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The Indigenous Partnership (TIP) Fellowship Programme, 2019 A Window of Opportunity for Indigenous Youth “Until the lion has his or her own storyteller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story” – An African saying The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (TIP) supports an alliance of grassroots indigenous food communities and their networks (Indigenous Food Communities Alliance - IFCA) that works to reclaim their autonomous food and livelihoods systems. TIP aspires to build a cadre of motivated and trained indigenous youth who will work with these food communities whose commitment and work will eventually dictate the future they want. Meghalaya and Rome Itinerary: Tentative Programme May - July 2019 • Arrival in Shillong • 10 th may • Introduction to NESFAS team • 13 th may • Workshop on principles of agroecology, agrobiodiversity, horizontal learnings, keystone issues of Indigenous Food Systems, social enterprises and communications • 14 th - 16 th may • NESFAS sharing ideas on agroecology manual for communities. • 17 th may • Fellows stay for practical study of seed banks and Indigenous Food Systems • 20 th - 22may • NESFAS sharing on ideas on soils management • 23 rd may • Mandatory visit to local authorities • 24 th may • GIZ briefing on climate change initiatives by Executive Director NESFAS • 27 th may • Marketing of marginalized nutrient rich plants • 28 th may • Participation in health and nutrition campaigns • 29 th – 31 st may • Fellows will be encouraged to contribute to Farmers Market initiatives. • 1 st June • Exposure to NESFAS Research and monitoring by Mr. Rathin Roy. • 3 rd - 5 th June • Reflection and sharing thoughts of field visits • 6 th - 7 th June • Report writing and lessons in writing proposals - lead by Phrang Roy, Dr. Melari Nongrum and Pius Ranee. • 10 th – 11 th June • The NESFAS Team and the Fellows will plan a Farewell Party together • 14 th June • Arrival of the Fellows in Rome and Formalities by Bioversity • 15 th – 17 th June • Introduction and briefing by TIP at Bioversity by Phrang Roy, Coordinator • 18 th June • An introduction to PAR and agrobiodiversity • 19 th June • Introduction to Farmers Rights to Seeds by Dr. Michael Halewood of Bioversity • 20 th June • Review of UNDRIP, SGDs and the UN CBD by Vanda Altarelli and Phrang Roy • 21 st June • Experiences of Bioversity with Gene and Seed Banks • 24 th June • A visit to Slow Food Social Enterprise Presidia in Rome • 25 th June • Understanding NUS, who will feed the world • 26 th June • Learning from research on community seed banks • 27 th June • Dialogue on Indigenous Food systems- with Gennifer Meldrum, Bioversity • 28 th June • Briefing by FAO on Soils Management • 1 st July • The Gender and Health aspects of IFS- session with FAO • 2 nd July • Briefing on climate change initiatives – FAO/IFAD climate change teams • 3 rd July • Session on Group Facilitation through visualisation- session with Timmy • 4 th – 5 th July • Practical briefings on Nutrition - sessions with Bioversity, FAO, IFAD • 8 th - 10 th July • Basic Principles of the Logframe Analysis- by Bioversity, distribution of certificates • 11 th July • Introduction to good photography by TIP • 12 th July • Farewell Party and Departure from Rome • 15 th - 16 th July
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The Ind igenous Par tne r sh ip ( T IP )
Fe l l owsh ip P rogramme, 2019
A Window o f Oppor tun i ty fo r I nd igenous You th“ U n t i l t h e l i o n h a s h i s o r h e r o w n s t o r y t e l l e r , t h e
h u n t e r w i l l a l w a y s h a v e t h e b e s t p a r t o f t h e s t o r y ” – A n A f r i c a n s a y i n g
The Indigenous Partnership for Agrobiodiversity and Food Sovereignty (TIP)supports an alliance of grassroots indigenous food communities and theirnetworks (Indigenous Food Communities Alliance - IFCA) that works toreclaim their autonomous food and livelihoods systems.
TIP aspires to build a cadre of motivated and trained indigenous youth whowill work with these food communities whose commitment and work willeventually dictate the future they want.
M e g h a l a y a a n d Ro m e I t i n e r a r y :
Tentative Programme May- July 2019
• Arrival in Shillong • 10th may
• Introduction to NESFAS team • 13th may
• Workshop on principles of agroecology, agrobiodiversity, horizontal learnings, keystone issues of Indigenous Food Systems, social enterprises and communications
• 14th -16th may
• NESFAS sharing ideas on agroecology manual for communities. • 17th may
• Fellows stay for practical study of seed banks and Indigenous Food Systems • 20th -22may
• NESFAS sharing on ideas on soils management • 23rdmay
• Mandatory visit to local authorities • 24th may
• GIZ briefing on climate change initiatives by Executive Director NESFAS • 27th may
• Marketing of marginalized nutrient rich plants • 28th may
• Participation in health and nutrition campaigns • 29th – 31stmay
• Fellows will be encouraged to contribute to Farmers Market initiatives. • 1st June
• Exposure to NESFAS Research and monitoring by Mr. Rathin Roy. • 3rd -5th June
• Reflection and sharing thoughts of field visits • 6th -7th June
• Report writing and lessons in writing proposals - lead by Phrang Roy, Dr. MelariNongrum and Pius Ranee.
• 10th – 11th June
• The NESFAS Team and the Fellows will plan a Farewell Party together • 14th June
• Arrival of the Fellows in Rome and Formalities by Bioversity • 15th –17th June
• Introduction and briefing by TIP at Bioversity by Phrang Roy, Coordinator • 18th June
• An introduction to PAR and agrobiodiversity • 19th June
• Introduction to Farmers Rights to Seeds by Dr. Michael Halewood of Bioversity • 20th June
• Review of UNDRIP, SGDs and the UN CBD by Vanda Altarelli and Phrang Roy • 21st June
• Experiences of Bioversity with Gene and Seed Banks • 24th June
• A visit to Slow Food Social Enterprise Presidia in Rome • 25th June
• Understanding NUS, who will feed the world • 26th June
• Learning from research on community seed banks • 27th June
• Dialogue on Indigenous Food systems- with Gennifer Meldrum, Bioversity • 28th June
• Briefing by FAO on Soils Management • 1st July
• The Gender and Health aspects of IFS- session with FAO • 2nd July
• Briefing on climate change initiatives – FAO/IFAD climate change teams • 3rd July
• Session on Group Facilitation through visualisation- session with Timmy • 4th –5th July
• Practical briefings on Nutrition - sessions with Bioversity, FAO, IFAD • 8th -10th July
• Basic Principles of the Logframe Analysis- by Bioversity, distribution of certificates • 11th July
• Introduction to good photography by TIP • 12th July
• Farewell Party and Departure from Rome • 15th -16th July
It was a pilot Fellowship Programme with four Fellows based mainly inRome, Italy, which led to a follow up year of initiatives led by the fellows.
• Exchange visits took place between Fellows of Thailand and North East India.• Feedback from Fellow Roba Bulga from Ethiopia shows that he won a small
funding for his grant proposal to his University in the USA thanks to thetraining he got from this Fellowship Programme.
• Fellow Nutdanai Prakansuphakon of PASD, Thailand and Fellow Pius Raneeof NESFAS worked together under the mentorship of TIP to prepare a grantproposal for the consideration by IPAF’s Board. PASD has been awardedwith a grant for their work.
• Pius Ranee of NESFAS under mentorship of TIP is finalizing an agroecologyschool manual for the use of North East Indian food communities.
• The communications aspects help in improving the photographic skillsespecially of the Fellow from Thailand who used it creatively to become atrainer for other indigenous youths.
• Alethea Lyngdoh and Pius Ranee worked on NESFAS website and also on thREC foundation proposal which won the grant for the project “NO ONESHALL BE LEFT BEHIND”.
• The Fellows essentially through their networks with the young professionalsof Bioversity whom they met during the Fellowship developed linkages tocontinue learning from them and from each other. This became very evidentin the areas of looking at community seed banks and the ethnobotany workof identifying plants species that are resilient to various external shocks likeclimate change etc.
R e s u l t s o f T I P ’ s F e l l o w s h i p P r o g r a m m e 2 0 1 7
T H E I N I T I AT I V E
TIP’s Fellowship Programme 2019 has been refined according to thesuggestions of indigenous Elders and the 2017 Fellows. There will be moreintense interaction with community members through a field stay of aboutone month in Meghalaya, North East India. If funds or sponsorship areforthcoming, TIP plans to support an increased number of Fellows. To ensurethe opening up of this experiential learning to other interested youths in theareas for the field visit, the Fellowship Programme will be open while inMeghalaya to other interested youths that the local partner may identify.The 2017 Fellowship Programme was initiated with the sole support from theChristensen Fund. This 2019 Fellowship Programme is seeking a broadersupport from other funders. An appeal has therefore been sent to UNbodies, several Foundations and National Agencies for support or at least tosponsor some indigenous Fellows that are willing to work with indigenousfood communities. As per response TIP hopes to be able to provide astronger mentoring support to all Fellows and perhaps more exchange visitsamongst the participating communities if funds are available.
TIP’s experiential learning Fellowship Programme will provide theselected indigenous youth a unique international and interculturalexperiences and skills that are not generally available to indigenousyouth who intend to work for grassroots communities.
The programme will give them access to some of the best-knownnames in different fields relating to indigenous food and livelihoodssystems and leadership trainings.
The sessions will introduce the indigenous youth to the importanceof training and reflection on intercultural competence andawareness, innovations (community focused technology andservice) that combine traditional and contemporary knowledgesystems.
TIP will continue to mentor the fellows after the FellowshipProgramme and help them to prepare grant proposals to local,national, regional and international possible funders that may bewilling to support the scaling up of their activities especially inagroecology practices and movement building at the local levels.
TIP will help the development of Alliance of Indigenous FoodCommunities (IFCA) to develop local strategies where:• Fund raising is collaborative approach between staff, board
members, volunteers and member communities.• Time is taken to develop an authentic and close relationship with
funders and all those who support their work and values.• Discipline, decency, decorum and persistence are upheld at all
times.• The gender aspects of food and livelihood systems are always
borne in mind.
This 2019 Fellowship Programme will be unique because it will behosted for one month by a local indigenous organization (NESFAS)and most of the cost of this hosting will be raised by NESFAS locallyand nationally making it a truly local-global partnership buildinginitiative for indigenous communities.
T H E E X P E C T AT I O N SW h y s u p p o r t T I P ’ s F e l l o w s h i p P r o g r a m m e 2 0 1 9 ?
T H E D I R E C T I O N
How do we
value and
harness the
indigenous
knowledge
System?
How do we
reinforce the
generation
next of
indigenous
peoples?
How do we
prepare for
the future?
