1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Regional Skill Mix Experts Roster Magdi Latif Knowledge and Communication Department Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building Division FAO of the U.N RSMS Development is a contribution made by IMU and supervised by concerned Officer in 2009.

2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Outline RSMR Definition. RSMR Objective. RSMR Components. RSMR Capabilities. Benefits of RSMR System for RNE. Major Challenge RSMR System Online Demonstration.

3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 What is RSMR? RSMR is a web-based integrated regional professional experts information and communication system. It enables high management, officers and their assistants to capture, disseminate and share information about experts working (or worked or would like to work) with FAO, institutes that experts working with, Focal Points working with experts under various disciplines to support the decision-making of selection process for experts.

4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 What is RSMR Designed to?  Prevent redundancy and duplication,  Create access to experts information, knowledge and innovations,  Ensure appropriate knowledge sharing among various FAO management and technical officers in different disciplines and programs on national and regional professional experts, and  Provide enable environment for good coordination.

5. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 To strengthen the capacity of RNE for effective information management and knowledge exchange on professional experts in support of rural and agricultural development in the region. RSMR : Immediate Objective

6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Front end Interface The front end components provide the information retrieval/browsing functionalities, and are available to designated users. Backend Interface The backend components provide the data management functionalities that enable system administrators to input/update/delete data items into the RSMR database. SYSTEM COMPONENTS - RSMR INTERFACES

7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Front end of RSMR http://roster.faorne.net http://roster.faorne.net

8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 RSMR Modules Disciplines Focal Points Statistics Useful Links Web2Tools News Meeting & Events Quick Search Experts RSMR Modules

9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 EXPERT Module Technical Information Personal information Expert Institution Expert Publications Expert technical Reports Expert Evaluation Reports Expert Discipline Expert Modules

10. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Disciplines Module Animal Production & Health Economics Policy Farming Practices & Systems Fisheries and Aquaculture Food safety and Human Nutrition Food Security Expert Discipline ForestryKIM systems Natural resources & Environment Plant Production & Protection Research Extension Education Rural Social Development Technology & Innovations Disciplines Modules

11. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Disciplines Module Expert Full Name Expert Nationality Expert’s Experience Years Expert Institution Expert’s Focal Point Expert Discipline Type SORT by name, nationality, and years of experience LINK to Expert technical & personal information, Focal Point, Institution Disciplines Module

12. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Focal Point Module Main Focal Point Information Assistant Focal Point Information Experts Working with Focal Point Focal Point Modules LINK to ALL Experts technical & personal information working with Focal Point.

13. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Quick Search Module Expert name Expert Type Expert Discipline Expert Secondary Discipline Quick Search Modules

14. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Statistics Module Experts Disciplines Experts Types Experts Fields of Expertise Experts Institutions Statistics Modules SORT All Results LINK to Designated Variables

15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 News & Meetings Module MeetingsEventsNews News, Meetings and Events Module

16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Links Modules Useful Links What’s New FAO InTouch RNE Website FAO Website Links Module

17. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Web2Tools Modules Mail group Module RSS (Real Simple Syndicate) Feed RSS Aggregators Wikis Discussion Forum Good Practices Web2Tools Modules

18. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Focal Point Discipline PublicationsFocal PointsProjects Technical Report Good Practices News & Events User Manager Experts Focal Point Access Right For RSMR Modules

19. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Data Entry PublicationsProjectsEventsNewsExperts Data Entry Access Right For RSMR Modules

20. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Portability It is capable to be deployed easily in other machines and portable devices User Friendly It has a friendly interface and it easy to use and simple to configure. Open System Architecture The system is fully dynamic, built and developed under object oriented concepts using the latest technology and modern object oriented language. RSMR Capabilities

21. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 It is facilitating Interoperability and promoting coherence in knowledge management and information exchange among various disciplines in RNE. Dynamic Workflow Back end Interfaces The system has a dynamic workflow in the advanced Content Management System (CMS). RSMR Capabilities

22. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Share (one-many) Store / Retrieve Collaborate / Interact Decide Learn Notify Support Monitor RSMR System Definitions –Problem/Purpose/Benefits Guidelines –Categories (Disciplines) –Functions –Resources: TKN Support Group (Focal Points) Workplan –Tools and methodologies –Pilot system/network selection –Training –Implementation and analysis –Upscaling FunctionsDevelopment Process

23. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Benefits of RSMR System for RNE Sharing and Exchange of information and knowledge on regional professional experts. Address stakeholders’ needs more effectively. Supporting decision-making process for recruiting professional experts at national and regional levels. Coherence and Synergies in information management. Use of agreed standards, methodologies and tools. A collaborative system and effective communication. Enhanced technical cooperation and collaboration. Reduced cost of operation.

24. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009  Securing commitment from RNE Management to support RSMR operation and further development if required.  Securing active commitment from Focal Points (FAO Technical Officers) to develop content of RSMR (IKM) system.  Training of selected technical staff to contribute to content development of RSMR system.  Official launch of the RSMR Multi-thematic System/network.  Development of the regional collaborative system/network based on partnerships for enhanced knowledge-sharing in RNE. Major Challenges

25. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 RSMR System Online Demonstration

26. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office For The Near East – 14 January 2009 Thank You For Your Attention