VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
CENTER FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
PEER PROJECT
------------DETAIL SCHEDULE OF THE TRAINING COURSE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFEGUARDS:
DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR MONITORING PES/REDD PROJECTS FOR SUCCESS
Objectives of the course:
1. Introduction to PES and REDD: what they are, what their impacts have been in Vietnam and
elsewhere so far.
2. Focus on social and environmental safeguards and needs for data to monitor PES/REDD
projects for success.
3.
With the combination of in-class-room lectures and fieldwork, upon their return, the
participants who are cadres from Provincial Departments of Agriculture and Rural
Development and Natural Resources and Environment will have the skills to be proactive in
mornitoring as well as attracting REDD/PES projects in their respective areas in the future.
Time:
May 11 – June 05, 2015
Duration:
One week in the class-room in Hanoi
3 days in the field in Hoa Binh province
14 days to complete course assignment and send the report to CRES
Date
Suggested topic/modules
Day 1 (11/5/2015)
8.00-9.00
9.00-9.15
9.15-9.30
9.30-11.30
Registration
Training course orientation
Speech by Deputy Director of CRES
Training course orientation
Introduction to REDD in Việt Nam
14.00-16.30
Introduction to REDD in Việt Nam (continued)
Day 2 (12/5/2015)
8h00-11h30
Social Safeguards: Challenges and Opportunities
14.00-16.30
REDD experiences in other countries
Day 3 (13/5/2015)
8.00-11.30
Poverty and livelihoods - five capitals (social, economic, etc) and
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Date
Suggested topic/modules
different ways to measure poverty/levels of wellbeing
14.00-16.30
A case study of livelihood monitoring for REDD -Introduction to
Reference Livelihood and Vulnerability Levels (RLVL)
Design of surveys on social safeguards
Day 4 (14/5/2015)
8.00-11.30
14.00-16.30
Introduction to the REDD Environmental and Social Index (RESI)
and Tools for Social Surveys
Introduction to different types of monitoring and data management
Group discussion: Do you know any environmental monitoring
project in your province? Participants propose REDD/PES monitoring
in their provinces
Day 5 (15/5/2015 )
8.00-11.30
Environmental/Biodiversity Safeguards for REDD
14.00-16.30
Wrapping up and prepare for fieldtrip
Day 6, 7 & 8 (16-18/5/2015)
Participants travel to the field in Hoa Binh where PES/REDD has
taken place
Carry out survey in the field
Day 9 (19/5/2015)
Course wrap-up & participants return home
May 20/5 – June 4, 2015
Participants test questionnaire; carry out survey on social safeguards
in group in their own province and complete report
June 5, 2015
Participants send report to CRES
June 8-12, 2015
Report reviewed by Scientific Committee
June 15 – 19, 2015
Participants revise report based on comments provided by the
committee and send revised version to CRES
June 26, 2015
Participants receive certificate (If revised report approved by the
committee)
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