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Papers: Mountains, Migration, Linkages & Policy by Tilahun Amede
Proceedings of A planning workshop on Thematic Research Area of the Global Mountain Program (GMP) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 29-30, 2006, , 2007
Executive Summary: A two-day planning workshop on RUL was conducted from August 29-30, in Addis ... more Executive Summary: A two-day planning workshop on RUL was conducted from August 29-30, in Addis Ababa. The primary objective of the planning workshop was to enrich the draft conceptual framework for the RUL Thematic research area and devise the way forward for action research/development intervention to strengthen RUL and thereby support the development efforts of the country. The workshop was attended by 80 participants drawn from federal and regional government offices, higher learning institutions, civil society organizations, private sector and International Agricultural Research Centers. The workshop was officially opened with welcoming and opening remarks by high level officials from EIAR, GMP, EPA and MoARD.
The workshop was organized in to paper presentation sessions and group work sessions followed by a panel discussion. The first day of the workshop was dedicated for paper presentations and second day for group work and panel discussions.
Key outcomes of the workshop:
- Cognizing that RUL was a missing element in Ethiopia’s development endeavor and the consideration of RUL in PASDEP, a general agreement was reached that the initiative will be instrumental in providing vital information in addressing the current gap.
- While endorsing the proposed sub-thematic areas, it was recommended to depict clearly the interconnections between the sub themes in the design of the conceptual framework (see Figure 2 of the paper presented by Gete Zeleke (Page 30) which shows the revised conceptual framework as per the recommendation).
- Priority action areas were identified under each sub-theme to be incorporated in the improved version of the concept note. The identified priority action areas are:
° Flow analysis (goods and services)
• Natural resources – flows of water , energy, sediment, nutrients , pollutants within rural-urban continuum;
• Products flow (Value chain analysis) – flows of forest, crop (including high value horticultural products) and livestock products and by products; agricultural inputs; market and market infrastructure;
• Labor flow (migration) – migration (RU, RR, UR, cross boarder) including flows of remittance/capital and gender and age relations;
• Knowledge and information flow – analysis of flows of market and other information, skills, services, etc;
° Policy and institutional analysis
• Policy – rural policies, urban policies, RUL-relevant common policies and International conventions and agreements including land tenure policies;
• Institution – public, private and communal institutions both in rural and urban settings, issues related to institutional linkages and stability;
° Livelihoods analysis
• Economic activity options including new frontiers such as
➢ The role of tourism as alternative livelihood options within RUL setting
➢ Value adding, etc…
• Natural resources (NR) and livelihood options (analysis of the interdependence of poverty and land degradation)
• Analyzing peri-urban and urban agriculture – going for business unusual intervention to improve livelihoods
• Impacts of cultural values and norms towards improved livelihood options and solutions
• Physical distance and livelihood options
• Migration as livelihoods option within the RUL context – challenges, opportunities and actions
• Factors affecting choice of livelihood options in rural and urban settings
• Policy and institutional requirements to improve livelihoods within RUL context
° Cross cutting issues
• Capacity building requirements (on system development and spatial planning and the inter-linkage with sectoral planning approaches)
• Gender and HIV/AIDS
- Baseline research to identify key gaps, opportunities and intervention areas related to the three sub-thematic areas is recommended as a first activity.
- The workshop recommends that the RUL initiative need to be strongly linked with the national R&D system.
- The proposal to establish a RUL platform was endorsed as a freestanding organ. List of members of the platform, TOR (including roles and responsibilities) to be developed later.
- Strong collaboration by different stakeholders was emphasized and recommended that the platform shall be one avenue to ensure close collaboration.
- In addition to the benchmark site and satellite cities proposed, it was recommended to include emerging urban areas such as Assosa and Gambella
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Papers: Mountains, Migration, Linkages & Policy by Tilahun Amede
The workshop was organized in to paper presentation sessions and group work sessions followed by a panel discussion. The first day of the workshop was dedicated for paper presentations and second day for group work and panel discussions.
Key outcomes of the workshop:
- Cognizing that RUL was a missing element in Ethiopia’s development endeavor and the consideration of RUL in PASDEP, a general agreement was reached that the initiative will be instrumental in providing vital information in addressing the current gap.
- While endorsing the proposed sub-thematic areas, it was recommended to depict clearly the interconnections between the sub themes in the design of the conceptual framework (see Figure 2 of the paper presented by Gete Zeleke (Page 30) which shows the revised conceptual framework as per the recommendation).
- Priority action areas were identified under each sub-theme to be incorporated in the improved version of the concept note. The identified priority action areas are:
° Flow analysis (goods and services)
• Natural resources – flows of water , energy, sediment, nutrients , pollutants within rural-urban continuum;
• Products flow (Value chain analysis) – flows of forest, crop (including high value horticultural products) and livestock products and by products; agricultural inputs; market and market infrastructure;
• Labor flow (migration) – migration (RU, RR, UR, cross boarder) including flows of remittance/capital and gender and age relations;
• Knowledge and information flow – analysis of flows of market and other information, skills, services, etc;
° Policy and institutional analysis
• Policy – rural policies, urban policies, RUL-relevant common policies and International conventions and agreements including land tenure policies;
• Institution – public, private and communal institutions both in rural and urban settings, issues related to institutional linkages and stability;
° Livelihoods analysis
• Economic activity options including new frontiers such as
➢ The role of tourism as alternative livelihood options within RUL setting
➢ Value adding, etc…
• Natural resources (NR) and livelihood options (analysis of the interdependence of poverty and land degradation)
• Analyzing peri-urban and urban agriculture – going for business unusual intervention to improve livelihoods
• Impacts of cultural values and norms towards improved livelihood options and solutions
• Physical distance and livelihood options
• Migration as livelihoods option within the RUL context – challenges, opportunities and actions
• Factors affecting choice of livelihood options in rural and urban settings
• Policy and institutional requirements to improve livelihoods within RUL context
° Cross cutting issues
• Capacity building requirements (on system development and spatial planning and the inter-linkage with sectoral planning approaches)
• Gender and HIV/AIDS
- Baseline research to identify key gaps, opportunities and intervention areas related to the three sub-thematic areas is recommended as a first activity.
- The workshop recommends that the RUL initiative need to be strongly linked with the national R&D system.
- The proposal to establish a RUL platform was endorsed as a freestanding organ. List of members of the platform, TOR (including roles and responsibilities) to be developed later.
- Strong collaboration by different stakeholders was emphasized and recommended that the platform shall be one avenue to ensure close collaboration.
- In addition to the benchmark site and satellite cities proposed, it was recommended to include emerging urban areas such as Assosa and Gambella
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The workshop was organized in to paper presentation sessions and group work sessions followed by a panel discussion. The first day of the workshop was dedicated for paper presentations and second day for group work and panel discussions.
Key outcomes of the workshop:
- Cognizing that RUL was a missing element in Ethiopia’s development endeavor and the consideration of RUL in PASDEP, a general agreement was reached that the initiative will be instrumental in providing vital information in addressing the current gap.
- While endorsing the proposed sub-thematic areas, it was recommended to depict clearly the interconnections between the sub themes in the design of the conceptual framework (see Figure 2 of the paper presented by Gete Zeleke (Page 30) which shows the revised conceptual framework as per the recommendation).
- Priority action areas were identified under each sub-theme to be incorporated in the improved version of the concept note. The identified priority action areas are:
° Flow analysis (goods and services)
• Natural resources – flows of water , energy, sediment, nutrients , pollutants within rural-urban continuum;
• Products flow (Value chain analysis) – flows of forest, crop (including high value horticultural products) and livestock products and by products; agricultural inputs; market and market infrastructure;
• Labor flow (migration) – migration (RU, RR, UR, cross boarder) including flows of remittance/capital and gender and age relations;
• Knowledge and information flow – analysis of flows of market and other information, skills, services, etc;
° Policy and institutional analysis
• Policy – rural policies, urban policies, RUL-relevant common policies and International conventions and agreements including land tenure policies;
• Institution – public, private and communal institutions both in rural and urban settings, issues related to institutional linkages and stability;
° Livelihoods analysis
• Economic activity options including new frontiers such as
➢ The role of tourism as alternative livelihood options within RUL setting
➢ Value adding, etc…
• Natural resources (NR) and livelihood options (analysis of the interdependence of poverty and land degradation)
• Analyzing peri-urban and urban agriculture – going for business unusual intervention to improve livelihoods
• Impacts of cultural values and norms towards improved livelihood options and solutions
• Physical distance and livelihood options
• Migration as livelihoods option within the RUL context – challenges, opportunities and actions
• Factors affecting choice of livelihood options in rural and urban settings
• Policy and institutional requirements to improve livelihoods within RUL context
° Cross cutting issues
• Capacity building requirements (on system development and spatial planning and the inter-linkage with sectoral planning approaches)
• Gender and HIV/AIDS
- Baseline research to identify key gaps, opportunities and intervention areas related to the three sub-thematic areas is recommended as a first activity.
- The workshop recommends that the RUL initiative need to be strongly linked with the national R&D system.
- The proposal to establish a RUL platform was endorsed as a freestanding organ. List of members of the platform, TOR (including roles and responsibilities) to be developed later.
- Strong collaboration by different stakeholders was emphasized and recommended that the platform shall be one avenue to ensure close collaboration.
- In addition to the benchmark site and satellite cities proposed, it was recommended to include emerging urban areas such as Assosa and Gambella
"