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Learn 8 - Santaca Pilot Project
I picked the case study of the santaca pilot project in Matutuíne in Mozambique.
Here are some extracs of this study:
Introduction:
The project is located in Matutuíne District, Maputo Province in the south region of Mozambique. The project emphasizes mainly forest management for fuelwood production, however it deals also with soil and water management related to agricultural development, towards a better sustainability of natural resources use.
Change Process:
The Santaca project identified the need to have an integrated approach, where the way of life of the communities was taken into account.
The changes in the project area are:
- Associations of producers are now being organized by community members, and there is a will to work with the neighbors in commercial terms.
- The training of 48 community members as community forest officers initiated a change in attitude towards the outsiders and towards resource management in the area.
-The introduction of cash producing activities, as brick making, production of sun-flower and seedlings creates new income possibilities for the community.
In terms of institutional setup and project implementation, the main changes are:
- The coordination set-up is different. Due to the integrated nature of the project, instead of a project coordinator, the project has a coordination team, comprised by 3 members.
- The project has five components: Forest management, Agriculture, Technology, Markets and Financial systems. The project staff comprises foresters, sociologists, chemical engineers, mechanic engineers, agriculture engineers and economists. Every three months a one-day workshop takes place. During the workshops the staff discusses the component’s activities and together with the other teams redefined the planned activities.[...]
The Outcome:
[...]Some outsiders, are integrated now in the licensing of charcoal producers and they are interested in working with producers from the community of Santaca.
The key institutional changes were the involvement of multidisciplinary teams in the identification, formulation and implementation of community based projects. [...]
Here is the full Case Study.
For me, it is a great way to solve those problems in communities by going to this areas and talk to these peoples and show them how they can do it better but on a way where everybody is on the same level. Talk to the people and convience them so that they are also thrilled by this solutions.
Here are some extracs of this study:
Introduction:
The project is located in Matutuíne District, Maputo Province in the south region of Mozambique. The project emphasizes mainly forest management for fuelwood production, however it deals also with soil and water management related to agricultural development, towards a better sustainability of natural resources use.
Change Process:
The Santaca project identified the need to have an integrated approach, where the way of life of the communities was taken into account.
The changes in the project area are:
- Associations of producers are now being organized by community members, and there is a will to work with the neighbors in commercial terms.
- The training of 48 community members as community forest officers initiated a change in attitude towards the outsiders and towards resource management in the area.
-The introduction of cash producing activities, as brick making, production of sun-flower and seedlings creates new income possibilities for the community.
In terms of institutional setup and project implementation, the main changes are:
- The coordination set-up is different. Due to the integrated nature of the project, instead of a project coordinator, the project has a coordination team, comprised by 3 members.
- The project has five components: Forest management, Agriculture, Technology, Markets and Financial systems. The project staff comprises foresters, sociologists, chemical engineers, mechanic engineers, agriculture engineers and economists. Every three months a one-day workshop takes place. During the workshops the staff discusses the component’s activities and together with the other teams redefined the planned activities.[...]
The Outcome:
[...]Some outsiders, are integrated now in the licensing of charcoal producers and they are interested in working with producers from the community of Santaca.
The key institutional changes were the involvement of multidisciplinary teams in the identification, formulation and implementation of community based projects. [...]
Here is the full Case Study.
For me, it is a great way to solve those problems in communities by going to this areas and talk to these peoples and show them how they can do it better but on a way where everybody is on the same level. Talk to the people and convience them so that they are also thrilled by this solutions.
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