Conservation Agriculture working group capacity building annual meeting

1. CARWG CAPACITY BUILDING & EDUCATION
CARWG ANNUAL MEETING
30 OCTOBER 2014
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2. Outline
1.Composition
2.Focus areas
3.What happened
4.Proposals
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3. Outline
CARWG THEMATIC GROUPS
Capacity-building and Education
Klaas Mampholo (South Africa)
Thanky Gama (Swaziland)
Sepo Marongwe (Zimbabwe)
Augusto Guimbi (Herculano Quilombo) (Angola)
Hamisi Mzoba (ACT)
Inácio Nhancale (Mozambique)
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4. FOCUS AREAS
1.Targeted CA programme for Schools
2.Workshop programmes for Policy makers
3.Awareness making for institutions responsible for Capacity
Building and Education.
4.Capacity Building system for Vocational Skills Developments
5.Targeted programmes for Farmers group (Mentorship)
6.Curriculum development for different levels target group and
in different phases.
7.Identification of Stakeholders to drive different form of
different capacity building. (Define Roles) Priority one
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5. WHAT HAPPENED
1. Initiatives at country level with no regional coordination
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6. PROPOSAL GOING FORWARD
1. Secretariat profile two country CA school programme and
share lessons with CARWG for adaptation and stimulate
interest
2. Targets regional fora’s for Workshop for policy makers e.g.
Ministerial events of Environment and Agriculture etc
3. Fact finding workshop for university and colleges CA
portfolio at the centre and awareness making (7)
4. Handbook for targeted CA capacity building to farmers
5. Scoping study to identify gaps and opportunities for skill
development at country level to address focus area 4 &6
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7. PROPOSAL AND CONCLUSION
1. Focus areas be key to country annual work plan of NCATF
2. CARWG priorities one key area for 2015, while others
becomes secondary for medium term deliverables
3. Agree on modalities for thematic coordination e.g.
 Coordination by secretariat
 One group meeting
 Quarterly teleconference
 Sharing platform of CARWG e.g. host site (website)
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