CGIAR Systemwide Program on
Collective Action and Property Rights

International Workshop on Collective Action, Property Rights and Devolution Of Natural Resource Management:
Exchange of Knowledge and Implications for Policy
June 21-25, 1999, Puerto Azul, The Philippines

REVISED PROGRAM

Sunday, June 20, 1999
17:30 - 20:00 Registration and Information Get Together

Monday, June 21, 1999

OPENING CEREMONY

08:30 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome by DSE
09:40 - 09:50 Welcome by IFPRI (Ruth Meinzen-Dick)
09:50 - 10:00 Welcome by ICLARM (Dr. Meryl Williams, Director General)
10:00 - 10:30 Opening by Government of Philippines
10:30 - 10:45 Structure and objectives of workshop Percy Sajise, Chairperson
10:45 - 11:15 Tea/Coffee Break/Group Photo
PLENARY SESSION CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR DEVOLUTION: ASSESSING THE PROBLEM AND IDENTIFYING ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE ACTION AND PROPERTY RIGHTS
11:15 - 11:45 Collective Action, Property Rights and Devolution of Natural Resource Management: A Conceptual Framework Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Anna Knox (IFPRI)
11:45 - 12:00 Clarification questions
12:00 - 12:20 Resource sector paper: Forestry Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University) and Arun Agarwal (Yale University)
12:20 - 12:30 Clarification questions
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
14:00 - 14:20 Resource sector paper: Aquatic Resources Robert Pomeroy (ICLARM)
14:20 - 14:30 Clarification questions
14:30 - 14:50 Resource sector paper: Water and Irrigation Douglas Vermillion
14:50 - 15:00 Clarification questions
15:00 - 15:20 Resource sector paper: Rangelands Michael Kirk (University of Marburg) and Tidiane Ngaido (ICARDA)
15:20 - 15:30 Clarification questions
15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00 Plenary Discussion of Conceptual Framework and Resource Sector Papers
17:00 - 18:30 INFORMATION MARKET
The information market offers workshop participants and their organizations to present on their work, experiences and plans related to collective action, property rights and devolution of natural resource management. In principle, three forms of presentations are possible:
  • Oral communication, i.e. brief presentation of a case study (perhaps with poster)
  • Visual communication, i.e. posters, slide shows
  • Written communication, i.e. information booths displaying research, documents etc.
19:30 Opening Reception and Dinner
(formal dress)

Tuesday, June 22, 1999
08:30 - 08:40 Introduction to the Day
08:40 - 09:00 Terms of reference for working groups and formation of working groups
09:00 - 10:30 WORKING GROUP SESSION I
Applying Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) in Devolution Programs:
Presentation and discussion of resource specific Case Studies (in parallel sessions, by resource sector)
  • Water / irrigation (Ganjar Kurnia, Mohammed Soussane)
  • Aquatic resources (Richard Martin, Jessica Munoz)
  • Forestry (Elmer Mercado, Micha Torres)
  • Rangeland (Boubacar Hassane)
10:30 - 11:00 Tea/Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 working group discussions continued
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 14:30 Preparation of Presentation of Working groups results
14:30 - 16:00 PLENARY
Presentation and discussion of working group results
16:00 - 16:30 Tea/Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:30 Identification of common key issues
17:30 - 18:00 Briefing on Field Trip

Wednesday, June 23, 1999
07:00 - 16:00 FIELD TRIPS
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion of field trip findings in light of CAPR and devolution of natural resource management
19:30 Buffet dinner at hotel

Thursday, June 24, 1999
08:30 - 08:40 Introduction to the day
08:40 - 10:00 PLENARY
Report on Findings of Field Trips
Identification of new key issues, cross-cutting themes across sectors
10:00 - 10:30 Tea/Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:30 WORKING GROUP SESSION II
Options for Actions
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Continuation of Working groups
16:00 - 16:30 Tea/Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 PLENARY
Presentation and discussion of working group results
19:00 Dinner

Friday, June 25, 1999
08:30 - 08:40 Introduction to the day
8:40 - 10:15 WORKING GROUP SESSION III
Formulation of sectoral recommendations for policy and research
10:15 - 10:45 Tea/Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Working groups continued
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 WORKING GROUP SESSION III continued
Prioritization of recommendations for policy and research
14:30 - 16:15 PLENARY
Presentation and discussion of policy and research recommendations
16:15 - 16:45 Tea/Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:15 Closing Remarks
17:15 - 17:30 Official Closing
19:00 Farewell Dinner and Cultural Program
 


Terms of Reference of Working Groups

WGI: Applying CAPRi in Devolution Programs
Sequence and TOR

  1. Round of introduction
  2. Case study
  3. Question: In the context of devolution, what are the potentials and constraints? (See if they cluster in relation to conceptual framework)--visualize
  4. Conclusions: write out in words for presentation in plenary

Plenary presentation of key findings from WG
(10 minutes per resource, only key issues, not repeat of case study)
Discussion of cross-cutting issues

Participants to prepare list of questions for field trip, focusing on organizational issues

WGII: Options for Action

1. Brainstorm on:
possibilities to strengthen CA in devolution programs
possibilities to address PR concerns in devolution programs
(based on problems and best practices identified earlier)
2. Check on feasability, regional validity
3. Prioritize
importance
feasability (easy/hard)
time frame (long/short)

WGIII: Recommendations for Policy and Research

1. Elaborate recommendations for:
policies
research (key unknowns)
2. Consider:
time frame
to whom are recommendations addressed
country specification, including intra-regional

Note: policy-makers to be given priority in making recommendations for research


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