Zimbabwe CEDRA workshop & trip report 26th January – 5th February 2012
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Workshop facilitator
Visit
Date
Report
Date
Agencies visited
Project sites visited
Stakeholders visited
Summary
 Overall . . . .
 Headline observations . . .
 Key learning and recommendations on CEDRA / the workshop . . .
 Key learning and recommendations for workshop participants and stakeholders . . .
Objective of the trip
 Terms of reference agreed with who, when, where . . .
 Main purpose was . . .
 Secondary purpose . . .
Expected Outcomes
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Participants learn how to use the CEDRA tool, but don’t complete a full assessment
Participants undertake a field trip to learn about how communities have been impacted by
climate and environmental change and how they have coped/ responded to or adapted to
these impacts and to gain a measure of how resilient they are to future environmental
and climate change.
Participants meet with and learn from other stakeholders on the impacts of climate
change and environmental degradation and adaptation methods, such as government
ministries, local government technical advisers, academia, environmental NGOs
Participants undertake some scientific research of local climate and environmental change
Participants start to join or build a local or national support network
Participants agree when / where / how to complete their CEDRA assessment
Participants agree an action plan going forwards, building on what they have learned from
the workshop
Participants agree any need for follow up support and further workshops, meetings with
stakeholders
Notes on individual CEDRA workshop sessions
Session 1: Welcome and Overview Facilitator:
Hopes: (summary)
Fears: (summary)
Session 2: Climate and environmental Impacts Facilitator:
Group 1: (summary)
Group 2:
Session 3 – Our world view on the environment Facilitator:
Group 1:
Group 2:
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Session 4 – What is Climate Change Adaptation Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 5 – Development, Adaptation and DRR linkages Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 6 – Identify climatic zones – mapping exercises Facilitator:
(Summary)
Evening Film – Inconvenient Truth Facilitator:
(Summary)
Daily review – day one - Review of Day One. Facilitator:
(Summary)
Things to improve / clarify / follow up on tomorrow . . .
Day Two
Reflection Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 7 – Identify impacts Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 8 – Compile list of questions Facilitator:
(Summary)
Groups compiled lists of questions for local communities and other stakeholders.
Session 9 – Collect community information Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 10 – Risk Evaluation. Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 11 – The science of climate change Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 12 – Collect Scientific Information Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 13 – Prepare for community visit Facilitator:
(Summary)
Prepare participatory assessment tools: Facilitator:
(Summary)
 Map, historical picture
 Timeline, seasonal calendar, trend line, daily activity schedule
 Problem tree, transect walk
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Ranking exercise, power mapping,
Tuesday evening feedback: Facilitator:
(Summary)
Day 3 - Field visits Facilitator:
(Summary)
Group feedback on field visits Facilitator:
(Summary)
Daily review – day three Facilitator:
(Summary)
Day Four – Thursday
Morning reflection Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 14 – Update CEDRA report & review Adaptation Options Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 15 – Adaptation – Learning from others. Facilitator:
(Summary)
Participant case studies
Session 16 – Risks. New projects and locations. Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session17 – Adaptive Resilient Development Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 18 – Learning & evaluation Facilitator:
(Summary)
Daily review – day four Facilitator:
(Summary)
Day Five
Reflection Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 19 Walk of Life Game Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 20 – Hope or Despair? Facilitator:
(Summary)
Session 21 – Action Plans Facilitator:
(Summary)
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Session 22 – Tearfund’s resources. Facilitator:
(Summary)
Closing session Facilitator:
(Summary)
Feedback Facilitator:
(Summary)
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Appendices
1. List of participants
2. Action plan
3. Timetable
4. Terms of Reference
5. Summary of Participants feedback (to follow)
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Participants Feedback – Summary of Feedback Forms
Rating
Poor
Med
Good
Session 1
Registration Welcome
Opening session
Session 2
What’s in it for me?
Overview of the week
Session 3
Our world view of the
environment?
Session 4
Introduction to CEDRA
Session 5
What is climate change
adaptation
Session 6
Step 1.1 ID climate zones
Session 7
Science of climate change
Session 8
Step 1.2 ID climate change
impact
Session 9
Links between climate change,
DRR & development
Session 10
Field visit prep:
Step 1.3 Compile questions to
cross check impact
Session 11
Field visit prep:
Step 1.5 Collect community
knowledge
Session 12
Field visit prep: Participatory
Assessment Tools
Session 13
Field visit prep – logistics, etc
Field visit
Session 14
Step 1.4 Collect scientific
information
Session 15
Step 2
Risk assessment
Session 16
Step 3
Adaptation options
Session 17
Step 4
Risks we can’t manage
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Exclnt
Comments/ feedback/ key
learning
Comments
Session 18
Step 5
New projects or locations
Step 6
Continual review
Session 19
CEDRA report
Session 20
Action Planning with
stakeholders
Session 21
Organisational Action plans –
each agency makes their own
plans
Session 22
Share Tearfund resources,
Workshop Evaluation,
Close & Certificates
Daily devotion
Facilities – location, food,
internet
Facilitators
Usefulness of CEDRA tool
Overall classification
Any other comments:
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