internship presentation
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Jim Bailey IIIPOL 450 - Internship
December 2014 – June 2015
Agenda
Worksite
Work Performed
The Good
The Bad
The Ugly
What I Learned
Worksite The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is a specialized agency that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving its 194 member states, FAO acts as a neutral forum where nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all.
Work Performed
Investment Centre (TCI) Capacity Development of SCP Strategic Planning and Economic Analysis
Team (SPEAT)
Sierra Leone’s National Sustainable Agriculture Development Plan 2009 – 2030 (NSADP), the five-
year (2009 – 2014)
Database for district level agricultural planning
Tasks
– Follow-up on the work of the previous volunteer and complete data entry phase programming;
– Review the current status of the Access database,– Assist in the design of suitable and user friendly reporting formats (soft copy and
hard copy utilization);– *Perform a dry run with existing district information from Sierra Leone;– *Contribute to the user guideline to implement and run the Access based
planning and monitoring tool.– Perform any additional tasks if required
Original District Level Planning Document
Access Database
Access Database
Access Database
Access Database
The Good
FAO Project experience
Supervisor
Multicultural environment
Convenient location
Flexibility and non-restrictive job description
The Bad
Extensive application process
No pay
No potential for future employment
Bureaucracy
The Ugly
No ugly experiences
What I Learned
Database development
Complexity of district level planning
FAO protocol
How to work independently
Questions