Wednesday, 11th March 2009
"Developing Recommendations"
9.00
Plenary:
Sharing new insights from yesterday
Presentation of the results of the sessions on Tuesday 10-3-09
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Influencing strategies (English session)
The results that were identified were mostly long term
Interpersonal awareness
Find the right language
Empathy
Understanding their needs and interests
Understanding cultures + their environments
Showing enthusiasm, passion, authenticity
Credibility
Confidence
Factual/ logical persuasion
Common interests
Style of presentation / appropriate according to the other
The psychological tools: making people think that it is their own ides
Relationship building
Empowerment
Influencing strategies (French session)
Strategies includes
Logical and reasoned argumentation
Pay particular attention to the needs of the other
Gain confidence
Be familiar with the environment of the other
Give the other compliments/ use seduction method
Identify common interest
Build relationship
Media (English)
Recommendations to pass on to the ABS practitioners
Professional communicator dealing with ABS awareness raising and other issues
Develop communication strategies for ABS
Use celebrities as ambassadors for the idea of ABS
Leverage ABS with other influential stakeholder
Preparation of information packages including images and other media mediums
Establishing on going and trustful relationship with the media
Being careful about promoting institutions that deal with the issue of ABS
Use familiar bioprospecting cases to highlight ABS issues
Focus on benefits not on problems
ABS matters and can be a threat
Media (French)
Simplification of information
Dissemination of information
Use images to communicate messages
Messages have to be short and clear
Build confidence
Use field trips to gather information
Appropriate information
Use press conference to gather and disseminate information
Strategic communication for sustainable development (FRENCH/ENGLISH)
Learning
change
identify key audiences
identify objectives per audiences
knowledge
Attitude
Action
Interventions tailored to objectives
Training
Phone calls
Focus groups
Where: Map/ key elements of area and scenes
Who: identify people and key actors and their roles and functions in the process
Change: identify where change can occur
When: When did change really occur
How: What interventions were crucial to trigger the change
Why: What are the reasons upon which positive impacts were generated.
Plenary:
ABS challenges as seen from different stakeholders' perspectives
Strategic communication for sustainable development:
Presentations by different stakeholder groups on their CEPA needs:
1) ABS Challenges from the perspective of international science- Fabian Haas (ICIPE)
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2) ABS Challenges from the perspective of national focal points (Ossama al Tayeb- Egypt)
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3) ABS Challenges from a Business/Producers perspective (Robby Gass, South Africa)
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4) ABS Challenges from an ILC perspective ( Lucy Mulenkei, Indigenous Information Network)
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5) Challenges of ABS issues from the perspective of developers of ABS regulations (Dr. Aboua Gustave- Cote d'Ivore)
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6) Challenges of ABS from the perspective of the SCBD (David Ainsworth, SCBD)
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7) Challenges of ABS from the perspective of conservation NGOs (Augustine Najamshi, BDCPC)
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Participants were then asked to simulate a CEPA ABS market place. Each presenter stood by a board on which his or her presentation was displayed. Participants walked around the hall, stopping by the different displays asking questions to each stakeholder and trying to understand the real challenges each stakeholder faced.
12.30
Lunch Break
14.00
Sub groups:
Participants were asked to break up into discussion groups. Each discussion group represented was asked to look at the concerns of a particular stakeholder. Each group was asked to engage in an exercise of trying to put themselves in the shoes of that stakeholder and prepare draft recommendations for that stakeholder/client. After doing this exercise for a while, the stakeholder was asked to join the group and look at the recommendations the group has come up with for them and whether this would be useful.
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They were asked to reflect on 2 questions:
1) What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
2) What information do your client require and from whom should they get this information?
Presentation of Results:
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Group 1
ABS Challenges for International Science
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
1) We should clear state the purpose and value of research, because this is not adequately communicated to ILCs and policy makers
2) Need for dialogue between the science community and legislative community
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
1) We need information on government policy on research and science
2) We want one central authority on ABS issues with the name and phone number, as the person we can contact for ABS issues
3) We need a clear time frame for dealing with our request to this authority
4) This should be communicated to the legislative authorities and cabinet members
Group 2
ABS Challenges for the SCBD
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
1) Credibility of the convention needs to be gained by enhancing the confidence of member states
2) We need a legal platform to avoid uncertainity and this should be conveyed to providers of GR
3) We must make headway in the IRABS even if it is difficult because it is urgent and this is a message for parties
4) The general expectations will not be met in the short run but monetary and non monetary benefits can be envisioned and this is a message for stakeholders
5) We must convey clear, precise and updated information regarding the ABS process and this must be communicated to the focal points through the clearing house mechanism
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
1) We need clear and precise information from focal points on the latest developments on ABS nationally
Group 3
ABS Challenges for developers of ABS regulations
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
1) We need communities to understand that respect for ABS legislation will help benefit the community
2) We want to get the message to parliamentarians that we must protect our GR through legislation
3) ILCs need to be better informed as to benefits that can be generated from the use of GR
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
1) We need information on all different agents dealing with GR and we need to understand who does what and what are the relationships that exist among the different actors
2) We need academia, research institutions, traditional healers and local administration to provide us information
3) We need a database of all the operators and agents who deal with GR
Group 4
ABS Challenges for business/producers
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
1) The ABS section of the regulation on biodiversity in SA be revised with the assistance of IUCN to help ensure practical implementation and this should be done by DEAT in SA Resource division
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
1) Information from government about who owns TK
2) Information from ILCs about who among them is keen on exploring the idea of a representative ABS body. A body that includes both ILCs and growers.
Group 5
ABS Challenges of National Focal Points
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
1) Need for national coordination mechanism- clear roles and responsibilities and this must be communicated to policy and legal decision makers
2) Realistic economic development and poverty relief potential of ABS to be communicated to policy and legal decision makers
3) Community needs to identify legitimate TK holders and access procedure and this must be communicated to TK holders. This is hard to do, it needs help and a coordination mechanism
4) Clear ABS procedures on how to get PIC, permits etc., hard to do if there is no law, and this must be communicated to producers, growers and harvesters, regional and local government and GR owners (farmers)
5) Sustainability guidelines communicated to producers, growers, harvesters, regional and local government and GR owners (farmers)
6) We need to feed all this information to the SCBD also
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
1) We need a draft MATs or should this be done on a case by case basis and this information we need from business, users and researchers
2) Who is doing what whith which GR and TK
3) More information on TK and its holders communicated by local communities, anthropologists, ethno botanists etc.
Group 6
ABS Challenges of ILCs
Question 1: What should your client communicate and to whom should your client communicate this message?
Target group
ILCs would want to communicate with other members to the same ethnic groups in different locations and to other related ethnic groups that lack experience in ABS
Message that should be communicated:
BR used by the communities should be conserved and knowledge of their use passed on
ABS is a business opportunity and ABS is about sharing knowledge on the use of nature in exchange for something and benefits to the community and improved use of BR
Target group
Local authorities/administration and government reps
Message that should be communicated:
Ethnic group need the recognition that they are the custodians of GR and TK
Need capacity to negotiate benefits and give value to the GR and their TK
Need to trust that the government will keep their part of the deal
Target group:
To the scientific community and bioprospectors
Message that should be communicated:
Ethnic groups deserve respect for their rights and knowledge
Ethnic groups wish to participate in the research
Consent of the community is needed before collecting and accessing
Question 2: What information does your client require and from whom should they get this information?
Ethnic groups to local communities need information on
i) if GR is being lost and where
ii) When have ABS cases been successful and how
iii) when have they been approached for ABS by someone new
Scientific community to local communities need information on
i) simplified definitions and descriptions i) hand over of simplified data on GR being collected /accessed
ii) results of the research ( will a product be obtained , who will benefit from the product)
Local authorities/ administration to local communities need information on
i) there are policies and regulations that will protect their rights
ii) who to refer to in case of being approached by a bioprospector
17.00
End of day's programme
