The brochure circulated prior to the event that comprises event details as well as profiles of the participants.

1.
Southern
Voices
on
Climate
Change
Workshop
April
22-­‐23,
2014
Kathmandu,
Nepal
Advocating
for
Pro-­‐poor
Adaptation
Policies
–
Developing
the
Joint
Adaptation
Standards

2.
2
Table
of
Contents
About
the
Programme
.......................................
3
Joint
Standards
for
National
Adaptation
Planning
– Version Zero
....................................
4
Message
From
Organisers
................................
5
Agenda
....................................................................
7
Participants
List
and
Profiles
......................
11

3.
3
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.

4.
4
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.

5.
5
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

6.
6
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

7.
7
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

8.
8
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

9.
9
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

10.
10
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

11.
11
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

12.
12
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

13.
13
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

14.
14
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,

15.
15
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

16.
16
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.

17.
17
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

19.
19
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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20
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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22
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.

23.
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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.