Southern  Voices  on  Climate  Change  Workshop    April  22-­‐23,  2014  Kathmandu,  Nepal  

 

Advocating  for  Pro-­‐poor  Adaptation  Policies  –  Developing  the  Joint  Adaptation  

Standards    

     

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About  the  Programme  .......................................  3  

Joint  Standards  for  National  Adaptation  Planning  – Version Zero  ....................................  4  Message  From  Organisers  ................................  5  

Agenda  ....................................................................  7  

Participants  List  and  Profiles  ......................  11      

         

     

       

 

     

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About  the  Programme      The  two-­‐day  workshop  entitled Advocating for Pro-Poor Policies Developing the Joint Adaptation Standards, is   co-­‐organised   between   the   Climate   Action   Network   South  Asia   and   the   Southern   Voices   Secretariat   in  Copenhagen.  The  focus  of  the  workshop  will  be  divided  between Joint Adaptation Standards (JAS) – Developing a Tool for Civil Society Advocacy and Monitoring and Evaluation of Advocacy Interventions – Testing the JAS.  The   CANSA-­‐SV   workshop   is   set   out   to   serve   two  purposes:  1)  For  Asian  participants  in  the  Southern  Voices  Phase  2  programme   the   workshop   serves   as   the   2nd   regional  workshop   –   focusing   on   training   in   advocacy   in  influencing  national  adaptation  policies;  2)   For   networks   participating   in   the   new   Southern  Voices   on   Adaptation   project   2014-­‐15   it   serves   as   the  first  joint  start-­‐up  workshop  which  aims  at  developing  a  first  version  of  the  Joint  Adaptation  Standards  to  inform  civil   society   advocacy   on   national   adaptation   policies.  Attached   see   the   two   page   introduction   to   the   project  and  the  JAS.  From   the   organisers   we   find   that   we   can   achieve  synergy  and   cross-­‐learning  by   joining   the   two  planned  workshops  into  one.            

     

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Joint  Standards  for  National  Adaptation  Planning  – Version Zero   The  Southern  Voices  on  Adaptation  project   is  proposing  a  set   of   principles   by  which   national   policies   and   plans   for  climate  change  adaptation  should  operate.  These principles are intended as a platform for dialogue and joint reflection between civil society and government in each country, in order to review and redefine them in line with national circumstances. Hence they are referred to as the “Joint Adaptation Standards” (JAS). This initial draft draws on inputs from several civil society networks across the world that were invited to kick-start the process. It does not claim to be definitive or exhaustive, but rather aims to reflect faithfully the views expressed so far. It is offered as a starting point for further debate, initially at the Southern Voices workshop in Kathmandu, in April 2014, after which it will be modified and edited into a version for wider circulation.        

     

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 Message  From  Organisers  

The   Adaptation   Workshop  engaging   NGO   networks   is   very  timely  as  all  developing  countries  are   initiating  National  Adaptation  Plans   and   in   order   to   maximise  the   benefits   of   planning,   all  stakeholders  need   to  put   forward  it's   experience   and  knowledge.    The   NAPs   driving  

resilience  at  community  level  can  only  be  ensured,  if  the  planning   is   carried   out   to   attain   standards   that   are  developed   for   inclusive   and   equitable   actions   through  policies.   Thus,   the   Southern   Voices   workshop   will  mobilise  experiences  into  standards  that  can  be  used  to  measure   the   quality   and   effectiveness   of   planning  documents.  

Sanjay  Vashist    Director  

Climate  Action  Network  South  Asia                    

     

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I   am   looking   forward   to   the  workshop   in   Kathmandu.   It   will  be  exciting  to  pilot  the  new  Joint  Adaptation   Standards   (the   JAS),  and  to  shape  them  together  with  civil   society   actors   from   Asia,  Africa   and   Latin   America.   We  will   also   engage   and   involve  participants   in   testing   tools   for  

advocacy  planning,  monitoring  and  evaluation.  We  hope  participants  will   leave   the  workshop  with   better   skills  and   tools   for   climate   change   advocacy,   and  with  more  friends   and   colleagues   reach   out   to   in   the   efforts   to  promote  pro-­‐poor  adaptation  plans.    The  workshop  will  be  the  last  of  the  regional  workshops  in  the  Southern  Voices  phase  2  ending  by  mid  2014.    It  is  also  the  start-­‐up  workshop  and  first  joint  event  in  the  new  project  Southern  Voices  on  Adaptation.  We  hope  to  succeed  in  improving  our  skills  and  tools  for  advocating  for   climate   change   policies   benefiting   those   most  vulnerable  and  affected  by  climate  change.      

Peter  With  Southern  Voices  Capacity  Building  Programme    

Co-­‐ordinator                

     

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Agenda  Day  One    -­‐  April  22,  2014    JOINT  ADAPTATION  STANDARDS  –  DEVELOPING  A  TOOL  

FOR  CIVIL  SOCIETY  ADVOCACY    Time     Content    8:00     Arrival  and  registration  –  tea,  coffee,  breakfast  

and  mingling    9:00     Opening  and  welcome  session  -­‐  setting  the  

scene  and  objectives  of  the  workshop    Vositha  Wijenayake,  CANSA  Advocacy  Outreach  Officer;  Peter  With,  SV  Coordinator;  Raja  Jarrah,  SV  Consultant,  facilitating  the  workshop    

9:30     Ice-­‐breaker  session  to  introduce  participants    Exercise  for  participants  to  get  to  know  each  other  and  their  work  on  adaptation  and  advocacy    

10:00     Why  develop  Standards  for  Pro-­‐Poor  Adaptation?    Speakers  from  Southern  Voices  networks  Latin  America,  Asia  and  Africa:    present  input  into  the  Joint  Adaptation  Standards  from  their  SVA  –  inception  workshops    

10:45     Tea  break    11:15     International  Framework  for  Adaptation  

Policies,  and  the  role  for  civil  society    By  Aarjan  Dixit,  CARE  International    

• From  NAPAs  to  National  Adaptation  Programmes,    

• UNFCCC  and  the  NAP  Guidelines  of  the  LEG    

• Q&A  

     

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11:45     Presentation  of  JAS  version  zero    -­‐  by  Raja  Jarrah,  SV-­‐consultant  (30  min)    

• The  process  of  arriving  from  input  to  the  standards    

• How  to  test  and  develop  the  JAS,  during  the  workshop  and  beyond    

• Q&A  Plenary  Discussion  12:30     Group  Discussion  on  Standards    

What  to  add  or  subtract  from  the  standards    13:00     Break  for  lunch    14:00     Outcome  of  group  work  and  summing  up  from  

morning  session    14:15     Civil  society  lessons  on  influencing  national  

adaptation  policies    Cases  from  Bangladesh,  Kenya  and  Nepal  on  civil  society  advocacy  on  adaptation  policies    

15:00     Group  work:  testing  the  relevance  of  JAS  on  Country  Cases  –    Participants  divided  into  groups  to  discuss  how  the  JAS  would  work  on  the  three  case  studies  presented  in  previous  session.  Working  on  questions  such  as:    §  Could  the  JAS  have  served  as  an  advocacy  tool  in  the  advocacy  efforts?  How  to  work  with  the  JAS  in  practice?  Can  lessons  inform  the  JAS?    Including  tea  break    

16:00     Feedback  from  groups    16:30     Summing  up  of  the  day  17:30     Business-­‐meeting  SV  on  Adaptation    19.30     Official  Dinner          

     

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 Day  Two  -­‐  April  23,  2014    

MONITORING  AND  EVALUATION  OF  ADVOCACY  INTERVENTIONS  –  TESTING  THE  JAS  

 8:00     Breakfast    9:00     Introduction  to  the  day    

Recap  from  day  before  –  intro  of  new  participants    9:15     Monitoring  and  evaluation  of  advocacy  –  what  

does  success  look  like?    Raja  Jarrah,  Southern  Voices  Consultant,    Presenting  a  number  of  key  tools  to  monitor  and  assess  advocacy  interventions  

10:00     Group  work:  Using  the  tools  to  monitor  progress  on  advocacy  recommendations    • Groups  will  work  on  selected  advocacy  

recommendations  (possibly  from  JAS)  to  sketch  advocacy  action  plan  with  success  indicators  to  measure  and  inform  strategy  revisions    

Including  tea  break    11:15     Feed-­‐back  from  groups  and  snapshot  of  

lessons  and  discussion    11:45     Market  Place  –  Cross  Learning  on  advocacy  on  

adaptation  policies  –  national  or  local    Sharing  of  lessons  on  adaptation  advocacy,  based  on  how  many  participants    2  –  3  short  parallel  sessions  of  each  25  –  35  minutes,  depending  on  number  of  presentations.    

13:00     Lunch    14:00     Testing  out  the  Joint  Adaptation  Standards  in  

     

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role  plays    Civil  Society  in  the  fictive  country  “Tempestia”  will  plan  the  presentation  of  the  JAS  to  a  multi-­‐stakeholder  forum  (government,  donors,  CSOs,  private  sector)    

15:00     After  lunch  RECAP,  and  exchange  with  our  guests:    Paul  Desanker,  Head  of  LDC  and  Capacity  Building  Unit,  UNFCCC;  Saleemul  Huq,  Senior  Fellow  IIED    

15:30     Tea  Break  –  Don’t  forget  a  Group  photo!    16:00     Developing  and  Validating  the  Joint  Adaptation  

Standards    How  to  update  the  JAS  zero  version  into  a  version  1.0,  informed  by  the  cases,  inputs  and  discussions  at  the  at  the  workshop.  Issues  to  consider:    • Scope  and  structure    • Level  of  ambition?  Specific  or  general  

recommendations?    • Any  issues  of  contention  –  and  how  to  deal  

with  them?    16:45     Closing  session  –    

Including  link  to  further  sessions  of  Southern  Voices  during  the  CBA8  –  continuing  the  sharing  of  experiences  on  www.southernvoices.net      

17:00     End  of  Workshop    17:30     SV  –  Adaptation  Business  Meeting    19:00   Dinner            

     

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Participants  List  and  Profiles  1. Sanjay  Vashist  2. Sarath  Chandrasena  3. Raymond  Miles    4. Hina  Lotia  5. Tanjir  Hossain    6. Vositha  Wijenayake    7. Senashia  Ekanayake    8. Dr.  A,  Arivudai  Nambi    9. Ranga  Pallawala  10. Krishna  Lamsal    11. Socheath  SOU    12. Farahana  Sharmin    13. Nguyen  Anh  Minh    14. Dr  Paul  Desanker  15. Peter  With  16. Raja  Jarrah    17. Constantine  Carluen    18. Herbert  Mwalukomo    19. Julius  Ng'oma    20. Tania  Guillén  Bolaños  21. Carlos  Mendez  Vivas  22. John  Kudrenecky    23. Ung  Soeun    24. Bong  Phallay    25. Mrs  Ngoc  Pham  Thi  Bich    26. Aarjan  Dixit  27. Agnes  Oetzelberger    28. Omar  Tankari    29. Emma  Bowa  30. Judy  Ndichu    31. Abdul  Ali    32. Dr  Saleemul  Huq    

 

     

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Krishna  Lamsal    

Krishna   has   been   actively   involved   in  supporting   one   of   the   world’s   most  vulnerable   to   adapt   to   impacts   of   climate  change   through   vulnerability   assessment,  design   and   preparation   of   Local   Adaptation  Plans,  contributing   in  designing  and  piloting  tools   for   pre-­‐informed   decision   making   at  local   level,   designing   and   implementing  adaptation  interventions  and  made  efforts  to  

address   the   needs   of   vulnerable   communities,   networking   and  capacity  building,   research   linking  knowledge  and   science,   and  supporting  government  and  policy  makers   in  adaptation  policy  and   plans   preparation.   He   has   a   Masters   of   Science   in  Environmental   Science   with   a   specialisation   in   Mountain  Environment   and   is   currently   working   as   Climate   Change  Programme  Officer  at  Local  Initiatives  for  Biodiversity,  Research  and  Development  (LI-­‐BIRD).    

 

Herbert  Mwalukomo    

Herbert   Mwalukomo   is   the  Regional  Facilitator   for  East  and  Southern   Africa   in   the   Southern  Voices   on   Climate   Change  Programme.  He   is   also   the  National  Coordinator  of  the  Civil  Society   Network   on   Climate  

Change   (CISONECC),   an   umbrella   platform   for   local   and  international   civil   society   organizations   involved   in   climate  change   and   disaster   risk   management   work   in   Malawi.   In  addition,   In  addition,  Herbert   is   the  Programme  Director  of   the  

     

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Centre   for   Environmental   Policy   and   Advocacy   in   Blantyre,  Malawi.  Herbert  holds  a  M.Sc.   in  Geography  and  Environmental  Studies   from  University  of  Witwatersrand  and  a   long  record  of  research  projects.  

Hina  Lotia      

Hina   Lotia   has   more   than   14   years   of  experience   in   the   development   sector.   She  has   hands   on   10-­‐year   experience   in  developing   programmes,   strategies   and  policy   incentives   as   part   of   various  interventions   at   LEAD.   Other   than   being  instrumental   in   developing   LEAD’s   overall  framework  document  and   the  Public  Policy  Programme,   she   spearheaded   the   team   of  

experts  and  staff  to  develop  LEAD’s  program  on  Climate  Change  -­‐  Climate   Action   Program   (L-­‐CAP),   a   five-­‐year   initiative   to  promote  climate  compatible  development  in  the  country.  Hina  is  also   the   regional   co-­‐ordinator   for  Climate   Development  Knowledge   Network   (CDKN)   and   manages   a   team   based   at  LEAD   Pakistan   and   delivering   a   multitude   of   technical  assistance,   research   and   knowledge   management   projects  across  Asia  and  is  also  serves  as  a  CANSA  Board  Member.      Ranga  Pallawala    

 Ranga  Pallawala  B.Sc  (Agri.),  M.Phil  (OM)  is  the  Head  of  the  Programme  (Energy   &   Urban   Development)   of  Practical   Action   Sri   Lanka   and  reading   for   the   PhD   on   “Climate  Change   and   Governance”.   He   has  

     

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over   14   years   of   working   experience   in   development   sector  including   environment,   governance   and   climate   change.   He   is  serving  as  a  member  of  National  Expert  Committee  on  Climate  Change   Adaptation   of   Government   of   Sri   Lanka   and   a   Board  Member  of  Climate  Action  Network  South  Asia.  Ranga   is  also  a  visiting   academic   for   several   universities   in   Sri   Lanka   and  author  of  number  of  publications  pertaining  to  governance  and  climate  change.    Raja  Jarrah      

Raja   Jarrah   is   a   freelance   facilitator,  writer   and   trainer,   specialising   in  climate  change   issues.  He  has  been  a  resource   person   for   the   Southern  Voices   programme   since   2012.   His  long   career   in   international  development   has   been  mainly   in   the  non-­‐governmental   sector,   having  worked   for   Oxfam   and   CARE   among  

others   in   project   development,   strategic   planning   and   senior  management  roles.  After  living  and  working  in  several  countries  in  Latin  America  and  Africa,  he  is  now  based  in  the  UK.    Nguyen  Anh  Minh      

Minh  has   recently   joined  Southern  Voices   as   the   Coordinator   of  Vietnam   NGO   Climate   Change  Working  Group.   She   is   following   a  master  course  on  climate  change  in  School   of   Graduate   Studies,  

     

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Vietnam   National   University   in   Hanoi   and   holds   a   Bachelor   of  International   Economics   from   Hanoi   National   Economics  University.  With  more   than  6  years  working  with  development  sectors   via   positions   with   NGOs   in   Vietnam,   Minh   strongly  engaged  and  committed  to  contribute  to  the  Southern  Voices  on  Climate  Change  Programme.    Farhana  Sharmin      

With   an   educational  background   on  environmental   studies  and   water   resource  development,   Farhana  Sharmin  has  more  than  12  years’  working  experience  in   the   development   field.  Presently   she   is   acting   as  'Programme   Manager'  under  the  theme  ‘Disaster  

Risk   Reduction   and   Climate   Change’   and   climate   change   focal  person  of  Practical  Action  Bangladesh.  She  was  associated  with  UN   (ILO),  international   (CARE)   and   national   organizations   &  apex  networking  bodies  (VERC,  NGO  Forum).    Sarath  Chandrasena    

 Sarath   Chandrasena   is   a   Consultant   /  Promoter   of   Resource   Base   Renewable  Energy   Generation   and   Utilisation  specialised   in   Multi   Hybrid,   Off   Grid  Energy   Generation,   Applications   and  

     

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Renewable   Energy   Supported   Rural   Economic   Development.  Having   started   off   his   professional   career   as   an   Industrial  Electronic   Engineer   he   has   special   training   on   off-­‐grid   Micro  Hydro  Power  projects  in  Sri  Lanka  by    World  Bank,  GE  and  UNID  funded     R.E.R.E.D.P   (Renewable   Energy   back   Rural   Economic  Development   Project).   He   was   also   the   first   UNIDO   National  expert   in   Sri   Lanka   by   UNIDO   (United   Nations   Industrial  Development   Organisation),   resource   base   Renewable   Energy  Supported,  hybrid  Renewable  Energy  Generation  and  Utilization  of  Off  Grid  Mode.    Sanjay  Vashist    

 Sanjay  Vashist  is  the  Regional  Director  of  CAN   South   Asia   has   worked   as  International   Coordinator   for   Climate  Action   Network   International   (CANI)   in  Bonn,   Germany   co-­‐ordinating   the  activities  of  ENGOs  network  and  acting  as  focal   point   for   ENGOs   constituency   of  observers   under   UNFCCC.   Prior   to  pursuing   a   career   in   climate   change  

science,   he   worked   as   Natural   Resource   Scientist   in   Central  India   implementing   community   based   projects   to   strengthen  sustainable  livelihoods.  He  has  14  years  of  experience  in  Natural  Resource   Management,   Implementation   of   Adaptation   in   key  sectors  and   following   International  Climate  Change  discussions  on  various  platforms  for  future  climate  change  regime.            

     

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Vositha  Wijenayake      

Vositha   Wijenayake   is   the   Outreach   and  Advocacy   Coordinator   of   CAN   South   Asia  and  also  the  Regional  Facilitator  for  Asia  of  the   Southern   Voices   Project   of   CARE  Denmark,   which   focuses   on   capacity  building  and  advocacy.  She   is  a   lawyer  by  profession   specialising   in   Public  

International   Law   and   International   Environmental   Law,   and  has   been   working   on   climate   change   and   human   rights   since  2009.   She   is   a   leadership   development   fellow   of   CAN  International   for   2013   and   has   been   tracking   the   UNFCCC  process  since  2009.    Senashia  Ekanayake    

 Senashia   Ekanayake   is   a   writer,   an  advocate   of   Arts,   Culture,   Education  and   climate   change   activist.   She   read  for   her   degree   in   English   and   is  currently   majoring   in   Linguistics.  Senashia   is   involved   with   CANSA  Communications.          

                 

     

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Raymond  Myles      Engr.   Raymond  Myles   is   the   Secretary  General   as  well   as   the   Chief   Executive  of   INSED   (Integrated   Sustainable  Energy   and   Ecological   Development  Association).   He   has   been   involved  with  renewable  energy  and  sustainable  development   for   the   last   four  decades.  He  has  been  designing  and  engineering  biogas   plants   optimized   for   Indian  conditions   since   the   1980s,   and   from  

1995   and   onwards   has   been   promoting   other   appropriate  renewable  energy  and  low  carbon  technologies  for  applications  in   the   rural   India   and   other   developing   countries.   He   has  therefore   had   first-­‐hand   experience   and   insight   into   how  adopting   renewable   energy   methods   can   meet   developmental  objectives.  He  is  a  founder  member  of  the  International  Network  for   Sustainable   Energy   (INFORSE)   as   well   as   elected   Regional  Coordinator  for  INFORSE,  South  Asia,  since  formation  in  1992  at  Rio  de   Janeiro,  Brazil.  He   is   the   INFORSE  Regional  Coordinator  of   South   Asia)   of   the   Southern   Voices   on   Policy   Change   (SVs)  project  since  2010.    Dr  Paul  Desanker    

 Dr   Paul   Desanker   is   a   manager   in   the  Adaptation  Programme  of  the  secretariat  of   the   United   Nations   Framework  Convention   on   Climate   Change  (UNFCCC),   and   is   responsible   for   the  subprogramme   on   National   Adaptation  

     

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Plans  and  Policy  (NAPP).  He  has  extensive    experience  working  on   issues   related   to   adaptation   to   climate   change,   ecological  modeling,   remote   sensing,   integrated   assessment,   and   has  served   as   Coordinating   Lead   Author   of   the   Third   Assessment  Report   of   the   IPCC.   His   professional   experience   within   the  United   Nations   also   includes   work   on   capacity-­‐building   and  outreach,   and   now   supports   work   on   National   Adaptation  Programmes   of  Action   (NAPAs)   and  National  Adaptation  Plans  (NAPs).  He  serves  at  secretary  to  the  Least  Developed  Countries  Expert  Group  (LEG).  Prior  to  his  current  position,  he  served  as  a  member   and   Chair   of   the   LDC   Expert   Group,   and   was   an  Associate  Professor  of  Geography  at  Penn  State  University  in  the  USA.  Dr.  Desanker  holds  a  Masters  degree  in  Mathematics  and  a  PhD   in   Forest   Biometrics   from   Michigan   Technological  University,  USA  

 Tanjir  Hossain    

 Tanjir   Hossain   works   in   the  Climate   Justice   Unit   for   ActionAid  Bangladesh.   His   expertise   lies   in  Community   based   adaptation   and  finance.   Bangladesh   is   extremely  vulnerable  to  the  affects  of  climate  change   and   Tanjir   has   witnessed  climate   induced   suffering   on   a  

wide   scale   particularly   in   villages  where   he   has   found  women  and   children   to   be   the   hardest   hit.   He   helps   communities   to  prepare,  cope  and  adapt  in  the  face  of  climate  related  disasters.              

     

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Peter  With      

Peter   With   –   coordinator   of   Southern  Voices   on   Climate   Change   since   2008,  from   2011   based   at   CARE   Danmark.  Political   Scientist   specialized   in  development   issues.   Worked   with  Danish   development   NGOs   since   1993,  DanChuchAid,   Ibis,   Caritas,   Danish   92-­‐group  –  with  a  focus  on  capacity  building  of   civil   society   in   the   Global   South   on  

advocacy   in   the   areas   of   food   security,   trade,   debt,   economic  justice  and  climate  change.    Dr.  Arivudai  Nambi      

Dr.   A,   Arivudai   Nambi   is   currently  positioned   as   the   Strategy   Head   of   the  V&A  programme  of  WRI  India.  Nambi  is  a  climate   risk   adaptation   specialist   with  research   and   project   management  experience   at   the   national   and  international   level.   Most   of   his   research  work  has  focused  on  CRM  and  adaptation  to   multiple   risks   in   Asian   and   African  

contexts.   He   has   extensive   experience   in   using   participatory  approaches   to   support   climate   risk   mainstreaming,   as   well   as  working   with   both   communities   and   government   officials   on  climate   risk   planning   and   up-­‐scaling   best   practices.   He   is  currently  engaged  in  exploring  ways  to  integrate  adaptation  into  development  processes  at   the  national   and   community   level   in  the   Indian   context.   Prior   to   joining   WRI,   Nambi   worked   with  MSSRF,  World  Bank  and  the  Millennium  Ecosystem  programme.  

     

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 Aarjan  Dixit    

 Aarjan  Dixit   is   the  Regional  Climate  Change   Coordinator   for   Asia   based  in   Kathmandu   for   CARE  International's   Poverty,  Environment   and   Climate   Change  Network.  In  this  capacity,  his  major  roles   includes   strengthening   CARE  International's   climate   change  programming   across   the   region,  

engaging   in   learning   and   knowledge   management   around  CARE's   climate   change   programming,   and   advocating   for  improved  global  policies  around  climate  change.  Aarjan  worked  at   the   Vulnerability   and   Adaptation   Initiative   at   the   World  Resources  Institute  in  Washington  DC  before  joining  CARE.      Socheath  Sou    

Socheath   Sou,   graduated   in   Energy  Technology,   has   a   specialization   in  rural   energy   access   and   climate  change.   He   has   spent   five   years   of  his   professional   career   in  community   development,   including  livelihood   improvement   of   local  people,   local   governance   and  climate   change   projects   in  

Cambodia.   He   earned   skills   in   organizational   and   programme  management,   leadership  and  governance.  He   joint   a   local  NGO,  called   Peace   and   Development   Aid   Organization   (PDAO)   from  2009   to   2011   and   he   had   worked   for   the   Cambodia   Climate  

     

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Change   Network   (CCCN)   as   the   Network   Coordinator   since  2012.  He  played  a   central   role   in   coordination,   communication  and   facilitation   of   the   network   activities   with   national   and  international  stakeholders,  as  well  as  resource  mobilization.  He  is  now  the  Executive  Director  of  Live  &  Learn  Cambodia.      Ms.  Pham  Thi  Bich  Ngoc    

 Ms.   Pham   Thi   Bich   Ngoc   has  worked   for   the   Centre   of  Sustainable   Rural   Development  (SRD)  since  February  2008,  and  is  currently   managing   the   climate  change   team   where   she   oversees,  monitors  and   implements  a  broad  range   of   projects   related   to  Climate   Change   (CC)   and   Forest  Law  Enforcement,  Governance  and  Trade   (FLEGT).   Ms   Ngoc   has  acquired   important   skills  working  directly   with   disadvantaged  

people  in  remote  provinces  and  also  provides  technical  support  to   the  VNGO&CC  and  VNGO-­‐FLEGT  networks.  Ms.  Ngoc  holds  a  BSc   in   Environmental   Science,   a   Master   of   Science   in   Waste  Management  and  Contaminated  Site  Treatment,  and  is  currently  undertaking  a  PhD  in  Sustainable  Livelihoods  and  Responses  to  Climate  Change.              

     

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John  Kudrenecky    

John   Kudrenecky   was   born   in  Kingston,   Canada.     Having   studied  forestry  at  the  University  of  Toronto,  graduating   in   1987.     Kudrenecky  lived  in  Bolivia  since  1991  where  he  began   as   a   CUSO  Co-­‐operant   placed  with   a   local   NGO   located   in   the  Amazon  region.    He  has  worked  with  indigenous   groups   in   common   pool  

resource   management,   territorial   consolidation   and   written  several  community  forest  management  plans.  Over  the  years  he  also   participated   in   municipal   planning   and   public   awareness  and  monitoring  of  environmental   issues  and  more  recently  has  been   involved   in   promoting   small-­‐scale   fish   farming   for   food  security   and   economic   development.     Kudrenecky   currently  works   as   regional   coordinator/advisor   to   a   series   of   climate  change   adaptation   projects   throughout   the   eastern   lowlands.    He  is  an  avid  cyclist  and  father  of  two.