Alliance Fieldtrip to Partner Projects in Myanmar
Written by Theo Ebbers and Christoffer Larsson Tuesday, 13 December 2011 14:59
From 28th November to 3rd December, two teams of Alliance regional partners visited a range of projects in the Irrawaddy Delta and the Dry Zone of Myanmar, which focus on poverty reduction and strengthening rural livelihoods, environmental rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of natural resources.
The objective of these visits was to gain a better understanding of local level development challenges in two core regions of Myanmar and how these are addressed by Myanmar development organizations and NGOs.
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Evaluation of the Wetlands Alliance by Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
Written by Hans Guttman Friday, 11 November 2011 12:26
The Alliance started in January 2006 and it is high time to take a look at the achievements and results as well as identify directions for the years to come. During 2008 a so called 'soft review' was commissioned by the Alliance to provide some external assessment of the Alliance work so far, however it was agreed with Sida that a more independent evaluation was needed and to be undertaken in 2011. To this end the Alliance engaged the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to undertake an evaluation of the Alliance in October 2011.
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Further developments of Alliance engagement in Myanmar
Written by Hans Guttman Wednesday, 07 September 2011 11:47
On August 18, Hans Guttman, Coordinator of Wetlands Alliance, met with Dr Ohnmar Khaing, Coordinator of the Food Security Working Group in Yangon, Myanmar, to discuss how the Alliance can link up with its network. On the same day he was briefed on the Thadar Consortium, which consists of 5 NGOs working with the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), and explored opportunities for cooperation. This was followed by a visit to Myanmar NGO Network (MNN) and discussed with its Director, Ms Kyi Kyi Hlaing, the opportunities to link with MNN's livelihood working group for future work in Myanmar. He also had the opportunity to meet with Ms Karin Eberhardt who has extensive experience in Myanmar to learn more about the opportunities and constraints in the work in Myanmar.
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Alliance participation in “The Second Regional Forum for People and Forests” 2011
Written by Hans Guttman Wednesday, 07 September 2011 11:08
On the 8-9 August 2011 Hans Guttman, Coordinator of the Wetlands Alliance, participated in The Second Regional Forum for People and Forests, organised by the Royal Forest Department of Thailand and Regional Community Forestry Training Center (RECOFTC) in Bangkok. The Forum aimed to review the progress in community forestry and identify the critical issues ahead. The forum focused on further expansion of people-centred forestry in the years ahead.
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FAO’s Bay of Bengal Large Ecosystem (BoBLME) Programme engages the Alliance partners for Thai-Myanmar transboundary cooperation
Written by Hans Guttman Wednesday, 07 September 2011 10:46
The BoBLME Programme has engaged the Alliance to help implementing a “Joint Myanmar-Thailand Management initiative for the Mergui/Myeik Archipelago”. To this end the FAO provides funding to the Alliance partners to work with the Department of Fisheries of Thailand and Myanmar and other relevant stakeholders in the area, through a contract signed in August 2011.
Social Entrepreneurship Programme in Chennai
Written by Christoffer Larsson Tuesday, 06 September 2011 12:11
On August 22 -26, the Wetlands Alliance attended a Programme on Social Entrepreneurship in Chennai, India. The programme was organised by Hand in Hand, a development organisation that aims to eliminate poverty by creating enterprises and jobs. You can read more about Hand in Hand and its collaboration with the Wetlands Alliance here.
The instructor for the programme was Professor Kasturi Rangan, an internationally recognised Harvard Business School professor. His lectures were based on case studies on social entrepreneurs and social businesses from Bangladesh to Kenya. With more than 40 participants coming from across the world and representing both Civil Society organizations as well as the private sector, discussions were active, and it provided an excellent opportunity to share experiences of development work from different regions of the world.
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