SL Programme Session at Volunteer Conf 19 June

Secure Livelihoods programme session at the Vol Conference is now scheduled for next Thursday 19 June, 2.00pm-5.30pm

If you have not done so already, please put your thoughts down and send to the group here (eg. as a comment) or by any other means necessary.

As facilitator, I suggest it should be OK using A1 / A2 flipcharts with 4 colours of suitable felt tip pens. Please bring anything else you may need in order to demonstrate or present your agenda item. Any examples of the work you have done / photos you have taken, etc., would be welcome.

Any reports on your work on Mainstreaming Disability in Secure Livelihoods may be incorporated into the session with Nickson Kakiri and I about accessibility and disability in the morning session 9am-10am Thursday 19 June

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SL Network Meeting - The end

And we had to leave this beautiful place.

SL Network Meeting - New PAP

Aims

• Not to include specific Water point project aims
• Include the word 'sustainable'
  

Objectives

• Should be more focused in order to develop monitoring parameters

Strategies

• Should be more specific for revised objectives.
  
• Should include transition strategies to phase out existing partners who do not fit the new aims and objectives.

General Points

• The reference to a pilot construction involvement be removed, as there is not intention to continue with construction even if the pilot is successful. ie needs and exit strategy for existing partners.
• Serious consideration should be given to supporting TVET short term training offered by private Mongolian companies, both in UB and the country side.
• The PAP should be reviewed in 2 years. The expertise profile of the SL prog. area will change under the new PAP. It was felt that the present members of the SL prog. area group did not have the background to comment on some of the new proposed interventions.
  

SL Network Meeting - New PAP, Business support

Focus Service

• Business structures
• Management
• Financial planning and control
• Communication
• Human resource management
  

Interventions

• Life skills
  
• time management
• Business attitude
• Entrepreneurial skills
  

Targeted Beneficiaries

• Herder, growers and start up business
  

Outcomes

• Improved profitability
• Access to loans

Crossovers

• Quality of service
  
• Services networking, business to business
• Customer relations
• Marketing
• In formation Technologu
  

SL Network Meeting - New PAP, Liestock and Horticulture.

Focus Service

• Livestock advice
• Livestock food security
• Training
  

Interventions

• Disease
• Production
• Breeding
• Data management
• Business advice training
• Research into food security
• Extension services in pasture management.
  

Targeted Beneficiaries

• Herders and growers
  

Outcomes

• Healthy livestock/food production
• Better managed livestock
• Improved food standards
• Improved food security
• Improved pasture management
  

Crossovers

• Training methodologies
• Quality assurance capacity building

SL Network Meeting - New PAP, Trianing

Focus Service

• Improve TVET at soum/aimag centre

Interventions

• Training trainers
• Short term skills training Curriculum Development

Targeted Beneficiaries

• Unemployed youth
  

Outcomes

• Improved employability of vulnerable groups

Crossovers

• Training methodologies
• Quality assurance capacity building
  

SL Network Meeting - New rural placement opportunities.

Imminent Placements

• ADB/VSO Water Point Project
• Textile Value chain
• Horticulture Value chain

Future Opportunities

• Short term TVET for mining, textile, hospitality, construction skills
• Live stock production (ideas need to be developed by the new volunteers in this area of expertise)
• National parks and conservation projects
• Food security projects.