Food and Agriculture Organization
Experience: 5 Years
Skill Required: Business Development/ Resource Mobilization
Apply By: 07-06-2022
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Commission) keeps under review matters related to the Organization's policy, programme and activities regarding biodiversity of relevance to food and agriculture. The Secretariat of the Commission prepares and supports sessions of the Commission and follows up on its decisions. It also monitors and reports to the Commission on developments in relevant international bodies and processes (including the Convention on Biological Diversity - CBD, the World Trade Organization - WTO and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research - CGIAR). The Commission's rolling Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW) allows it to implement its full mandate covering biodiversity for food and agriculture to program its cooperation with other relevant international instruments and Multilateral Environmental Agreements and to coordinate with relevant international processes.
The position is located in the Secretariat of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. OCB promotes the integration of innovative approaches in the activities of the Organization, for the sustainable use, management and conservation of natural resources for food and agriculture, and provides a coordination role on climate change, biodiversity and the environment.
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