Title: Assessment of capacities and training needs of key stakeholders and to develop framework to enhance capacities to implement effective long-term biodiversity conservation for SECURE Himalayan Project landscapes of Sikkim
KeyWords: Secure Himalaya, biodiversity conservation, training, capacity building, key stakeholders
Year of Publication: 2020
ISSN No: NA
Author Name: Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India along with UNDP is implementing a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project “SECURE Himalaya (Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable Use and Restoration of High Range Himalayan Ecosystem)” in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim, which aims to support the Government of India to effectively promote sustainable land and forest management in Alpine pastures and forests in high range Indian Himalayan ecosystems by adopting landscape based approach.
Under the aegis of SECURE Himalayan project, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi executed a project titled “Assessment of capacities and training needs of key stakeholders for long-term effective biodiversity conservation, development and implementation of a capacity building framework to enhance capacities of key stakeholders in SECURE Himalayan Project in Sikkim” sponsored by UNDP. This aimed to target key stakeholders such as government line departments, research and training institutions, community institutions and NGOs in Sikkim for long term biodiversity conservation. The present study has carried out training need assessment involving gap analysis to develop a strategy to train different stakeholders with a focus to bridge the gaps at various levels.
This report presents the details of the assessment conducted, methodology used and the findings based on the response of key stakeholders and expert consultations. Based on consultations conducted and expert’s opinion, recommendations and comments are summarised in the given report. The project deliverable includes three training modules developed with the objective to enhance the capacities of key stakeholders of Sikkim. The first module is generic in nature and provides basic information regarding biodiversity, conservation and mainstreaming. As per the State demand and request the other two sector specific modules focussing on Agriculture and Biodiversity, and Sustainable Tourism respectively were developed. The outlines of the three modules are detailed in this report.