Study Tours
Benefits
Topics
Evaluations & Recommendations
Who should participate
What's New
STUDY TOURS
SILC's study tours and training
programs enable participating countries to explore
in a structured way, the philosophical, administrative and practical
aspects of Australian Landcare.
"Study Tours"
are best conducted over one to two weeks and encompass field trips and
workshops, however shorter duration tours are also accommodated. Delegates are partnered with their Australian counterparts,
in specific environments matched to the participating country's
geographic and climatic conditions.
The program
ideally involves 15 to 20 delegates per country,
(although smaller groups can be catered for), drawn from government
and non-government agencies, provincial/local government, rural
extension and leadership, the banking sector, aid agencies,
education sectors, agriculture, individual farmers and farming
organisations, the media and conservation groups.
International
delegations are encouraged to learn from the lessons of Australian
Landcare: its successes, failures and future challenges.
Australian
Landcare specialists are selected for their involvement in,
and understanding of, the policy, planning, coordination and
funding processes of the Landcare movement.
They are
encouraged to learn about the visiting country's cultural, environmental,
economic and social conditions and through consultation and dialogue,
share ideas and solutions.
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THE
BENEFITS OF LANDCARE AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
- Understanding
Landcare philosophy and processes.
- The economics
of Landcare.
- Landcare,
the law and the politics.
- Participation,
communication, leadership and planned action.
- Marketing
and public relations.
- Technical
issues:
- soil,
water and biodiversity and their relationship to agriculture
and conservation;
- monitoring
and evaluation strategies, funding and resourcing.
- Land title
- Eco-toursim
- Capacity building.
- Institutional strengthening.
- Waste management.
- The process
of change.
Participants
will have access to an Australian multidisciplinary skills
bank of Landcare leaders, Landcare practitioners and education
professionals. Training programs will showcase Australian
Landcare rather than prescribe actions for any other country.
Specific exposure to people, who have been instrumental in
forming Landcare partnerships through the various stakeholder
groups, will furnish a good understanding of how it happened
in Australia. The program will foster the formation of relationships
that may provide ongoing support for the development of action
plans towards rehabilitation and sustainable/viable agricultural
practices.
Participants
are encouraged to develop 'appropriate action plans' at the
conclusion of the program. SILC works with the Australian Registered Training
Organisation, Land Connect Australia, if accredited training is required.
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EVALUATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
A monitoring
and evaluation program is carried out with each participant or delegation, depending on requirements.
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WHO
SHOULD PARTICIPATE
Delegates
should ideally represent and be the "movers and shakers" from
the following areas:
- Academia
/ University sector
- Aid organisations
- Banking
sector Business / corporate sector
- Community
- rural community leaders
- Conservation
officers / organisations
- Educators
/ schools sector
- Farmers
- Farming
organisations
- Government
- Agriculture ministry or equivalent bureaucracy
- Media
- journalist with understanding of
agriculture / environment
- Non-government
organisations (NGO)
- Planning
officers
- Provincial/local
government
- Research
and Development
- Rural
extension / training officers / facilitators
Each
country delegate will be matched with areas of Australia that represent
their country geographically as far as possible.
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WHAT'S NEW
