FAO elearning Academy – Major achievements for 2020

Book excerpt: This publication describes the work of the elearning Academy in 2020. The year 2020 marked the launch of the FAO multilingual elearning Academy new website, the adoption of a digital badges certification system and the organization of a series of successful international technical webinars with over 5 000 participants in total and in collaboration with more than 30 partners worldwide. In addition to this, 75 new elearning self-paced courses were published, reaching the number of 350 multilingual elearning courses as a result of a collaborative effort involving over 200 partners throughout the world. The courses are fully aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and cover thematic areas such as: climate-smart agriculture, sustainable food systems and nutrition, food safety, food losses, sustainable management of natural resources, responsible governance of tenure.