September 11, 2016, Kavre, Nepal — The consortium Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC), regional implementing agencies (RIA) of the Medium Term Cooperation Program Phase 2 (MTCP2), concluded here a three-day retooling and planning workshop for the remaining one and a half years of implementation in four countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. The workshop was hosted by All Nepal Peasant Federations Association (ANPFa), the national implementing agency in Nepal.
The workshop was attended by the RIA and each country’s MTCP2 program coordinator, and officers for monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and finance management.
Main agreements reached during the workshop included: (1) expansion of MTCP2 in Bhutan and Pakistan with appropriate FO profiling done prior to launching; (2) funds for expansion countries from the budget of the sub regional processes as well as contributions from the existing country budgets; (3) completion of MTCP2 activities by June 30, 2018; (4) revised tools for monitoring and evaluation to capture the outputs, outcomes and impact of the project; and (5) submission by October 23, 2016 of 2017-2018 targets with detailed 2017 plans including activities for commodity clustering using value chain approach.
The workshop facilitators Lany Rebagay, Bernie Galang, Maru Ventura , Esther Penunia from AFA and Zainal Fuad from LVC walked the participants through and guided them in the use of revised planning, M&E and KM tools through interactive exercises and some games.
The workshop was capped with a field visit to (1) a government’s sericulture program involving a women’s group, (2) Shakti Organic Fertilizer company founded by Ms. Nirmala Shrestha, and (3) a tomato producer.
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