Lesotho	Southern Africa	1
Liberia	West Africa	2
Madagascar	Eastern Africa	1
Malawi	Southern Africa	9
Mali	West Africa	7
Mauritania	West Africa	1
Mauritius	Eastern Africa	2
Mozambique	Southern Africa	3
Nicaragua	Asia/Middle East	1
Niger	West Africa	2
Nigeria	West Africa	14
Pakistan	Asia/Middle East	2
Papua New Guinea	Pacific	3
Philippines	Asia/Middle East	4
Republic of Namibia	Southern Africa	1
Republic of Yemen	Asia/Middle East	1
Central African Republic	Central Africa	2
Rwanda	Eastern Africa	2
Saint Lucia	Caribbean	1
Samoa	Pacific	3
Scotland	Europe	1
Senegal	West Africa	4
Sierra Leone	West Africa	4
Solomon Islands	Pacific	1
South Africa	Southern Africa	22
South Sudan	Eastern Africa	4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	1
Sudan	Eastern Africa	4
Swaziland	Southern Africa	6
Sweden	Europe	1
Switzerland	Europe	11
Syria	Asia/Middle East	2
Tanzania	Eastern Africa	10
The Gambia	West Africa	1
The Netherland	Europe	22
Togo	West Africa	2
Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	6
Turkey	Europe	1
Uganda	Eastern Africa	21
United Kingdom	Europe	8
Uruguay	South America	1
USA	North America	9
ZAMBIA	Southern Africa	3
Zimbabwe	Southern Africa	8
Total: 85 Counties		453

Social Media:

·         Over, 204 followers, and 792 Tweets from the conference twitter page

·         Almost 200 followers on the Facebook page

·         Active blogging around the four thematic issues (Capacity Development, Policy, Learning Networks, Tools and approaches) that support extension and advisory services.

·         High level contributions and discussions in the e-discussion group

 

We encourage you to continue participating  actively  through the conference website, online e-discussion and social media tools. We will provide on the demand videos of the conference on the conference website as soon as possible. Please visit the extension website and get engaged at http://extensionconference2011.cta.int

 

You can view the full list of delegates on http://extensionconference2011.cta.int/participants

Kind regards,

Judith Ann Francis

Co-Chair, ISC

 

 

 

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[Lategan, Francois]

Thank you for this information. Much appreciated.

 

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Prof F S Lategan

Associate Professor: Agricultural Economics and Extension

Faculty of Science and Agriculture

University of Fort Hare

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[Linda Baez Lacayo]

Thanks for the information. It was such a wonderful experience!!!

There are some little mistakes in the list of participants which I´m highlighting in yellow: participants from Latin America

 

Regards,

 

Linda Baez Lacayo

Consultora

Santiago de Chile

Tel. (56-2) 2421239, Celular: (56-9) 91563913

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"Una persona que tiene hambre no es una persona libre" - "A hungry person is not a free person". A. Stevenson

 

Central and South America

11

Costa Rica

South Central America

2

Nicaragua

Central America Asia/Middle East

2

[david dolly]

Judith,

 

      It was good to see this record of achievement in so many formats. Many thanks for your relentless efforts to ensure the resounding success of this conference and indeed  the efforts of  the chair Mr Hailu, CTA and the Kenyan  ( local) planning committee.

 

      I look forward to the continued momentum which has invigorated our global extension fraternity as a result of the conference.

 

       I wish to ask whether I have permission to place your message / or its relevant contents on our local FAO list serve in the Caribbean. It would be important to have the wider community know of the details albeit having regard to their own interest by viewing the website or listening to the media.

 

     On another matter, did we have reports from all field trips and can they be placed on the site for perusal and study? I note the field trip overviews but I could not find field trip reports.

 

 Regards

 

David Dolly

UWI/Caribbean ISC representative

[Mario Chavarria]

Dear Ms. Francis:

Greetings from Belize!

Thanks for the information.

I am writing my Conference Report as requested by my sponsor, GFRAS.

The Conference was a great success. I am grateful for the opportunity to have participated in such an interesting, informative and rewarding event.

Please note that both Belize and Nicaragua are in Central America. Belize is a member of CARICOM and SICA, both regional organizations. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Best wishes in your endeavors.

Regards,

Mario Chavarria
BELIZE

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[tsiu mphanya]

Thank you very much for the information concerning the conference even though I am very disapointed because i applied to be sponsored but i did not get the feedback and lucky enough i have seen that my country was represented (LESOTHO -1). Could you be mercy enough to sent me the name and email adress of that somebody from Lesotho who was there.   Please keep us informed   TSIU G. MPHANYA LECTURER - AGRIC. EXTENSION LESOTHO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE PRIVATE BAG A 4 MASERU 100 LESOTHO --- On Tue, 12/13/11, Linda Baez Lacayo <lin...@manquehue.net> wrote:

Number of Delegates

[Francis, J.]

David:

 

Thanks for this. Please feel free to post the message on the FAO website. We did have a brief overview of the field trip.

 

Judith Francis

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