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ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMESD SADC THEMA RESULT AREA #4 - CAPACITY BUILDING

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMESD SADC THEMA RESULT AREA #4 - CAPACITY BUILDING By Mataba Tapela and Rejoice Tsheko Botswana College of Agriculture. Presentation Format. CONTENT Background Capacity Building Partners Participating Countries Implementation Timeline Distance Education Training

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ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMESD SADC THEMA RESULT AREA #4 - CAPACITY BUILDING

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  1. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AMESD SADC THEMA RESULT AREA #4 - CAPACITY BUILDING By Mataba Tapela and Rejoice Tsheko Botswana College of Agriculture

  2. Presentation Format CONTENT • Background • Capacity Building Partners • Participating Countries • Implementation Timeline • Distance Education Training • Regional Training Workshops • National Training Workshops

  3. Background

  4. Background • Result 1 : Improved access by African users to existing basic Earth observation, field and ancillary data • Result 2 : Operational information services are established to improve decision-making processes in the fields of environmental management and other policies • Result 3 : Political and policy development frameworks are strengthened to ensure active and sustainable participation of African governments in global environmental surveillance. • Result 4 : An adequate technical level of AMESD African stakeholders is permanently ensured

  5. Capacity Building Partners Capacity Building Institutions Agriculture Service Botswana College of Agriculture Botswana Department of Meteorological Services Fire Service University of Botswana CSIR - Meraka Drought Service University of Zimbabwe Agriculture Research Council, South Africa Technical Support ITC, University of Twentee SANSA, South African National Space Agency South African Weather Service Result Area 4: Aims to ensure that adequate technical expertise for the SADC THEMA is permanently ensured in the region by implementing various capacity building activities UB, BCA, UZ were charged with the responsibility to drive the development of capacity building Material for the AMESD SADC THEMA core services: Fire, Agriculture and Drought.

  6. Participating Countries Regional Level NFP Angola NFP NFP NFP NFP NFP NFP NFP NFP Botswana Lesotho Malawi Namibia South-Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe Disaster MGT Dept. Dept. Civil District National Office Water Affairs Forestry Protection Councils Parks NFP Mozambique NFP Tanzania National Level

  7. Implementation Timeline

  8. Distance Education Training • Consists of ; • Background theory, • Powerpoint presentations and • Practical exercises • Individual project Screen capture of the standalone training DVD for Agriculture Service

  9. Distance Education Training

  10. Distance Education Training Comments on DE Training Observed Challenges • Slow Internet • Challenge in learning to use Blackboard platform • Lack of commitment by some participants • Insufficient support from supervisors Strengths • Trainees worked from their home countries • Training affordable (500€/person for 6 weeks) • Used freely available software Overall balance is positive, as: Raised a lot of capacity with a limited a budget (96% of targeted 220) Capacity also built among partners to offer distance education training Training was used as entry-requirement for subsequent training (60% Participants in RT#1 from D.E). Participants who failed were given a second chance to do the training. Exam >> only committed people remain

  11. Regional Training Workshops Regional Training Workshops were conducted at SAWS in 3 parallel rooms, where each participant had a dedicated computer Amesd SADC THEMA Regional Workshop#1 SLIDE Nr. 11 of 19

  12. Regional Training Workshops • Group Picture • Group Discussion

  13. Regional Training Workshops

  14. Regional Training Workshops

  15. Regional Training Workshops Participants’ confidence level after Regional Training #2

  16. National Training Workshops National Training workshop in Tanzania National Training in Swaziland

  17. National Training Workshops

  18. National Training Workshops

  19. National Training Workshops • Certificates Ceremony

  20. National Training Workshops Comments on National Training Observed Challenges • Some participants did not have required background • Sometimes different participants came for the training workshops • Insufficient support from supervisors • Difficult to support non-English speaking countries Strengths • More participants were able to be taught in each country • The training provided a platform for networking at national level Overall balance is positive, as: Most countries were able to conduct both training workshops Some participants were now using some of the AMESD Products

  21. The END Thank You

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