Participatory Mapping and Resource Networking Workshop
January 3-January 10, 2006 in San Francisco, Peru
This workshop is designed to provide Shipibo-Conibo leaders with capacity in participatory learning and action methods (PLA), GPS (Global Positioning System) participatory mapping technology, and resource networking skills, and direct links which will provide villagers a solid foundation to initiate their own development initiatives in the region. Training in both PLA methods and GPS mapping will provide concrete skills that will enable villagers to conduct baseline studies, document cultural, social, and environmental resources, and develop methods to share information with other villages and resource organizations.
The workshop is thus designed to initiate long-term, grassroots-based development initiatives in the Ucayali region of Peru. These skills and tools will enable villagers to acquire the information and data relevant to their own development initiatives, to effectively organize and mobilize their own communities, and to create linkages with organizations that can provide the necessary resources and funding to carry out sustainable development initiatives.
The entire workshop will be filmed in order to produce a documentary on initiating community-based sustainable development in the Peruvian Amazon, to be used for learning purposes and for future funding efforts.
Course Overview
Day 1
Introduction to Village Earth Approach/ Participatory Learning and Action Methods
Preliminary Mapping Exercise and explanations of communities provide basic introduction to Village Earth Approach: skills and tools to mobilize communities around resources, local knowledge, and opportunities.
Each village presents a map of their community and discusses relevant issues. Discussion on resources, potential resources, and traditional resources.
Day 2
Strategic Planning: Vision, Contradictions, Action Planning Provide basic skills to engage in action-based planning process in individual communities.
Day 3
Regional Mapping: Participatory 3-Dimensional Modeling (P3DM) exercise. Group designs on a 3-D model of the Ucayali region. The exercise is designed to integrate the participants local knowledge of surrounding resources. It will also be used to analyze regional issues and to provide concrete methods for decision-making, especially regarding spatial issues related to territory.
Day 4
GPS Community Mapping Train villagers in GPS (Global Positioning system) to identify project boundaries, define clusters of villages, define community and social boundaries, and identify key ecological, political, and cultural resources.
Days 5 & 6
Resource linkages: Connect villagers with other resource organizations that can provide immediate access to resources and create networks and partnerships. Key areas are:1) micro-enterprise developments 2) conservation 3) indigenous organizations 4) funding organizations5 ) Inti Wayna Foundation 6 ) Regional Institute of Development for Native Communities (State of Ucayali).
Days 7-10
Visit to villages
Obtain material for documentary on participants' villages to be used for future funding purposes and as a training resource. GPS and digital camera training in villages to ensure that participants are able to use GPS units and digital cameras.
Expected outcomes of workshop:
Participants acquire capacity to mobilize communities, create village-level projects, and carry out action plans.
Participants receive technical skills, through P3D mapping and GPS training, to collect and analyze relevant data and to develop community and regional maps that will highlight cultural, social, economic, and environmental resources.
Create village network to increase inter-village cooperation and communication and bring awareness to regional development and environmental issues
Connect villagers to resources organizations
Produce documentary for learning and funding purposes
This workshop is designed to provide Shipibo-Conibo leaders with capacity in participatory learning and action methods (PLA), GPS (Global Positioning System) participatory mapping technology, and resource networking skills, and direct links which will provide villagers a solid foundation to initiate their own development initiatives in the region. Training in both PLA methods and GPS mapping will provide concrete skills that will enable villagers to conduct baseline studies, document cultural, social, and environmental resources, and develop methods to share information with other villages and resource organizations.
The workshop is thus designed to initiate long-term, grassroots-based development initiatives in the Ucayali region of Peru. These skills and tools will enable villagers to acquire the information and data relevant to their own development initiatives, to effectively organize and mobilize their own communities, and to create linkages with organizations that can provide the necessary resources and funding to carry out sustainable development initiatives.
The entire workshop will be filmed in order to produce a documentary on initiating community-based sustainable development in the Peruvian Amazon, to be used for learning purposes and for future funding efforts.
Course Overview
Day 1
Introduction to Village Earth Approach/ Participatory Learning and Action Methods
Preliminary Mapping Exercise and explanations of communities provide basic introduction to Village Earth Approach: skills and tools to mobilize communities around resources, local knowledge, and opportunities.
Each village presents a map of their community and discusses relevant issues. Discussion on resources, potential resources, and traditional resources.
Day 2
Strategic Planning: Vision, Contradictions, Action Planning Provide basic skills to engage in action-based planning process in individual communities.
Day 3
Regional Mapping: Participatory 3-Dimensional Modeling (P3DM) exercise. Group designs on a 3-D model of the Ucayali region. The exercise is designed to integrate the participants local knowledge of surrounding resources. It will also be used to analyze regional issues and to provide concrete methods for decision-making, especially regarding spatial issues related to territory.
Day 4
GPS Community Mapping Train villagers in GPS (Global Positioning system) to identify project boundaries, define clusters of villages, define community and social boundaries, and identify key ecological, political, and cultural resources.
Days 5 & 6
Resource linkages: Connect villagers with other resource organizations that can provide immediate access to resources and create networks and partnerships. Key areas are:1) micro-enterprise developments 2) conservation 3) indigenous organizations 4) funding organizations5 ) Inti Wayna Foundation 6 ) Regional Institute of Development for Native Communities (State of Ucayali).
Days 7-10
Visit to villages
Obtain material for documentary on participants' villages to be used for future funding purposes and as a training resource. GPS and digital camera training in villages to ensure that participants are able to use GPS units and digital cameras.
Expected outcomes of workshop:
Participants acquire capacity to mobilize communities, create village-level projects, and carry out action plans.
Participants receive technical skills, through P3D mapping and GPS training, to collect and analyze relevant data and to develop community and regional maps that will highlight cultural, social, economic, and environmental resources.
Create village network to increase inter-village cooperation and communication and bring awareness to regional development and environmental issues
Connect villagers to resources organizations
Produce documentary for learning and funding purposes
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