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Can PAR help advance CBNRM?
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This
question was explored during the first
International course on Participatory
Action Research(PAR) for Community Based
Natural Resource Management(CBNRM) conducted
between the 8th and 19th December, 2003
at IIRR in the Philippines. Participants
were from Bhutan, China, Indonesia,
Mongolia, Nepal, The Philippines and
Sri Lanka. The course was organized
by the International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction (IIRR), the Regional
Community Forestry Training Center(RECOFTC),
Thailand and the International Development
Research Center (IDRC), Canada. To find
out more about how this first course
was implemented, click
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NGO leaders and development practitioners
participate in IIRR’s year opener course
on NGO Leadership, Development and Social
Change
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begins the year with an international
training course on NGO Leadership, Development
and Social Change (NGOLDSC) simultaneously
happening in four Global Partnership
Program sites, in which a total of 50
NGO leaders, development managers and
practitioners from all over the world
are expected to participate. The training
program at the IIRR Yen Center in the
Philippines began this week and will
go on, as with the other three sites,
until 6 February. Twelve NGO leaders
and development managers from 10 countries
are participating in the course in Silang.
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Scott
Killough, Director of the Regional Center
for Asia in a discussion with the NGOLDSC
participants
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| Philippine
Poor Farmers not ready for Globalization:
study shows
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A
study on ‘trade liberalization and
resource poor farmers in the Philippines’
has concluded that a lot more needs to
be done to improve the rural economy to
ensure that poor farmers benefit from
trade liberalization. The study, which
culminated into a writeshop, held on 10th
to 15th November 2003, at IIRR in Philippines
showed that improvements in the rural
economy including infrastructural development,
capacity building of the farmers’
organizations and improving marketing
systems needed to be done as the country
plans to deepen agricultural trade liberalization.
more... |
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IIRR
Trains Leaders in China on Building Social
Capital
| Ed
Sabio began in-depth discussion
of the properties and concept
of social capital through simple
illustrations emanating from an
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Township
officials and faculty of Yunnan University
in China participated in a one week
course on “Social Capital for
Sustainable Development” conducted
by IIRR in September 2003, at Center
for Governance and Development Studies,
Yunnan University, Kunming City-China.
The course aimed to (a) enhance the
conceptual understanding of the faculty
members and township officials on community
assets, particularly on social capital;
(b) enrich the research methods of faculty
members in studying social capital;
and (c) formulate an action plan for
township officials to build capital
assets. more... |
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Netherlands
Government Supports IIRR Gender Project in
Ethiopia
The
Netherlands Government has approved a grant
of US$500,000 for a second phase of the Gender
and Leadership Decision Making project (GLDM)
in Ethiopia for the period 2004 to 2006. The
project works with policymakers, women and
other leaders at all levels to promote the
mainstreaming of gender in all development
initiatives of the country. Through partnerships
with local NGOs, the project also works with
communities, schools, amateur theatre groups.
more...
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Training
of Trainers on Primary Health Care for the
Health Staff of Eastern Samar
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conducted The Training of Trainers
on Primary Health Care, an eight-day
training, that was requested by the
GTZ-PAPSI (German Technical Cooperation
– Poverty Alleviation Project
Samar Island). It was designed to
equip the participants with the necessary
knowledge, skills and attitude to
effectively train the Barangay Health
Workers (BHWs), who were considered
key partners in promoting Primary
Health Care (PHC). The training was
conducted for two batches (September
15-22, 2003 and October 6-13, 2003),
with a total of forty–one participants
(five males and thirty six females),
who were health staff of selected
municipal health offices of partner
municipalities of PAPSI and provincial
health office of Eastern Samar. more... |
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New
IIRR Publication Highlights issues of Institutionalizing
Participatory Technology Development
IIRR, in partnership with ETC Ecoculture of
the Netherlands and the ACP-EU Technical Centre
for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
have produced a publication on participatory
technology development. more... |
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| Upcoming
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Gender
Mainstreaming: From Programmatic to Organizational
Transformation
October
4 to 15, 2004
Designed for mid and senior-level development
professionals, this two-week course will
provide them with the tools to influence
decision makers within their organization
towards systematic gender mainstreaming.
The course builds upon a review of previous
and current experiences in gender mainstreaming
within the participants’ organizations,
programs and/or projects. Using a ‘gender
audit’ tool, participants deepen their
understanding of previous gender mainstreaming
efforts within their own organization.
The audit will give focus to the following
dimensions: political will, technical
capacity, accountability and organizational
culture. Opportunities will be given to
go through real-life exercises in preparation
for the planned change process to mainstream
gender within their own organization.
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Sustainable
Approaches to Community Health
18
October – 5 November 2004
This
three-week course is designed for doctors,
nurses, midwives, and other health practitioners
and development professionals engaged
in the promotion of participatory and
integrated programs, approaches and
strategies to address community health
concerns. It focuses on demonstrated
models and strategies that aim to strengthen
and sustain efforts in community health.
Participants are provided opportunities
to examine community-based strategies
and models that have worked within the
context of resource-poor environments.
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| New
Publications
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IIRR has new phone lines. 
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