Madagascar
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Sandwatch activities started in: 2018
Coordination of Sandwatch in Seychelles:
Sandwatch in Madagascar will be coordinated by the Malagasy Ministry of National Education with the help of the UNESCO National Commission for Madagascar and schools throughout the country will be involved.
Status of Sandwatch in Madagascar: Active
Activities and Highlights: Updates in progress
Sandwatch workshop
Majunga, Madagascar, 15 to 19 October 2018
1. Introduction.
Sandwatch strategy for the Indian Ocean islands was initiated in 2006-2007. However, only a few countries including Seychelles and Mauritius have participated actively in the programme so far. Madagascar has never participated in any sandwatch activities. The workshop is being planned at an appropriate moment. The Malagasy Ministry of National Education is currently reviewing and updating its education curriculum. The workshop will provide a good opportunity to enhance the knowledge of education planners on original and innovative ideas that can be considered to be integrated in the new curriculum.
2. A. Overall objective
The overall objective of the workshop is to enhance the knowledge of educators and planners of relevant Ministries/Institutions on the impacts of climate change on coastal resources and on how to use the approach and apply the methodology of sandwatch for appropriate actions to contribute to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
B. The specific objectives are to:
3. Methodology
To achieve the above objectives, an inclusive, participatory and interactive approach will be adopted. Participants will be motivated to participate actively in the training, share knowledge about local context, discuss problems encountered in their regions and propose solutions.
4. Expected results
At the end of this training, it is expected that the participants would have:
5. Participants
About 40 participants representing the Ministry of National Education from each region of Madagascar and other relevant Ministries are expected. They will be mainly educators and planners who eventually will be involved to promote sandwatch. A few participants from Comoros are also attending.
The workshop will be conducted by a sandwatch expert, Mr. Sachooda Ragoonaden, from Mauritius. He will assisted by a facilitator and a representative from the National Commission of UNESCO.
6. Date and Venue
The workshop will take place from 15 to 19 October 2018 in a hotel conference room at Majunga (Boeny Region). Field exercise will be conducted in a nearby beach.
7. Sponsor and Partners
The workshop is being funded by The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). The following Minstries/Institutions/Organisations will provide support and assistance
1. Ministry of National Education ;
2. Ministry of the Environment of Ecology and Forests;
3. National Commission of UNESCO;
4. The Sandwatch Foundation; and
5. UNESCO
Sandwatch strategy for the Indian Ocean islands was initiated in 2006-2007. However, only a few countries including Seychelles and Mauritius have participated actively in the programme so far. Madagascar has never participated in any sandwatch activities. The workshop is being planned at an appropriate moment. The Malagasy Ministry of National Education is currently reviewing and updating its education curriculum. The workshop will provide a good opportunity to enhance the knowledge of education planners on original and innovative ideas that can be considered to be integrated in the new curriculum.
2. A. Overall objective
The overall objective of the workshop is to enhance the knowledge of educators and planners of relevant Ministries/Institutions on the impacts of climate change on coastal resources and on how to use the approach and apply the methodology of sandwatch for appropriate actions to contribute to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
B. The specific objectives are to:
- Train trainers, inside and outside the classroom, to obtain enhanced knowledge and skills to enable them empower students, youth and community to respond to environment changes in the coastal environment as a consequence of climate change impacts
- Introduce the MAST (Measure, Analyse, Share and Take action) approach in the context of climate change.
- Conduct fields exercises to collect data on shoreline and beach changes.
- Promote the use of the UNESCO International Database to enter data, visualise and analyse it and assess impacts of climate change on the beach for appropriate actions.
3. Methodology
To achieve the above objectives, an inclusive, participatory and interactive approach will be adopted. Participants will be motivated to participate actively in the training, share knowledge about local context, discuss problems encountered in their regions and propose solutions.
- Course lectures and outdoor exercises will mostly be based on the sandwatch manual. Advantage will be taken of personal experience and knowledge to improve the methodology.
- You tubes, video clips and other visual medium on relevant topics will be shown to consolidate knowledge.
- Much emphasis will be laid on the UNESCO sandwatch International Database and its use.
- Hands on training on the beach will be an integrated part of the programme.
4. Expected results
At the end of this training, it is expected that the participants would have:
- An enhanced knowledge on climate change and sea level rise and in particular their impacts on shoreline and beach changes and acquired better abilities to respond to these changes
- Developed sufficient skills in collecting data on the beach and analyse it in class
- Understood the use of the on line UNESCO international Database for data entry and analysis of observations and measurements related to shoreline and beach changes
- Would have been inspired to consider the integration of sandwatch in the national school curriculum in the context of Education and Sustainable Development
- Gained adequate knowledge to share and transfer it to others in particular students, youth and community to encourage them to participate in sandwatch activities
5. Participants
About 40 participants representing the Ministry of National Education from each region of Madagascar and other relevant Ministries are expected. They will be mainly educators and planners who eventually will be involved to promote sandwatch. A few participants from Comoros are also attending.
The workshop will be conducted by a sandwatch expert, Mr. Sachooda Ragoonaden, from Mauritius. He will assisted by a facilitator and a representative from the National Commission of UNESCO.
6. Date and Venue
The workshop will take place from 15 to 19 October 2018 in a hotel conference room at Majunga (Boeny Region). Field exercise will be conducted in a nearby beach.
7. Sponsor and Partners
The workshop is being funded by The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). The following Minstries/Institutions/Organisations will provide support and assistance
1. Ministry of National Education ;
2. Ministry of the Environment of Ecology and Forests;
3. National Commission of UNESCO;
4. The Sandwatch Foundation; and
5. UNESCO
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The First Sandwatch workshop in Madagascar (Majunga, 15-19 October 2018)
Madagascar has never participated in any sandwatch activities. To initiate and promote the UNESCO Sandwatch Programme, a first workshop was organized from 15 to 19 October 2018 at Hotel Roches Rouges, Majunga with the joint collaboration of UNESCO, The Sandwatch Foundation and GIZ. There were 38 participants from Madagascar comprising high officials of concerned Ministries including the Ministry of Education and Environment, Director General of various Institutions and Organisations and representatives of UNESCO and GIZ and 4 high officials from Comoros. The trainer, Mr. Ragoonaden Sachooda was from Mauritius. - Click here to see full details |