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Agriculture Campaign for Food was organized by ForestAction Nepal. The three day program was held from July 6 to 8, 2015 in Gaidakot, Nawalparasi.

The program entitled “Civil Society Roundtable Discussion on Natural Resources Management in Nepal” on 12 January at Greenwich Village and Resort was focused on the sharing of individual understandings upon highly debated issues of natural resources in the new constitution making processes in Nepal. After the discussion, participants set some strategic directions for contributing on the issues.

Workshop on “Community Rights and Local Governance Interface on Natural Resources Management: An Issue of the New Constitution Making Process” on 21 February 2010 at Sap-Falcha Babarmahal Katmandu where, the participants discussed openly on the theoretical and practical issues related to the community rights and local government in Nepal focusing on the constitution making processes in the country. The participants (representatives of local government association and community organizations in Nepal) discussed upon the four presentations made by the experts and the way forward for the significance of the collaboration between these two regimes- the community organizations and local government associations in Nepal.

A media Round Table Discussion on “Environment and Natural Resources Management” on 22 March 2010, at Katmandu Fast Food, New Baneshwor, Katmandu was held among the PARISANGH representatives and Nepali Journalists/media persons working in the field of environment and natural resources issues and was focused on sharing individual understandings about the issues of environment and natural resources rights in relation to the politics, legal provisions, constitution making processes, media and their involvements and the way forward for future Nepal.

The Workshop on “Dilemmas and Realities of Natural Resources and Community Rights in New Constitution” on 30 March 2010 at Greenwich Village Resort, Lalitpur was organized. The participants from different community organizations, natural resources experts, and activists made open discussions on the achievements and challenges of community right movements in Nepal. The participants also openly discussed on the future strategies for the movements relating to the constitution making processes in Nepal.

The roundtable discussion on “Interface Between Local Government and Community Rights in New Constitution” was organized on 30 March 2010 at Greenwich Village Resort. The participants from local government associations (NAVIN and ADDCN), community organizations, experts, and researchers discussed on the contradictions, ambiguities, similarities, and disparities on the issues of local governance in Nepal. The participants also discussed on how community organizations and local government organizations can cooperate with each other for local governance issues in Nepal to contribute constitution crafting process in Nepal.

A three day regional conference on Decentralization, Local Power and Women’s Rights in South Asia: Trends in Participation, Representation and Access to Public Services was co-organized by IDRC, India, ForestAction Nepal and HIMAWANTI Nepal in August, 2008. Participants of this conference were women activists, gender specialists, social inclusion specialists, natural resource manager and decentralization specialists from Canada, Pakistan, India and Nepal. Six constituent assembly members – Ms Pampha Bhusal, Ms Puspa Bhusal, Ms Jai Puri Gharti, Ms Binda Pandey, Ms Renu Yadav and Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba also participated in the workshop. Professionals from different governmental and non-governmental sector from Nepal actively engaged in different session of the workshop. The workshop came up with a number of issues related to women’s right in various decentralized sectors and policy recommendations.

A three day Rapid Need Assessment (RNA) training was organized by BNMT, ForestAction and WVAF along with 11 consortium partners on May, 2008 in Kathmandu. The main objective of this training was to enhance the capacity of district partner organizations, district project coordinators and project officers to create baseline and assess the need of stakeholders to run the Fostering Health and Livelihoods of Conflict Affected People in Nepal (VCP) project effectively and efficiently. Project Management TrainingA three day Project Management Training was organized by BNMT, ForestAction and WVAF along with 11 consortium partners on July, 2008 in Kathmandu. The objective of this training was to enable the participants (head of partner organizations, district project coordinators and project officers) to develop and adopt essential knowledge, attitude and skills to manage VCP project in an effective way in the local context.

Six-day training on Mental Health and Psychosocial Counseling Master Training of Trainer was organized in August, 2008 by BNMT, ForestAction and WVAF along with 11 consortium partners in Kathmandu. The training was provided to the senior paramedical staff of District Health Office/District Public Health Office of 11 working districts of VCP project. It was expected that after the completion of this training they would provide the same training to health workers at the district level.

Good Governance Trainings were organized separately in the three clusters of RPISF project (one each in Baglung, Lalitpur, and Nawalparasi districts) for the local volunteers of participating CFUGs. Main objective of the training was to impart the knowledge and skills of facilitating to the volunteers on ‘Good Governance’ in the CFUGs. Tools such as presentation by experts on different aspects of good governance, group discussions, games, individual reflection, and others were used during the training. Total participants of the training was 76, consisting of 39 Female and 64 Male.

Community Forestry Management Trainings were organized in three clusters of RPISF project districts -Baglung, Lalitpur and Nawalparasi districts. The main objective of this training was to sensitize local volunteers about the management aspects of community forests including key principles of forest management, defining objectives of forest management, understanding meanings of inventory data and implementation of prescriptions of operational plans. In addition, discussions were also facilitated on the issues such as Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment/Initial Environment Examination, Paying for Environmental Services, etc. Total participants of the training was 76, consisting of 39 Female and 64 Male.

Training at Baglung Held in April 2001 and jointly organized by ForestAction, the University of Reading, UK, and the Livelihood and Forestry Programme, this training was delivered to front-line workers from the Leasehold Forestry Program area of Dhaulagiri. Participatory Action and Learning Training at Thimura, Chitwan Held in August 2001 and jointly organized by ForestAction and the Forest Right Programme of the Community for Agro-Ecology and Development, this training was delivered to the representatives of NGOs and other local stakeholders of Siraha, Saptari and Udaipur districts.