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SIKAI YATRA, Nepal USING LEARNING ROUTE METHODOLOGY within IFAD projects. Shaktikhor , Chitwan Bijuwa , Kapilvastu 4 th October 2012, Kathmandu. Case Studies. Training 1 (24 th - 27 th September 2012) Leasehold Forest User Groups in Shaktikhor, Chitwan
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SIKAI YATRA, Nepal USING LEARNING ROUTE METHODOLOGY within IFAD projects Shaktikhor, Chitwan Bijuwa, Kapilvastu 4th October 2012, Kathmandu
Case Studies Training 1 (24th - 27th September 2012) Leasehold Forest User Groups in Shaktikhor, Chitwan LFLP and WUPAP staff plus community trainees – 10 people Training 2 (29th September – 2nd October 2012) Praghatishil Agriculture Cooperative Ltd in Bijuwa, Kapilvastu PAF and HVAP staff plus community trainees and NGO partners – 11 people
Structure of Training • Understanding the case study and techniques • Map-making with community: Past, Present, and Future • Analysis: timeline, map of actors • Field interviews: 1:1, focus group, site visits • Lessons learnt • Validation and certification • Next steps including follow-up
Chhami Magar, local participant trainee introducing mapmaking, Chitwan
Emerging themes for Learning Routes • Income diversification by women led groups through: • Strategies for the establishment of pro-poor PPP • - Institutional coordination • Secured access to markets • Diversification of livelihoods • Formation, strengthening and building of second tier networks of cooperative organisations • - Savings groups into cooperatives • Leadership role of women • Social inclusion through economic diversification • Role of women • Role of Dalit and Janajati and other marginalised groups • Literacy, numeracy and financial literacy
Next steps • Case studies: • 2 more needed to be identified and systematized to create a Nepal Learning Route • Kavre (LFLP), Rolpa or Rukum (WUPAP) • Possible PAF specific senior level orientation and training • Action plans per project • Training trainees into facilitators • Learning Route implementation: • January 2013 = 2 more case studies and Learning Route preparation • Feb/March 2013 = Learning Route for Nepali projects • To be defined = 2nd Learning Route open to other countries • To be defined = PAF-specific senior level orientation and Learning Route training