CICADA African Regional Conference in Ethiopia, November 6 – November 11, 2018
Agenda | Tuesday 6 | Wednesday 7 | Thursday 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | Sunday 11
The CICADA African Regional Conference in Ethiopia took place from November 6th to the 11th at Liesak Resort on Lake Babogaya Debre Zeyit in Bishoftu, about one hour and a half southeast of Addis Ababa. Incidentally, the meeting took place in the wake of Ethiopia’s presidential election of October 25th, 2018, in which diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde was elected without contest by the upper and lower houses of Parliament as the first woman president of Ethiopia, as well as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s appointment of a gender balanced cabinet a week before that.
Tuesday, November 6
11:30-16:30 – Arrival at conference site in Bishoftu Reception, Liesak Resort
19:00 – Dinner Restaurant
20:00-21:30 – Opening introductions and presentation Lake Hall
Wednesday, November 7
7:00-8:00 – Breakfast Restaurant
8:00-12:30 – Joint activities and presentations CICADA/ICCA Lake Hall
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Restaurant
14:00-14:30 – Welcome and Presentation of CICADA programme CICADA Hall
– (14:00) Welcome by Colin Scott, Director of CICADA
– (14:10) Welcome by Justin Raycraft on behalf of John Galaty (Director of I-CAN)
– (14:20) Presentation of CICADA and the conference programme by Sophie Beier
14:30-15:30 – Interactive Session on Knowledge Co-production (1) CICADA Hall
Co-producing knowledge: Towards more equitable collaborations between researchers and communities
– (14:30) Introduction
– (14:40) Group discussions (2 separate groups)
15:30-16:00 – Coffee break (1) Lake Bar
16:00-17:00 – Interactive Session on Knowledge Co-production (2) CICADA Hall
– (16:00) Presentation Group 1
– (16:10) Presentation Group 2
– (16:20) Group discussion
17:00-19:30 – Theme 1: Rights-based approaches to Conservation CICADA Hall
– (17:00) Job Morris, Director, San Youth Network – San Peoples’ approaches to Conservation
– (17:30) Johnson Ole Kaunga, IMPACT (Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflict Transformation) and PARAN (Pastoralists Alliance for Resilience and Adaptation in Northern Kenya Rangelands) – Fighting social and policy exclusion faced by indigenous people in Northern Kenya – from community self-organizing to strategic litigation
– (18:00) Stephen Moiko, Centre for Sustainable Dryland Ecosystems and Societies, University of Nairobi, Kenya and South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO) – Local Agency in Securing Land Rights, Communal Indigenous Livelihoods, and Environmental Sustainability in East African Rangelands
– (18:30) Discussion
16:00-17:00 – Interactive Session on Knowledge Co-production (2) CICADA Hall
Thursday, November 8
7:00-8:00 – Breakfast Restaurant
8:00 – Announcements (Colin Scott,Sophie Beier) CICADA Hall
8:15-10:30 – Theme 2: Natural Resource Governance and Land Management (1) CICADA Hall
Presentation and discussion of case studies (1)
Session Facilitator: Corey Wright
– (8:15) Caroline Seagle, McGill University – Mining, Conservation and the “Green Economy”: Shifting terrains in rights-based approaches to conservation
– (8:40) John Galaty, McGill University – Top-Down, Bottom-Up, & Sidewise Authority: The devolution of Responsibility in Community-based Conservancies in East-Africa”
– (9:05) Beatrice Namunyak Lempaira, Northern Rangelands Trust – The role of indigenous women in natural resource management and governance structures at community conservancies
– (9:30) Robert Chimambo, Zambia Climate Change Network – The experience in Chalimbana River Headwaters of Zambia
– (9:55) Lalainrina Rasoanandinanina, Centre de Recherches d‘Appui pour les alternatives de développement océan indien (CRAAD) – Madagascar: Natural Resources and governance experiences
10:30-11:00 – Coffee break Lake Bar
11:00-12:30 – Theme 2: Natural Resource Governance and Land Management (2) CICADA Hall
Presentation and discussion of case studies (2)
Session Facilitator: Caroline Seagle
– (11:00) Emmanuel Ole Kileli, Ereto Maasai Youth (EMAYO) – Community-based forest governance in Loliondo, Northern Tanzania
– (11:30) Johnson Changeiywo, Chepkitale Indigenous People’s Development Project
– (12:00) Justin Raycraft, McGill University Territorialization and resistance to conservation in coastal Tanzania
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Restaurant
14:00-15:30 – Theme 3: Reconciliation CICADA Hall
Presentation and discussion of case studies
Session Facilitator: Justin Raycraft
– (14:00) Orelebile Kebeilwe, San Youth Network – Botswana Language barrier that led to non-reconciliation on land rights: The case of San central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR)
– (14:30) Michael Ochieng Odhiambo, People, Land, and Rural Development Projects in Kinsumu –Opportunities and Challenges to Strengthening Communal Land and Natural Tenure: Reflections on Community Land under Kenya’s National Land Policy
– (15:00) Caroline Archambault, Leiden University – Landless, waterless, and wireless: Governing natural resources through social media in Maasailand Kenya
15:30-16:00 – Coffee Break Lake Bar
16:00-18:30 – Roundtable discussions CICADA Hall
– (16:00) Steven Schnoor – CICADA community video methodology
– (16:15-17:15) Roundtable 1 – Facilitator: John Galaty, McGill University and Director of I-CAN Project
Considering trade-offs in community-based conservation: How can we reconcile competing right(s) claims and policy agendas to promote win-win conservation that is mutually beneficial for people, communities, and biodiversity?
– (17:15-18:15) Roundtable 2 – Michael Ochieng Odhiambo, People, Land, and Rural Development Projects in Kinsumu
Bridging the gap between customary rights and legal title in sub-Saharan Africa: How can we effectively strengthen community-based conservation regimes in the context of numerous stakeholders with institutionalized power?
– (18:15) Announcements
18:30 – Dinner Restaurant
Friday, November 9
8:00-20:00 – Joint activities organized by the ICCA Consortium Lake Hall
Saturday, November 10
8:00-12:00 – Excursion organized by the ICCA Consortium
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Restaurant
14:00-16:00 – Free time
16:00-19:00 – CICADA closing session CICADA Hall
– (16:00) Short group discussion (Knowledge Co-production)
– (16:30) Presentation of group discussions
– (17:00) Roundtable discussions
– (18:00) Closing remarks
Sunday, November 11
7:00-7:45 – Breakfast Restaurant
7:45-8:30 – Packing and check-out for most participants
9:30-12:00 – CICADA & ICAN core teams meeting Cicada Hall
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Restaurant