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Several individuals representing the public and private sectors as well as international agencies last Monday began participating in a five-day Write Shop aimed at building capacity in proposal and project preparation, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has disclosed. The programme is being held to facilitate capacity building in proposal preparation with regard to preparing a competitive project proposal for Guyana’s submission to the Global Agriculture Food Security Programme (GAFSP) for assistance in the development of the local agricultural programme.
Write Shops are similar in concept to a workshop, but are much more participatory and involve several different styles of learning.
The Write Shop which has been described as the brainchild of Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is being done at his request by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the CARICOM Secretariat
The venue is IICA’s Conference Room at their office at Brickdam.
The facilitator is Mr. Kervin Stephenson, IICA Regional Project Specialist and acting Representative of the Offices in the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS).
The IICA Representative, Mr. Wilmot Garnett welcomed participants and collaborators.
In remarks at the opening ceremony, Minister Ramsammy said that collaboration between sectors and agencies is a necessary ingredient for the success of any project and for the overall development of agriculture in Guyana
He stressed that capacity lies in several individuals across the economic sectors of Guyana and it would be necessary to harness their talents for success in agriculture since no sector can develop independently.
He urged participants to always be on the lookout for opportunities to further agricultural development since he felt that there was no shortage of funds for this purpose.
Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul, FAO Representative in Guyana reminded participants that successful projects require good partnerships, ownership and leadership.
She urged participants to keep the project ideas simple and to aim for sustainability.
CARICOM’s Regional Food Security Specialist, Ms. Johan David, emphasized that the project(s) should address the needs of the vulnerable groups in Guyana.
The ideas she said must be new, creative and innovative so as return Guyana to its status of being the “bread basket of the Caribbean”. The programme ends tomorrow.
Write Shops are similar in concept to a workshop, but are much more participatory and involve several different styles of learning.
The Write Shop which has been described as the brainchild of Minister of Agriculture Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is being done at his request by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the CARICOM Secretariat
The venue is IICA’s Conference Room at their office at Brickdam.
The facilitator is Mr. Kervin Stephenson, IICA Regional Project Specialist and acting Representative of the Offices in the Eastern Caribbean States (ECS).
The IICA Representative, Mr. Wilmot Garnett welcomed participants and collaborators.
In remarks at the opening ceremony, Minister Ramsammy said that collaboration between sectors and agencies is a necessary ingredient for the success of any project and for the overall development of agriculture in Guyana
He stressed that capacity lies in several individuals across the economic sectors of Guyana and it would be necessary to harness their talents for success in agriculture since no sector can develop independently.
He urged participants to always be on the lookout for opportunities to further agricultural development since he felt that there was no shortage of funds for this purpose.
Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul, FAO Representative in Guyana reminded participants that successful projects require good partnerships, ownership and leadership.
She urged participants to keep the project ideas simple and to aim for sustainability.
CARICOM’s Regional Food Security Specialist, Ms. Johan David, emphasized that the project(s) should address the needs of the vulnerable groups in Guyana.
The ideas she said must be new, creative and innovative so as return Guyana to its status of being the “bread basket of the Caribbean”. The programme ends tomorrow.
