Launch of the FAO elearning Academy: Strengthening capacity to face global challenges

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The FAO elearning Academy supports Member Countries, through capacity development interventions and e-learning courses. These courses are offered free of charge, as a global public good and were created to transfer know-how, skills and competencies using diverse methodologies such as self-paced e-learning courses, blended learning programmes, massive open online courses (MOOCs), technical webinars, online tutored courses, mobile learning, international hackathons on the SDGs, global 24-hour marathons on sustainability, university master programmes and postgraduate degrees, as well as training workshops. 

The FAO elearning Academy offers over 350 multilingual e-learning courses, free of charge, as a global public good and is the result of a collaborative effort which involves over 200 partners throughout the world. 

The overall objective of the FAO elearning Academy is to strengthen the human capital, through the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competences, in order to generate competent professionals able to face the global challenges. The FAO elearning Academy has now reached a global audience of more than 600 000 users. The courses are developed with all FAO technical divisions, across all Strategic Programmes (SPs) and cover the main priority areas of FAO: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate smart agriculture, sustainable food systems and nutrition, food safety, food losses, child labour, responsible governance to tenure among others, and are fully aligned with the SDG Agenda 2030. 

OBJECTIVES OF THE WEBINAR 

• Officially launch the FAO elearning Academy now available in six languages 

• Describe the international certification offered, through the digital badges system 

• Raise awareness on the various pedagogical models and learning solutions offered 
 

DATE/TIME: 18 June 2020 | 14:30 - 16:00 CEST
 

HOW TO ATTEND 

The webinar is free and open to everyone, provided you have the link to the platform. To join the webinar session on Zoom, kindly register here.

We suggest you to use Google Chrome in order to join the webinar. We also recommend you to check your time zone here