The report “Bridging Emergency and Development – Medium Term Strategy for FAO Assistance” has been prepared by an FAO team in March/April 2009 following a request from the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to develop and institutionalize the relationship between the PNA and FAO through the formulation of an appropriate framework and strategy for FAO assistance to the Palestinian agricultural sector. ii. The report proposes an FAO Strategy for assisting the Palestinian National Authority, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and other concerned agricultural sector stakeholders in the transition from emergency to sustainable development. Its main findings and conclusions are based on: i) consultations with Government officials in Ramallah including Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Planning and other Government authorities, national NGOs, FAO field staff in Jerusalem and multilateral and bilateral donors

The work done by FAO on emergency projects; iii) the agricultural sector priorities highlighted in various policy documents including the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP), MoA policy statements and other relevant subsector papers; and iv) the ongoing and planned activities of major multilateral and bilateral donors. Although reference is made in this report to the FAO?s portfolio in food security information, analysis, institution building and coordination, this report mainly focuses on the overall FAO strategy for agricultural sector development.

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