Mekelle -
Ethiopia
Workshop in Tigray/Ethiopia
"Topics in Integrated
Watershed Management", funded by Goethe Institute
10.-15.11.2008
The Research Institute Water and Environment at Universität Siegen
has conducted this workshop from 10th-14th of November 2008 in
Tigray/Ethiopia, with the support of the Association of Ethiopians
Educated in Germany (AEEG) and GTZ-SUN Tigray (Sustainable Utilization
of Natural Resources for Food Security). The workshop was funded by the
Goethe Institute and EU Project “Capacity Building for Integrated
Watershed Management in Eastern Africa (IWMNET)“. German alumni
have been specifically invited to participate.
Objectives and Workshop Program
The workshop focused on topics of integrated watershed management (IWM)
in eastern Africa and consisted of three days of field excursions in
northern Tigray and two additional days of keynote presentations and
plenary discussion in Mekelle. The workshop aimed to provide a platform
for experience exchange and knowledge sharing about approaches and
components of IWM, including soil and water conservation, agricultural
practices, livelihood interventions, sanitation, energy, community
dynamics, etc. The workshop aimed to compare experiences in IWM in
Ethiopia and beyond. Workshop participants were contributing via
group activities and discussed the dissemination of best practices of IWM.
Tigray stands out for its conservation-led regional development
strategy and multiple efforts made at various scales to manage natural
resources for improved food security. Field excursions were coordinated
with GTZ-SUN. SUN is implementing a range of IWM activities and
participants visited selected project watersheds. Woreda experts,
development agents, tabia chairmen and selected farmers participated in
excursions. A brief area description, IWM activities and implementation
modalities was given by a GTZ expert, as well as details about program
achievements with respect to gully rehabilitation, farmland and
hillside developments, and livelihood activities.
The workshop was initiated in the historic town of Axum. Twenty-three
(plus three additional half-day participants, not paid) participants
attended the workshop, the majority German alumni. Participants came
from a wide range of disciplines and organizations, from different
regions within the country and eastern Africa.
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Contact
Research Institute for Water and Environment
Water Resources Management Group
Universität Siegen
D-57068 Siegen
Germany
Ms.
Wiebke Förch
wiebke@email.arizona.edu
or AEEG
aeeg@ethionet.et
