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Public awareness and farmer workshops: The National and Regional Project Components have been actively involved in explaining project objectives and strategies through:
• Farmers' workshops organized at the project sites (2 in
Jordan , 3 in Lebanon, 2 in Syria, and 3 in the Palestinian
Authority);
• Public awareness days through visits to project sites and
public gatherings, such as the two meetings held at Sweida
and Lattakia, attended by more than 1000 and 650 people
respectively, representing women's, youth, and farmers'
unions, and school children;
• Media presentation (one radio and two television interviews
by the Regional Coordinator, TV and radio interviews with
National Project Managers, telecast by the national and local
channels, and newspaper interviews);
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• Participation in international and national conferences:
- The Regional Coordinator, Project Manager, and Project
Coordinator of the Palestinian Component participated in the
'UNESCO/ALECSO regional workshop on enhancing
capacity building for the conservation of biodiversity in the
Arab region using the biosphere concept and sites', and in
the Second regional meeting of the coordinating council of
the ArabMAB network', held in Morocco, 4-10 September
1999. A paper on 'Community-based in situ conservation of
dryland agrobiodiversity' was presented.
- Contribution to the 'International conference on conservation
of biodiversity in the dry areas', organized in Kuwait on 26-
30 March 2000, with a joint keynote address on 'Policy and
education reform needs for conservation of agrobiodiversity',
by Dr Solh, Dr Amri, Dr Ngaido and Dr Valkoun, and a
poster on 'Community-driven in situ conservation of dryland
agrobiodiversity'. Another keynote address made by Dr J.
Peacock, ICARDA Regional Coordinator for the Arabian
Peninsula, on 'Conservation through utilization: a case study
of the indigenous forage grasses of the Arabian Peninsula'";
- Participation in the 'International planning meeting for the
global project on strengthening the scientific basis of in situ
conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm' organized
by IPGRI in Morocco, 8-15 April 2000;
- A poster on 'Community-based in situ conservation of
dryland agrobiodiversity' was presented at EPCOT Centre,
USA, as a contribution to the CGIAR stand during 13 March
to 30 June 2000.
• Technical backstopping is a major objective of the Regional
Component and Table 4 summarizes the international
expertise provided to the National Project Components.
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