Schedule

Schedule in pdf format.

Sunday, 18 June

All day check-in: 8:30 – 18:00

  • Delegates arrive, register and check in

Evening: 19:00 – 21:00

  • Social Event

Monday, 19 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Introduction exercise
  • Atelier introduction: Presentation of Objectives, Expected Outcomes and the Agenda Discussions on logistics issues

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00: Tour of Awassa

  • Introduction to the Awassa Children’s Center
  • Tour of Awassa

Evening

  • Goals exploration

Tuesday, 20 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Revisit process, principles
  • Introduction to Ecological Economics illustrated through past ateliers
  • Introduction to deforestation and environmental problems in Awassa: Ecological, economic and social

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00: Open for field Trip

Wednesday, 21 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Open space brainstorming; local opinion leaders invited to participate
  • Goal: to formulate funded project areas

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00

  • Open space: small group development
  • Give taskes: soliciting community feedback; form goals; clarify field trip needs/interests

Thursday, 22 June

All-day field trip to Wendo Genet

Morning

  • Lecutures by invited guests and Green Awassa Atelier participants
  • POSSIBLE TOPICS include: ecological economics of ecosystem services from forests; local perspectives on ecosystem services from forests; payments for ecosystem services; government role, concerns and resources; land tenure in Ethiopia; Cross Institutional collaboration and networking; and the state of Awassa’s Forests

Afternoon

  • Working group field studies
  • Field visit to a healthy forest system, watershed
  • Field visit to community confronting/suffering from ecological degradation
  • Introduction to cooking technologies

Friday, 23 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00: Revisit process goals and outcomes; check-ins

  • Things for small groups to consider: facilitator identification; How do we get there?; What do we know, what do we need to know, and how can we find it out?; Who are the actors/stakeholders?; Overview of Requests for Proposals; Visit to reforestation project, shade houses, overview of reforestation techniques; What has been done before to address the issue?; Identification of potential challenges, strategies and solutions

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00: Working Group Time

Saturday, 24 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Meeting with Circus

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00: COMMUNITY EVENT

  • Circus Performance
  • Community input

Sunday, 25 June

Free day

Monday, 26 June

All day

  • Overview of RFPs
  • Field work/ demonstration projects

Tuesday, 27 June

All day

  • Possible public workshop

Wednesday, 28 June

All day

  • Group presentations
  • Draft outline for the grant proposal

Thursday, 29 June

All day

  • Grant Writing

Friday, 30 June

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Grant Writing

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00

  • Presentation of the grant proposals

Saturday, 1 July

Morning: 8:30 – 13:00

  • Wrap up grants

Afternoon: 14:00 – 16:00

  • Wrap up grants and workshop evaluation
  • Farewell dinner