Champions are advocates of change. The creation of champions has proven to be an effective strategy in environmental advocacy and other areas of development work. Champions serve as leaders who bring vital issues and concerns to the attention of those within their sphere of influence. The role of climate change adaptation (CCA) champions at the local level is especially important. This training-workshop was created in response to the growing need to widen awareness and spark collective action at the local level towards developing initiatives that can strengthen the region’s capacity to cope with the risks presented by climate change in agriculture, rural development and natural resources management. It will develop Southeast Asian nationals to play strategic roles in their respective countries toward instituting policies and leading initiatives that primarily focus on CCA in the agriculture and natural resources management sectorsThirty (30) local executives, development planners, technical advisors and researchers who:
1. display leadership potential; and
2. are affiliated with a government, non-government or policy-oriented organization that is actively involved
in sustainable agriculture, rural development and natural resource management (NRM) at the local
OBJECTIVES
The training-workshop aims to develop local-level champions who can push for the development and implementation of CCA policies and initiatives in their respective locales/areas of responsibility. Specifically, it aims to:
1. Provide participants with core climate science concepts for them to have a better
understanding of the climate change phenomenon and its impact on agriculture
and NRM;
2. Discuss CCA concepts and various knowledge-based strategies and techniques
available in managing the risks brought about by climate change; and
3. Broaden the participants’ perspectives on agricultural and natural resource management and leadership.
COVERAGE
The training-workshop will use a variety of instructional methods and techniques
1. Climate Setting: Leadership Challenges in Climate Change
2. Module 1. Climate Change Science: An Introduction
3. Module 2. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Basic Concepts and Principles
4. Module 3. Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Program Implementation: Relevant Institutional
5. Module 4. Transformative Leadership in Adapting to and Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change
6. Workshop: Commitment as a CCA Champion
HOW TO JOIN THE TRAINING-WORKSHOP
You may join the training-workshop either as a fee-paying participant or a fellowship grantee. Application for the fellowship grant is competitive. There is no assurance that all applicants will be granted the fellowship.
Course Fee
Application period to join the training-workshop as a fee-paying participant is 01September to 13 December 2011. Below are the course fee rates:
Live-in rate: US$460.00 Includes cost of tuition, airport transfers, full board & lodging
Live-out rate: US$440.00 Includes cost of tuition, airport transfers, training meals
Subsidized live-in rate: US$280.00
Subsidized live-out rate: US$265.00
Available only to employees of government institutions in any of the SEAMEO member countries, i.e., Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.
Fellowship Grant
Nationals of the 11 SEAMEO member countries are eligible for the SEARCA fellowship grant. Three (3) grants are open to Thai nationals and one (1) grant is open to nationals from the other SEAMEO member countries. The grant will cover the grantee’s round-trip economy-class plane ticket and/or land travel expenses, full board and lodging, and cost of tuition.
for the fellowship grant is from 01 September to 30 November 2011.
How to apply
Those interested to join the training-workshop may apply to SEARCA through its Knowledge Management Department - Training Unit. To apply, follow the following steps:
An email will be sent confirming receipt of application form and providing
information on how to submit the other application requirements, namely:
a. Signed and endorsed Expression of Interest Form;
b. Curriculum vitae or résumé;
c. List of professional awards clearly enumerating all work-related distinctions (required only of those
applying for the fellowship grant); and
d. Letter of reference from a senior member of the applicant’s institution that evaluates his/her professional
work and highlights the potential benefits from his/her participation in the course (required only of those
applying for the fellowship grant).
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