Director's welcome
We expected that this would be another exciting year for us and we have been spot on. The ups and downs of agriculture and climate change are really providing fascinating fodder for us in the field. The sharp increases in crude oil and petrol prices globally, food shortages and spiraling food prices coupled with the crises in China and Myanmar have made it clear that we need to go back to the drawing board – starting at A for agriculture.
One of the really exciting activities for CTA is the impact review of selected activities in 10 ACP countries. We are reaching into the field to see what is happening on the ground and getting feedback in order to improve our products and services. The review is extraordinary in that it is being managed as a joint operation and both ITAD consultants and CTA staff have responsibilities for making the initiative a success; we look forward to the results.
We have also continued to further our Web 2.0 agenda through improving the communication with our ACP partners via the ACP Embassies. Up to May 2008, we shared some insights on how to benefit best from web 2.0 technologies with IT-experts from Brussels-based ACP Embassies.
CTA’s 2007 Annual Report is available, both online and in paper version and I invite you to take a look at the new design, new reporting format and the new thematic focus. We hope it makes it even easier for you to understand all that we do at CTA.
Take a look at the revised website for Spore, the reports of the last Brussels Development meeting and bookmark the conference webpage for more news on CTA’s seminar on Climate Change and Agriculture in October this year.
We look forward to receiving your feedback, so please let us know what you think and what you’d like to see.
To chat with me directly, please “go out of the box” and check out my blog
. I am very much enjoying the challenges related to maintaining this dialogue with you. Again, let me thank you for sharing your feedback with me (for those who still prefer E-mail please send it to “neun(at)cta.int”).
I hope you enjoy the site and look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Hansjörg Neun
Director CTA
June 2008
