Making e-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Asia

A Global Knowledge Partnership Event

Sponsored by Katalyst and FAO. Moderated by Katalyst, a multi-donor funded market development project implemented by Swisscontact, the Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation and co-implemented by GTZ-International Services.

e-agriculture.org concluded a special online forum on the Role of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) which ran from 10 -28 March 2008. Areas which were explored included: The scope of Public Private Partnerships to implement e-Agriculture successfully; Understanding the major & common constraints in PPP based on past experiences and current practices; Suggestions and solutions to overcome the challenges and focus on bringing practical solutions; and the roles of stakeholders: government, private sector, and others.

Subject Matter Experts Participating included:
- M. Asaduzzaman, Research Director, Agriculture and Rural Development, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
- Amit Dasgupta, General Manager, IBM Global Services India
- Philip DesAutels, Academic Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
- Noel Magor, Head, IRRI Training Center
- Naimur Rahman, Director, OneWorld South Asia
- Sunit Shrestha, Director, TNR Institute, Thailand

Moderated by:
- Manish Pandey, Deputy General Manager of Katalyst
- Michael Riggs, Information Management Specialist, FAO
- Charlotte Masiello-Riome, World Summit on the Information Society Communications Focal Point, e-agriculture and e-agriculture.org Coordinator

This Forum was a lead up to the e-Agriculture INDIA 2008 Conference which was held in New Dehli, India 29-31 July 2008. Outcomes were also be reported to the World Summit on the Information Society Follow-up Action meetings held in May 2008.

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Introduce Yourself This space was here for you to let the community know, who you are, where you are from, and your interests in e-Agriculture Public Private Partnerships in Asia.	63	105	Jun 03 2008, 12:05 PM In: Closed: Hi, By: tom
Week III: 24 – 28 March -“Strategies and next steps” In the final week we began reviewing the key points identified in Week I with linkages to content (existing and potential) identified in Week II, and then sought a more in-depth review of these priority areas. We looked for ideas on where the e-Agriculture community should consider going next with PPP, and we discussed how the valuable output from this forum could be further disseminated, including at key international venues. A summary report of all three weeks was written and was circulated once the Forum had finished.	5	32	Mar 29 2008, 06:59 AM In: Closed: Week III summary and final report By: Manish Pandey
Events and Websites This was your space to promote relevant upcoming Events or Websites related to Public Private Partnerships in e-Agriculture: Asia Specific.	4	23	May 08 2008, 05:26 AM In: Closed: Launching new forum for tamilnadu By: Antony
Summaries of Weeks Discussions on PPPs in Asia
Week I Summary Making E-Agriculture Work through Public Private Partnership in Asia Summary Week I discussion: From March 10 to March 15th 2008	1	1	Mar 17 2008, 06:25 AM In: Closed: Week I summary By: Manish Pandey
Week I: “Sharing and expanding upon experiences, successes, issues, and challenges” WEEK I 10 – 14 March In the first week we outlined the broad topic of Public Private Partnerships in e-Agriculture. By bringing forward a broad range of experiences, ideas and issues, we collectively focused in on key issues and fostered further discussion on these. A Summary Report of Week I has been written and can be accessed below in the Week Summary Section.	4	70	Mar 15 2008, 07:06 PM In: Closed: Discussion Week 1: 10 – 14 March “Sharing and expanding upon experiences, successes, issues, and challenges” By: Noel P Magor
WEEK II: 17 – 21 March: “Identifying good practices and lessons learned” Building on the issues and successes identified in the first week, the second week proved to be an opportunity to look for cases, existing or potential, that could be brought together to form the basis of "good practices and lessons learned" resource. We discussed the potential for a generally accepted method or format of presenting cases and some standards such that we can build a comprehensive body of materials that remain comparable and useful over time. A Summary Report of Week II will be written and circulated at the end of Monday 24 March.	4	27	Mar 23 2008, 02:34 AM In: Closed: Week 2: “Identifying good practices and lessons learned” By: Kashfia ahmed
Week II Summary	2	2	Mar 25 2008, 05:12 AM In: Closed: Sub: Challenges in making “public” information available through private channels and the ways to overcome those. By: Kashfia ahmed
Week III Summary You can find the Summary for Week III here.	1	2	Apr 04 2008, 09:39 AM In: Closed: Week III Summary By: P S Janaki Krishna (Dr.Mrs.)
Overall Summary of PPP Asia Forum Here you can find the final report to the PPP Asia Forum.	1	1	May 01 2008, 05:03 PM In: Closed: final Overall summary of PPPs in Asia Forum Posted! By: Charlotte Masiello-Riome

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