DATE

PROJECT & FOCUS OF VISIT

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sep 15

Introductory Meeting of all 24 participants

Agree on agenda and define the rules of the game; address administrative issues. 

Sep 16

Department of Ayurveda, Maharagama

• Overview of activities – Ranjith Mahendapala, IUCN Sri Lanka
• Ayurveda Systems of Medicine (Dr.Mahalimangay) / Research Components (Prof. Ajit Abeysekera) / Discussion / Overview of Medicinal Plants Project (Cyril Pallegedera) / IPR presentation / History of the Ministry / Discussion

Visit to BMARI facilities (within the premises)

Visit to Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation

Meet with Government Officials at the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Welfare

Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Sep 17

Medicinal Plant Conservation Area, Naula

• Introductions / Q & A Session / Medicinal Plant Conservation  (group tour -raw unedited video)

IK Workshop Inauguration Ceremony – Culture Club

• Introductions / Key Note / Dr.Nyiira  / Overview of IK in Sri Lanka

Sep 18

Medicinal Plants Group participate in IK Workshop

• Introduction / Goals of the Workshop / Agricultural Sector / Health Sector / Water Management / Legal Sector /  Gender Mainstreaming / Panel Discussion

ECD Group Briefing on UNICEF Projects & Field Visit  (Video Unavailable)

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sep 18

Debriefing of Medicinal Plants – Ethiopia learns from Sri Lanka (south-south cooperation)

Trivandrum, India

Sep 19

Meeting with Chief Minister, Kerala, Shri. A. K. Anthony

Orientation at Child Development Center, SAT Hospital Medical College, remarks by Dr. MKC Nair)  Burden of disability in the community – Discussion based on CDC community experience

• Child Guidance Clinic
• Disability  Clinic  and   Therapy  Services –  Demonstration Sessions.

Tropical Botanical Garden Research Institute (TBGRI).

• See largest conservatory garden in Asia
• National Gene Bank for Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
• Discuss processes involved in patenting tribal knowledge
• Learn about the design & implementation of medicinal plants component of Kerala Forestry Project.
• Community based enterprise development involving MP

(Video Unavailable for this Leg of the Learning Exchange)

Sep 20

Prevention  of  Disability  –  A Life Cycle Approach, Policy – Discussion.

• Presentation: Tools for Early Detection of  Disability ; Visit Model Anganwadi (Pre-School); Low Cost Toy Making
• Integrating IK  – meeting with officials to discuss integration of IK into the state’s tenth ‘five year plan
• Meeting with Tribal People (Kottoor) and Project staff and visit to project site

Sep 21

Debriefing on Early Childhood Development: East Africa learns from South Asia

Debriefing on Indigenous Knowledge Exchange: South Asia to East Africa (Medicinal Plants and ECD projects)

Pondicherry, India

Sep 23

M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) – Visit project site to see rural tele-centers that provide information & marketing support for traditional medicine, government entitlements and agriculture & food security.

• Introduction / Overview of Project and Discussion

Embalam Village Knowledge Center - Fully operated by Women Self-help groups

Veerampattinam Village – ICT center run by fishermen 

Chennai, India

Sep 24

Emergence of Network of Information on Parenting (NIP) Parent Education Tools
Experience sharing by East Africa delegation / NIP and Government/UNICEF Partnership

Field Visit to a Slum Colony and Rural Areas

Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women (TNCDW) Inauguration of Medicinal Plants Workshop

• Discussion with Self Help Groups / Presentation / Presentation on Medicinal Plants by NGOs / Presentation by HOPE / Q & A Session / Visit to Center for Indian Knowledge Systems

Sep 25

Field Visit to Integrated Child Development Services Centers

Visit to Communication and Training Center for ECD – Introduction / Presentation / Q & A Session

Field Visit and Discussion with NGOs/Self Help Groups

Hyderabad, India

Sep 26

Meeting/Discussions with Ministers and Senior Government Officials on how Andra Pradesh has leveraged informatics for improving impact in social & agricultural sectors.

• eSEVA
• ICT presentation
• Field Visit to see impact of IT initiatives (PSD)

Delhi, India

Sep 27

Visit to Child Guidance Center

Visit National Institute for Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCD)

• Introductions / Q & A Session / Background Information / Presentation on ICDS / Q & A Session / Training and ICDS / Q & A Session

Lucknow, India

Sep 28

UP Sodic Lands Project – Introduction / Project Information / Participatory Approach

Allahabad (Pratapghar), India

Sep 28

Debriefing on Rural Telecenters  – A Cross Regional Exchange

Sep 29

Sodic soils and farmers fields – Field Visit Q&A / Sodic Lands / Visit Farmers Field School

Delhi, India

Oct 1

Debriefings on Sodic Lands Reclamation Project – Lessons for Africa
Debriefing on Action Plan and Reflections

Oct 2

Travel Back