Learning Route on women’s empowerment, business development and sustainable natural resource management. Scaling-up programmes for the rural poor in Nepal. 6 to 13 December, 2014. IFAD & PROCASUR. More contents at: http://asia.procasur.org/portfolio_item/nepal-learning-route/

1. Opening
Workshop
6th December
Kathmandu,
Nepal

2. PROCASUR Corporation
 Private non-profit international
institution
PROCASUR CORPORATION
 Working from 1996 in Latin
America
 Among others, PROCASUR is
Partner with:
 IFAD
 FAO
 FORD Foundation
To provide
public and private investors
OUR MISSION
- engaged in the fight against rural
poverty -
with technical services of
knowledge management
and
capacity building

3. WHERE ARE WE? SOME FIGURES
 Over 1000 Learning Routes
implemented and every day the
number arises;
 Over 200 partners organizations;
 More than 50 countries in Central
and South America, Africa and
Asia;
 More than 500 local champions
equipped as training service
providers.
Projects are present in:
o Latin America
o Africa
o Asia

4. WHkAfTjd WñElf DO
THE LEARNING ROUTE:
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT
What is a Learning Route?

5. Watch this cartoon to get an idea.

6. THE LR FUNDAMENTALS
(a) recognize that in rural areas is possible to find successful
solutions to common problems, to be adapted and multiplied
in other contexts
(b) enables participants to acquire direct knowledge and
arise curiosity and interest for continuous learning
(c) strength local trainers and technical assistance skills,
local champions become experts
(d) direct dialogue in the field and collective analysis
sessions transforms knowledge into change (through the
action plan)

8. Objective
 The Learning Route’s main objective is to disseminate
best practices and successful strategies for rural
livelihoods improvement through gender sensitive
natural resource and cooperatives management.

9. 4 Thematic Areas
 1. Women´s empowerment and gender mainstreaming: women’
involvement in social, economic and financial activities led them firstly to
play a leading role at community level and later to cooperatives and other
organizations. This exposure is building women´s skills and self-confidence
when performing in the public sphere, and is as well improving the gender
relations in the households.

 2. Diversification of rural livelihoods: Through the promotion of a
culture of savings and fair rate loans the cooperatives are encouraging the
development of new small rural businesses, both at individual and group
level. The scoping activities for new markets are offering new, sustainable
and more profitable opportunities to the younger generations to stay in
the rural.

10. 4 Thematic Areas
 3. Innovative solutions in community forestry management:
The extended Natural Resource Management best practices
promoted by LFLP and PAF were fundamental in recovering
the biodiversity of the territories, and therefore, responding
better to climate change challenges.
 4. Development of member-based microfinance
organizations. The consolidation in a country wide network
of originally small farmers cooperatives has been the result of
the progressive empowerment at village and district level and
the smart linkages with financial and non-financial
institutions.

11. Examples of results from previous
versions
 1. Kapilvastu Innovation Plan with PAF, involving 4
new cooperatives
 2. Banana VCD by NACCFL and SFACL Kaihreni
 3. Capacity building: All IFAD portfolio working
together
 Kenya and Thailand: South South Cooperation

12. Learning Route Cycle
Experience
Fair
6 Dec
CA WS
10 & 12 Dec
AP WS
10,12 & 13
Dec
Follow up
?
Introduction
Field visits
Analysis
Innovation
CoP

13. Day One
06 Sept 2014 Experience Fair and
Talk Show

14. Day One
06 Sept 2014 Opening Panel
Kathmandu
 Experience Fair
 Rural Women in Nepal
 Overview on the current social, economical and
environmental situation in rural areas in Nepal (IFAD-funded
projects/programmes and other relevant actors in
rural development);
 Ways to reduce rural poverty: leasehold forestry
management, groups’ formation, social development and
empowerment, diversification of rural livelihoods, access
to financial access, value chain etc.
 LFLP, PAF, HVAP, WUPAP, SEEDS, NACFFL

15. Days Two and Three
07 and 08 Dec 2014 Chitwan

16. Days Two and Three
07 and 08 Dec 2014 Chitwan
Devitar Leasehold Forest User Groups, Shaktikhor
 Women empowerment and gender mainstreaming
 Diversification of rural livelihoods based on sustainable
management of forest resources (LFUGs)

17. Day 4
10 Dec 2014, Chitwan
 SMALL FARMERS AGRO COOPERATIVE LIMITED,
KHAIRENI PARSHA.


18. Day 6
11 Dec 2014 Kapilvastu
PRAGATISHIL AGRICULTURAL COOP LTD, BIJUWA

19. Day Six
11 and 12 Dec 2014 Kapilvastu
PRAGATISHIL AGRICULTURAL COOP LTD, BIJUWA
 Diversification of rural livelihoods through the Coop’
 Women empowerment and social inclusion
 Networking, access to market, PPP

20. Days 7 and 8
12 -13 Dec, Lumbini
Innovation Plans

21. Innovation Plans
INNOVATION: WHAT’S ALL ABOUT?
Not a completely new idea, it’s new to me (or to the
context where I work)
Innovation brings (positive) changes and new ways of
doing things, new approaches
It adds value to what I’m already doing
Can bring lessons to others (scaling-up)
It’s based on opportunities already in place

22. Danebat!
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