Training on Participatory Assessment of Vulnerability of Watersheds and Project areas to Climate Change

[Suchita Awasthi]

Who should attend?

This vulnerability tool can be useful to development planners, implementers, donors, researchers and project supporters.

Methodology and Language

Group work, case study discussions, field visits, audio visuals, presentations etc. The course will be conducted in English and Hindi / Marathi.http://http://wotr.org/trainings/participatory-assessment-vulnerabi...

What will you gain?

• Understand the need and importance for moving from development planning to planning under conditions of uncertainty.
• Develop capacity to analyze and synthesize information that helps one assess vulnerabilities and incorporate it in to the project planning cycle.
• Identify interventions that may actually be increasing vulnerability to Climate Change further, and helps make appropriate mid-course corrections.
• Anticipate vulnerability to CC while designing a project, which can lead to more robust projects that serve the intended communities better. It thus reduces the risk of activities becoming obsolete prematurely, prevents wastage of funds invested, as also time and energy in such projects.
• It provides the ability to develop no / low regret interventions.

Broad Content

• The WHY of vulnerability to climate change – its importance
• Assessing Vulnerability – introduction to CoDriVE – PROGRAMME DESIGNER a tool for Project Planning
• Hands-on experience of application of CoDriVE – PROGRAMME DESIGNER in project villages
• Discussion of Case studies where CoDriVE – PROGRAMME DESIGNER has been applied

Venue of the training

Fr. Hermann Bacher Learning Centre

Darewadi, Dist: Ahmendnagar

Maharashatra



Last date for registration: 20th November 2014.

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