| Training
Course: Community Based Fisheries Management |
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| Coverage
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| Fisheries,
community development, co-management. |
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| Course
objectives |
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-To
introduce and improve understanding of community
management and co-management.
-To enhance the skills of participants in working
with communities and in facilitating community
organization and Community Based Fisheries Management
(CBFM).
-To share experience and lessons from extensive
piloting of CBFM.
The
course will make use of the wealth of experience
and lessons from community management of inland
fisheries in Bangladesh, but will also draw on
experience and lessons from other countries particularly
in Asia. Topics to be covered by the course include
concepts and approaches, tools and techniques
related to participatory planning, consensus building
and conflict, community organization and institution
building, fishery management, policy and advocacy,
research on the performance of institutions and
impacts of CBFM, and case studies and lessons
from successful CBFM, including field visits to
community managed fisheries. The WorldFish Center
is well placed to provide this course which will
draw on extensive experience in Bangladesh of
CBFM (working with government and 13 NGOs in over
120 individual waterbodies), and on our global
findings from research on fisheries co-management.
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| Course
methodology |
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The
course will be interactive and use participatory
methods to impart and exchange knowledge.
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| Topics
to be covered |
Concepts
of community based fisheries management; models
and approaches; PRA tools; livelihood and poverty
analysis frameworks; fisheries conflict and management;
case studies of CBFM from Bangladesh and other countries;
community development and CBFM; livelihood enhancement
and sustainability; fisheries management options,
etc.
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| Participants
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| The
course is targeted at professionals and managers
from both government agencies and the NGO sector
who are involved in implementing and facilitating
more participatory management of fisheries based
on community involvement and co-management principles.
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| Dates/Venue
(Date Rescheduled!)
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The
8-day course has now been rescheduled due
to unavoidable circumstances and will be announced
later.
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| Course
fees |
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The
total cost per attendee will be USD$1000, this
includes USD$500 as the tuition fee, course materials
and equipment charges. The remainder of costs
are for accommodation and meals which will be
provided as part of the program. Local travel
is included. International travel, visa fees,
etc. will be the responsibility of the attendees.
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For
further information, please contact Dr. K. Kuperan Viswanathan
at k.viswanathan@cgiar.org |
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