What is an FAO Web site?
Thissection explains how the Internet is utilised at FAO. It provides references to key policy documents related to the Internet as ameans for communicating FAO messages. The FAO Web site falls within the scope of the FAO’s Corporate Communication Policy and Strategy. FAOuses the Internet as a primary communication channel, in the context of its mandate to “collect, analyse, interpret and disseminate information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture” (Article 1 of FAO Constitution). The FAO Web site (http://www.fao.org/) is a collection of Web sites, documents and databases designed for any of the following aims: • outreach, advocacy and promotion of FAO messages; • dissemination of technical and scientific materials; and • dissemination of statistics, data and procedures. Production and management are decentralised, i.e. rests with the originating Division or Organizational Unit. Therefore,an “FAO Web site”is usually a site devoted to a specific project or topic and hosted under
