Workshop Programme:

I Day 1 I Day 2 I Day 3 I Day 4 I Day 5 I

DAY-1
Saturday, 24 February 2007
Four groups will leave Dhaka and visit different activities in the field sites. The group will stay in the pre-arranged hotels in the fields. Each group will be facilitated by four persons, two from BCAS and two from local host organizations. Amongst the participants, one will be assigned as a team leader with the responsibility to report back on 27 February on respective group’s field trip in the plenary session.
DAY-2
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Four groups will continue their visit to see different activities in the field and will return to Dhaka on the same day. Dinner in respective hotel of residence.
DAY-3
Monday, 26 February 2007
Ball Room Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Plenary Session: I Climate Change Science and Adaptation
Session Leader Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
08:30-09:00 Participants take their seats
09:00:09:10
Address of welcome and objectives of the workshop
Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
09:10-09:35
Sings of Climate Change and Adaptation: Overview and Latest Findings
Dr. Richard J. Klein, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm, Sweden
09:35-09:50
Overview of Adaptation
Dr. Ian Burton, Expert in climate change adaptation and IPCC Author.
09:50-10:10 Discussion
10:10-10:20 Address by Chair
10:20-10:30 Vote of Thanks
Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, IIED, London, UK and Chairman of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
Technical Session : I.A Ball Room Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Agriculture, Drought and Food Security
Session Leader Dr. Z. Karim, Former Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Government of Bangladesh and Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, Climate Change Programme, IIED, London, UK and Chairman of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
Rapporteur  
11:00 – 11:10 I: Prioritizing Community Based Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change, by Prof. Sajjad Zahir, Decision Sciences and Information Systems Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
11:10 – 11:20 II: Climate change impacts and adaptation measures as perceived at community level in Nepal, by Mr. Ngamindra Dahal, Energy and Climate Change Coordinator, National Trust for Nature Conservation, Nepal
11:20 – 11:30 III. Livelihood Adaptation to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas of NW Bangladesh: Examples and lessons from farmers fields by FAO, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka Bangladesh.
11:30 – 11:40 IV: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change: A Community-based Experiment in the Semi-Arid Regions of India, by Mr. Arivudai Nambi Appadurai, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
11:40 – 11:50 V: Good, Bad and Innovative Practices to Address Drought in the North-western Part of Bangladesh by Shohel Parvez, Rabiuzzaman and Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
11:50 – 12:45 Open Discussion (Q&A)
12:45 – 13:00 Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session
Technical Session : I.B Ball Room Antara, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Agriculture, Drought and Food Security
Session Leader Dr. Jabavu Clifford Nkomo, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Kenya
Rapporteur  
11:00 – 11:10 I: Adapting to drought in Kenya, by Ms. Rachel Berger, Practical Action, UK
11:10 – 11:20 II: Linking Climate and Adaptation, Presentation By Dr. Salimata Wade, ENDA, Senegal
11:20 – 11:30 III: Community Based Floodplain Resource Management in South Central Region of Bangladesh by Mr. Belayet Hossain and Ms. Olena Reza, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
11:30 – 11:40 IV: Community-based adaptation in the coastal zone in Sri Lanka: Participatory research into Saline tolerant Rice Variety Selection in Hambantota District, by Sri Mevan Vajira Lenaduwa Hettige, Practical Action, Sri Lanka
11:40 – 11:50 V: Enhancement of Crop Security in Southern Dry Zone of Sri Lanka through Climate Change, by Champa Madhumathi Navaratne, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
11:50 – 12:45 Open Discussion (Q&A)
12:45 – 13:00 Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session
Technical Session : II.A Ball Room Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events
Session Leader Ms. Madeleen Helmer, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Netherlands
Rapporteur  
14:00 – 14:10 I: Too Much or Too Little Water: Adaptation Pathways of Agusan Marsh Indigenous Communities by Dr. Jesse B. Manuta, Sciences School of Arts and Sciences, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines
14:10 – 14:20 II: Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Islands: A Focus on Fiji, by Patrina Dumaru, Institute of Applied Science, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
14:20 – 14:30 III: Working with flood-prone communities in Nepal by Mr. Dinanath Bhandari, Practical Action, Nepal
14:30 – 14:40 IV: Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change in to Disaster Management by Dr Sudip Mitra, National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), India
14:40 – 15:20 Open Discussion (Q&A)
15:20 – 15:30 Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session
Technical Session : II.B Ball Room Antara, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events
Session Leader Dr. Andrew Trevett, Environmental Health Advisor, World Health Organization (WHO) Bangladesh
Rapporteur  
14:00 – 14:10 I: Summary Finding of CLACC Health Study in Six Countries by Dr. Sari Kovats, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Mr. Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
14:10 – 14:20 II: Heat Waves and Cold Waves in India: Adaptation Strategies in the Plains and the Mountainous Areas, by Prof. Rais Akhtar, Geography Department, University of Kashmir, India (Could not make it)
14:20 – 14:30 III: CLACC Health Case by George Kasali, Energy and Environmental Concerns for Zambia (EECZ), Zambia
14:30 – 14:40 IV: Malaria and Climate Change in Bangladesh by Dr. Shafiqur Rahman and Mozaharul Alam, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
14:40 – 15:20 Open Discussion (Q&A)
15:20 – 15:30 Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session
Plenary Session : II Ball Room Lohori, Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Extreme Events
Session Leader Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS)
Rapporteur  
16:00 – 16:40 Report Back by Chair of the Technical Session
Dr. Z. Karim
Dr. Jabavu Clifford Nkomo
Ms. Madeleen Helmer
Dr. Andrew Trevett
16:40 – 17:00 Panel Discussion
Dr. Ainun Nishat, IUCN, Bangladesh
Dr. Atiq Rahman, BCAS, Bangladesh
Dr. Daniel Coppard, Human Development Report Office, UNDP
Dr. Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation
17:00 – 17:20 Open Discussion (Q&A)
17:20 – 17:30 Summaries Key Point by Session Leader for Next Plenary Session
Dinner I  Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Venue: Spectra Convention Centre Address: House 19, Road 7, Gulshan-1, Dhaka
Dinner Speech
Ms. Madeleen Helmer, Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre, The Netherlands
Dr. Roger N Jones, Climate Impact Group, CSIRO, Australia