Over the years we have offered a range of short courses to NRM professionals. There are/were different courses offering different perspectives on the management of natural resources: adaptive management, decentralised management, community forestry, landscape planning, environmental governance, just to name a few. The wide variety of “glasses” you can put on to analyse the dynamics of resource use and plan for its sustainable management shows the complexity of the domain. We increasingly understand that a wetland, a forest, coastal waters, a river basin are complex ecosystems that are perceived, valued and used differently by different stakeholders; and understood and influenced differently by different disciplines, sectors and agencies. Easy solutions do not exist.
In nearly all of the courses offered, somehow the participants hit a wall of structural natural resources conflicts, interests of powerful stakeholders hampering participatory management processes, competition over valuable resources across community, national, regional boundaries. In most of the course evaluation surveys more attention was asked for natural resource conflict management.
As from 2010 the Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (formerly Wageningen International) offers a 2-weeks short course focusing on conflict management entitled: “Competing claims on natural resources”. In the underlying philosophy of the course natural resource management equates natural resource conflict management and I think that most of you are professionally so much engaged in managing conflict that you may agree with this philosophy. If that is the case this course is of interest to you, your colleagues and your wider network. Please forward this mail and attachment (the course brochure) accordingly.
The next “Competing Claims on Natural resources” course runs from 20th of February to 2nd of March 2012. I know, that seems far away but please realise that the application period for a NFP fellowship closes the 29th of April 2011 (and that is next month!)
For this course Netherlands (NFP) fellowships are available. Please note that the application procedure from Nuffic has been changed: http://www.nuffic.nl/
The most important changes are about eligibility: in case you have received a NFP fellowship for a short course in 2010, you may not apply in 2011. Also, NUFFIC allows you to benefit from a short course fellowship only two (2) times in total. In case you are eligible (and please check above link to be sure) go through the following steps:
1. NFP candidates must apply to Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) for admission to the training. Acceptable candidates will receive a letter informing them if they have been admitted. Use this address for on-line application: http://www.cdi.wur.nl/UK/
2. In order to receive an NFP fellowship you have to apply through the Scholarship online (Sol) system :http://www.nuffic.nl/
This manual will help you step by step with your NFP fellowship application in SOL.
3. Please read also carefully the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page from Nuffic: http://www.nuffic.nl/
4. If you are not eligible please pass on this email to a colleague or best friend.
