Regional Orientation Workshop on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) for Asia and the Pacific

12/11/2013-13/11/2013 Bangkok, Thailand

Ojbectives

To promote awareness of GIAHS, and its impacts and benefits
To share experiences and knowledge on dynamic conservation of GIAHS
To build up the capacity of countries in the region in identifying potential GIAHS sites and formulating quality GIAHS proposals for recognition
To promote a network of stakeholders including recipient Governments, development partners, donors, UN agencies, CSOs, private sectors, etc. towards creating a strong public interest and support to the initiative, and mobilize resources

Presentations:

Session 1: GIAHS Familiarisation

Session 2: Expansion of sites, Mainstreaming of GIAHS Concept and Marketing of GIAHS essential goods and services

Country experiences in implementing dynamic conservation of GIAHS: Vision and Perspectives

Session 3: Discuss the criteria and methodological procedures and guidelines of application process for recognition

Criteria for enlisting systems as GIAHS and application processes and guidelines for preparing a GIAHS proposal for recognitions

Session 4: Country presentations by potential GIAHS countries on the ideas on proposals

Presentation of proposals/ideas by potential new GIAHS participating countries, followed by suggestions/comments

Session 5: Concluding and closing