FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
A PARTICIPATORY WORKSHOP ON GENDER-SENSITIVE LOCAL PLANNING
27–29 June 2000
Programme
| 26 June 2000 Participants' arrival | ||
| 27 June 2000: Day 1 | ||
| 8.30 to 9.00 AM | Registration | |
| 9.00 to 9.30 AM | Opening session Opening remarks Dr R.B. Singh ADG RR FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok | |
| Participants' introduction | ||
| 9.30 to 10.00 AM | Break | |
| 10.00 to 10.30 AM | Media presentation The Phantom Statistics: Rural women and information Followed by discussion on information on rural women available for local planning | |
| An overview of the workshop Presenter: Dr Revathi Balakrishnan FAO/RAPS WID Officer | ||
| 10.30 to 11.00 AM | Sharing of experience of participating agencies on gender concerns in local planning Representatives from invited agencies | |
| 11.00 to 11.30 AM | Overview of the workshop Election of office bearers | |
| Chairperson Ms Nargis S. Nahar, Bangladesh | ||
| Vice-Chairperson Mr W.H. Munasinghe, Sri Lanka | ||
| 11.30 to 12.15 PM | Country paper Thailand Mr Chavalvut Chainuvai Deputy Director General DOAE | |
| 12.15 to 1.15 PM | Lunch hosted by ADG RR/FAO RAP | |
| 1.15 to 2.00 PM | Participatory exercise on gender and participatory planning | |
| Country reviews: Status and situation of gender-sensitive local planning Presentation and discussion | ||
| 2.00 to 3.00 PM | Bangladesh Ms Nargis S. Naher Deputy Chief Planning Commission, GOB | |
| 3.00 to 4.00 PM | Cambodia Ms Khiev Bory Director Department of Social Planning Ministry of Planning | |
| 4.00 to 5.00 PM | Secretariat resource paper “Women-inclusive local planning: cultivating a new planning culture” Dr Revathi Balakrishnan Regional Rural Sociologist and WID Officer RAPS/SDWW 28 June 2000 Day 2 | |
| Country reviews: Status and situation of gender-sensitive local planning Presentation and discussion | ||
| 8.00 to 8.30 AM | Pakistan Mr Abdul Ghani Sammen Joint Secretary Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development | |
| 8.30 to 9.00 AM | Sri Lanka Mr W.H. Munasinghe Deputy Director Human Settlements Division Department of National Planning Ministry of Finance and Planning | |
| 9.00 to 9.30 AM | Discussion | |
| 9.30 to 9.45 AM | Break | |
| 9.45 to 10.15 AM | China Mr Hu Ruifa Associate Professor Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | |
| 10.15 to 10.45 AM | Viet Nam Mrs Pham Thi Tuoc Deputy Director Department of Planning and Projection Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development | |
| 10.45 to 11.15 AM | Nepal Mr Yamuna B. Pradhan Executive Secretary Bhaktapur Municipality Ministry of Local Development | |
| 11.15 to 11.45 AM | India Ms Bharathi S. Sihag Director (Rural Housing) Ministry of Rural Development | |
| 11.45 to 12.15 PM | Discussion | |
| 12.15 to 1.15 PM | Lunch break | |
| 1.15 to 1.45 PM | Secretariat paper | |
| “Institution building for participatory gender-sensitive local planning” Mr W. Polman Rural Development Officer RAPS/SDA | ||
| 1.45 to 2.45 PM | Presenter: a participant Regional review: Institutional structure for local planning at central, district and community levels: A synthesis from the country presentations Discussion Facilitators Dr Revathi Balakrishnan Ms Leonie Venroy | |
| 2.45 to 3.30 PM | Small group sessions: participants Identifying the entry points in the institutions for integrating gender concerns and gender-sensitive planning | |
| 3.30 to 3.45 PM | Break | |
| 3.45 to 4.15 PM | Media presentation | |
| Net worth: women in aquaculture | ||
| 4.15 to 4.30 PM | Synthesis of group findings for potential entry points for integrating gender concerns and gender-sensitive planning Presenters: group leaders Facilitator: Ms Leonie Venroy | |
| 29 June 2000 Day 3 | ||
| 9.00 to 10.15 AM | Identification of information constraints and potential to use sex-segregated data for integrated local planning Discussions on sex-segregated data available and information gaps on gender-differentiated needs Facilitator: Dr Revathi Balakrishnan | |
| 10.15 to 10.30 AM | Break | |
| 10.30 to 11.45 AM | Small group sessions: participants Identification of country-specific constraints for and modalities to overcome constraints to make local planning gender sensitive and women inclusive | |
| 11.45 to 12.15 PM | Country-specific constraints and modalities to overcome them to make local planning gender sensitive and women inclusive Presenters: group leaders Facilitator: Ms Leonie Venroy | |
| 12.15 to 1.15 PM | Lunch break | |
| 1.15 to 2.30 PM | Developing strategies for gender-sensitive approaches within respective country-specific local planning frameworks Participants: preparation of action strategies | |
| 2.30 to 3.15 PM | Country action strategies Presentation: Eight country representatives | |
| 3.15 to 3.30 PM | Break | |
| 3.30 to 4.15 PM | Country action strategies Presentation: Eight country representatives (Continued) | |
| 4.15 to 4.45 PM | General recommendations | |
| 4.15 to 5.00 PM | Workshop closure 30 June 2000 Day 4 Participants' departure | |
| 30 June 2000 Day 4 | ||
| Participants' departure | ||
