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ANNEX 3
Training Capabilities of the RRa Centers

NAME OF ORGANIZATION

TYPES OF TRAINING COURSES RUN AND DURATION

TYPES OF PARTICIPANTS

CAPACITY (NO. OF COURSES)

Center for International Development and Environment of the World Resources Institute

Participatory RRA training course to produce village resource management plans; 2-1/2 to 3-1/2 weeks; classroom/field work

Government technical extension officers, NGO field staff

Approximately 20 participants per course; 2-4 courses per year

Intermediate Technology Development Group

Training in applied social science techniques. Courses vary from 1 week to 1 month

Researchers (social science and technical), project staff (local and ex-patriate), internal personnel

4 courses, with 15 or fewer participants

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Dep't., University of Reading, 16 London Road, Reading RG1 SAQ, United Kingdom

As part of Research, Planning and Evaluation components of post-graduate courses leading to Master's or Diploma degrees. Training -- tailor-made courses in extension will include RRA techniques as part of communication process.

Extension agents, government officials. One short course on Women and Agricultural Development is aimed at women with field-level responsibilities for women's programs/gender-aware agricultural extension.

Negotiable

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Grubtt, P.O. Box 5180, 6236 Eschborn, Federal Republic of Germany

Staff training courses, five days long

Project staff

1 course per year (potentially more)

Intercooperation, Maulbeerstrasse 10, Postfach 6724, CH-300, Bern, Switzerland

Agroecosystem analysis (in collaboration with IIED/IDS); 5 days

Swiss-based government and NGO officials, project staff

1 course (about 20 participants)/per year

GRAAP -- Groupe de Recherche et d'Appui pour l'Autopromotion Paysanne, B.P. 785, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Involved in farmer-extension agent training/participation for community development, resource management, etc.

   

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London

Training in RRA methods with stress on agro-ecosystem analysis and interactive planning tools.

Development professionals, NGO officials, project staff, local planners, government officials, researchers

Negotiable. Courses both in developing countries and based in London.

Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, United Kingdom

Workshops held at IDS and courses for other organizations on RRA methodology and development issues.

MPhil students, planners, government officials, development professionals, researchers

Includes a three-month course for senior planners taught at IDS.

COMMUNITY FORESTRY PUBLICATIONS

Community Forestry Notes

1

Household food security and forestry: an analysis of socio-economic issues, 1989 (Ar/E/F/S)

2

Community forestry: participatory assessment, monitoring and evaluation, 1989 (E/F/S)

3

Community forestry: rapid appraisal, 1989 (E/F/S)

4

Community forestry: herders' decision-making in natural resources management in arid and semi-arid Africa, 1990 (E°/F)

5

Community forestry: rapid appraisal of tree and land tenure, 1989 (E/F/S)

6

The major significance of `minor' forest products: the local use and value of forests in the West African humid forest zone, 1990 (E°)

7

Community forestry: ten years in review, 1991 (E/F/S°)

8

Shifting cultivators: local technical knowledge and natural resource management in the humid tropics, 1991 (E/F/S)

9

Socioeconomic attributes of trees and tree planting practices, 1991 (E/F**/S)

10

A framework for analyzing institutional incentives in community forestry, 1992 (E/F/S)

11

Common forest resource management: annotated bibliography of Asia, Africa and Latin America, 1993 (E/F**/S**)

12

Introducing community forestry: annotated listing of topics and readings, 1994 (E)

13

What about the wild animals? Wild animal species in community forestry in the tropics, 1995 (E)

14

Legal bases for managing forest resources as common property, 1999 (E)

Community Forestry Field Manuals

1

Guidelines for planning, monitoring and evaluating cookstove programs, 1990 (E/F/S°)

2

The community's toolbox: the idea, methods and tools for participatory assessment, monitoring and evaluation in community forestry, 1990 (E/F/S)

3

Guidelines for integrating nutrition concerns into forestry projects, 1991 (E/F/S)

4

Tree and land tenure: rapid appraisal tools, 1994 (E/F/S)

5

Selecting tree species on the basis of community needs, 1995 (E/F**/S)

6

Marketing information systems for non-timber forest products, 1995 (E)

7

Crafting institutional arrangements for community forestry, 1997 (E)

Community Forestry Case Studies

1

Case studies of farm forestry and wasteland development in Gujarat, India, 1988 (E)

2

Forestland for the people. A forest village project in Northeast Thailand, 1988 (E)

3

Women's role in dynamic forest-based small scale enterprises. Case studies on uppage and lacquerware from India, 1991 (E°)

4

Case studies in forest-based small scale enterprises in Asia. Rattan, matchmaking and handicrafts, 1991 (E°)

5

Social and economic incentives for smallholder tree growing. A case study from Murang'a District, Kenya, 1993 (E)

6

Shifting cultivators of Indonesia: marauders or managers of the forest? Rice production and forest use among the Uma' Jalan of East Kalimantan, 1993 (E/Viet)

7

Peasant participation in community reforestation. Four communities in the Department of Cuzco, Peru, 1993 (E)

8

The impact of social and environmental change on forest management. A case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1993 (E)

9

Tree and land tenure in the Eastern Terai, Nepal. A case study from the Siraha and Saptari Districts, Nepal, 1993 (E)

10

Tree and land tenure: using rapid appraisal to study natural resource management. A case study from Anivorano, Madagascar, 1995 (E)

11

Shifting cultivation in Bhutan: a gradual approach to modifying land use patterns. A case study from Pema Gatshel District, Bhutan, 1995 (E)

12

Farmer experimentation and innovation. A case study of knowledge generation processes in agroforestry systems in Rwanda, 1996 (E)

13

Developing participatory and integrated watershed management. A case study of the FAO/Italy Inter-regional Project for Participatory Upland Conservation and Development (PUCD), 1998 (E)

Community Forestry Working Papers

1

The role of alternative conflict management in community forestry, 1994 (E)

2

Participatory approaches to planning for community forestry, 1995 (E)

3

Forest resources and institutions, 1998 (E)

Community Forestry Conflict Management Series

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Proceedings: electronic conference on "addressing natural resource conflicts through community forestry," January-May 1996, (E)

-

Integrating conflict management considerations into national policy frameworks. Proceedings of a satellite meeting to the XI World Forestry Congress, 10-13 October 1997, Antalya, Turkey, (E)

Community Forestry Guidelines

1

Women in community forestry: a field guide for project design and implementation, 1989 (E/F/S)

2

Integrating gender considerations into FAO forestry projects, 1994 (E/F**/S)

Community Forestry Audio Visuals and Slide Booklets

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Forestry and food security, 1993 (E/F/S)

-

Fruits of our work: women in community forestry, Tanzania [slide booklet], 1991 (E)

-

Gender analysis for forestry development planning - why? % how?, 1996 (E)

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Gender analysis for forestry development planning - why? % how? [slide booklet], 1997 (E) What is a tree?, 1994 (E/F)

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What is a tree? [slide booklet], 1995 (E)

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Women and community forestry in Sudan [slide booklet], 1991 (E)

Community Forestry Cartoon Booklets

1

Food for the future, 1990 (Ch/E/F/P/S)

2

Our trees and forests, 1992 (Ch/E/F/S)

3

I am so hungry I could eat a tree, 1992 (Ch/E/F/S)

4

Fabulous forest factories, 1993 (Ch/E/F/S)

Other Community Forestry Publications

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Community forestry posters, 1997 (E)

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Forests, trees and food, 1992 (E/S) Forests, trees and people programme [brochure], 1998 (E/F/S)

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Forestry and food security [brochure], 1996 (E/F/S)

-

Forestry and food security [poster], 1996 (E/F/S)

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The gender analysis and forestry international training package, 1995 (E)

-

People and forests: community forestry at FAO, 1997 (E/F/S)

-

Restoring the balance: women and forest resources, 1989 (E/F/S)

FAO Forestry Papers

7

Forestry for local community development, 1978 (E/F/S)

64

Tree growing by rural people, 1985 (Ar/E/F/S°)

79

Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises, 1987 (E/F°/S°)

90

Forestry and food security, 1989 (Ar/E/F/S°)

136

Managing forests as common property, 1998 (E)

Ar - Arabic

F - French

Viet - Vietnamese

Ch - Chinese

S - Spanish

** in preparation

E - English

P - Portuguese

°out of print; available as a PDF file

 

Our publications and videos are available from your regional focal point:

Anglophone Africa:

FTPP/FAN

 

Forest Action Network

 

P.O. Box 21428

 

Nairobi, Kenya

 

Fax: (254-2) 718398

 

E-mail: fankenya@africaonline.co.ke

   

Asia:

FTPP@RECOFTC

 

Regional Community Forestry Training Center Kasetsart University

 

PO. Box 1111

 

Bangkok 10903, Thailand

 

Fax: (66-2) 561-4880

 

Email: ftccor@nontri.ku.ac.th

   

Central America:

Facilitador subregional para Centroamérica

 

Apdo. Postal 8198 - 1000

 

San José, Costa Rica

 

Fax: (506) 280-2441

 

E-mail: cbrenes@sol.racsa.co.cr

   

Europe:

The Editor, FTP Newsletter

 

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

 

Box 7005

 

S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden

 

Fax: (46-18) 673420

 

E-mail: daphne.thuvesson@lbutv.slu.se

   

Francophone Africa:

Facilitateur régional pour l'Afrique francophone

 

FTPP@IPD-AC

 

Institut panafricain pour le dèveloppement

 

B.P. 4078

 

Douala, Cameroun

 

Fax: (237) 403068

 

E-mail: ftppass@camnet.cm

   

Latin America and Caribbean (Spanish):

El Editor

 

Revista Bosques, àrboles y comunidades rurales

 

c/o CIED

 

Av. Santa Cruz 500, Jesús María

 

Apartado 11-0152

 

Lima 11, Peru

 

Fax: (51-1) 330-5862

 

E-mail: ftpp@sifocom.org.pe

   

North America and Caribbean (English):

FTPP/NACARCE

 

North American & Caribbean Regional Center

 

5400 Grosvenor Lane

 

Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA

 

Fax: (301) 897-3690

 

E-mail: istfiusf@igc.apc.org

   

Other regions:

The Senior Community Forestry Officer

 

Forestry Policy and Planning Division

 

Forestry Department

 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

 

Viale delle Terme di Caracolla

 

Rome 00100, Italy

 

Fax: (39-06) 5705-5514

 

E-mail: ftpp@fao.org

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