2004
Mid-year Report
Nepal Country Programme
Identification
of national partners
Five organisations were selected as partner organisations to implement
project activities of the PROLINNOVA Nepal initiative: Local Initiatives
for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD); Intermediate
Technology Development Group (ITDG); Sustainable Soil Management
Programme (SSMP) implemented by Helvetas in collaboration with Department
of Agriculture; CARE Nepal; and Ecological Service Centre (EcoScentre).
LI-BIRD
is the country secretariat office of the initiative and its Executive
Director is the Country Programme Co-ordinator. A Working Group
(WG) comprising representatives from all partner organisations was
also formed to co-ordinate implementation of the project activities.
The Country Programme Co-ordinator has been appointed to Chair the
WG.
Communication
and information
A
summary sheet of the PROLINNOVA Nepal initiative has been prepared
to share information about the initiative with organisations involved
in research and development programmes. The information sheet has
been distributed to the collaborative partners and other organisations
interested in the initiative.
Partner
organisations’ meeting
A
meeting of partner organisations was organised by LI-BIRD on 14th
May 2004 in Kathmandu to brief representatives of these organisations
about the concept, objectives, working approach and resources of
the project. The meeting discussed planned activities and the allocated
budget, and built a common consensus on these.
Formation
of National Steering Committee
A
National Steering Committee (NSC) comprising senior decision-makers
was formed to steer and oversee the PROLINNOVA Nepal initiative.
The Country Programme Co-ordinator has been appointed as member
secretary of the NSC. The NSC includes members from: Nepal Agricultural
Research Council (NARC), Department of Agriculture, Department of
Forest, Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management,
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), National Planning
Commission (NPC), and one representative of PROLINNOVA Nepal partner
organisations.
Formulation
of management procedures
The
meeting of the partner organisations (Activity 3) also discussed
and agreed on preliminary management procedures for the operation
of the NSC and WG, and implementation of project activities. The
NSC was treated as apex body to steer and oversee the country programme.
The WG was assigned the task of co-ordinating implementation of
field activities through a Local Working Group (LWG). The LWG will
be responsible for the implementation of the field activities and
working with the farming communities and the innovator farmers.
The NSC will meet twice a year and the working group will meet three
to four times a year as necessary.
PID
capacity building – training of facilitators
Two
persons, one from the secretariat office (LI-BIRD) and another from
Ecological Service Centre (EcoScentre) participated in a two-week
training of facilitators in Participatory Innovation Development
(PID) held at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
(IIRR) in the Philippines. Both trainees have signed a learning
contract and have committed themselves to become resource persons
for PID training to be organised for partner organisations.
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