Opening Workshop

6th December Kathmandu,

Nepal

PROCASUR CORPORATION

Private non-profit international institution

Working from 1996 in Latin America

Among others, PROCASUR is Partner with:

IFAD

FAO

FORD Foundation

OUR MISSION

To provide

public and private investors

- engaged in the fight against rural poverty -

with technical services of

knowledge management

and

capacity building

PROCASUR Corporation

Over 1000 Learning Routesimplemented and every day thenumber arises;

Over 200 partners organizations;

More than 50 countries in Centraland South America, Africa andAsia;

More than 500 local championsequipped as training serviceproviders.

Projects are present in:o Latin Americao Africa o Asia

WHERE ARE WE? SOME FIGURES

THE LEARNING ROUTE:

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT

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What is a Learning Route?

Watch this cartoon to get an idea.

(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)

THE LR FUNDAMENTALS

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.

Objective

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.

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.

4 Thematic Areas

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

Examples of results from previous versions

Learning Route Cycle

Experience Fair

6 Dec

CA WS

10 & 12 Dec

AP WS

10,12 & 13 Dec

Follow up

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Introduction

Field visits

Analysis

Innovation

CoP

Day One06 Sept 2014 Experience Fair and

Talk Show

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

Day One06 Sept 2014 Opening Panel

Kathmandu

Days Two and Three07 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)

Days Two and Three07 and 08 Dec 2014 Chitwan

SMALL FARMERS AGRO COOPERATIVE LIMITED, KHAIRENI PARSHA.

Day 410 Dec 2014, Chitwan

PRAGATISHIL AGRICULTURAL COOP LTD, BIJUWA

Day 611 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

Day Six11 and 12 Dec 2014 Kapilvastu

Days 7 and 812 -13 Dec, Lumbini

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

Innovation Plans

PROCASUR CORPORATION Asia and the Pacific Region

209/34 Moo 10, Chiang Mai-Hangdong Road, T. Padad,

A Muang, Chiang Mai 50000 Thailand

http://asia.procasur.org

Procasur Asia Pacific

Danebat!