Interlinkages on biodiversity, climate change and land degradation : trainer's guide

This Konek3Rio module was prepared by the on-going UNDP-GEF assisted project entitled "Strengthening Coordination for Effective Environmental Management (STREEM)". The STREEM project aims to improve the coordination among focal point agencies (FPAs) of the three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), namely: United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (UNCBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) collectively known as the Rio Conventions.

The STREEM project has provided several capacity building activities for the project's knowledge management initiatives. Among of which are Module Development Training, and Trainors' training for the Speakers' Bureau on MEAs, including Knowledge Management Training for the Philippine MEA portal website. However, the STREEM project recognizes that there is a further need to enhance the understanding on interlinkages among the Rio Conventions to ensure appreciation and sustainability of synergistic efforts among the MEA FPAs. Thus, this module was developed to serve as training guide to facilitators and to enhance their existing knowledge and understanding on the interconnection among the thematic areas of Rio Conventions. This will also serve as a tool which can be used for disseminating MEA information.

The Modules are outputs of the participants who attended the above-mentioned capacity building activities facilitated by the current HRDS Director and the STREEM Project Coordinator and Staff. Pilot training programs were conducted in Palawan to various stakeholders of the project such as students, national government agencies, local government agencies, non-government organizations and other oversight agencies to tailor fit the modules to various levels of participants.

This Training Guide has four parts: Part I presents the general module and Parts II, III, & IV present the modules intended to various training participants.

The STREEM Project takes the opportunity to enjoin the speakers bureau on MEAs

and training facilitators to adopt the modules as tools to disseminate, illustrate and recognize MEAs to target audience. However, the modules must be reinforced with communication materials such as handbook, posters and flyers. In like manner, various training methodologies must be adopted like structured learning exercises, technology of participation, powerpoint presentations, exercises, case studies, etc.