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OUTPUTS FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENTS: UVIMA PROJECT TAXONOMY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICA

This side event, sponsored by BioNET & the EAFRINET UVIMA Project, focuses on taxonomy development in East Africa for poverty alleviation. It covers end user needs, tools, capacity building, networking, and dissemination. It includes outputs from needs assessments for the UVIMA Project in countries like Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The event addresses tools and products such as checklists, ID keys, and fact sheets. It also highlights enabling activities like capacity building, network establishment, and dissemination strategies. The goal is to connect taxonomy to economic growth, enhance public awareness, and support end users through innovative approaches.

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OUTPUTS FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENTS: UVIMA PROJECT TAXONOMY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICA

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  1. SBSTTA Side Event sponsored by BioNET The EAFRINET UVIMA Project Nairobi, Kenya 14 May 2010 Wanja Kinuthia, Regional Coordinator EAFRINET LOOP eafrinet@africaonline.co.ke OUTPUTS FROM NEEDS ASSESSMENTS: UVIMA PROJECT TAXONOMY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICA i

  2. Scope of Presentation • Taxonomy for poverty alleviation: • End user needs • Tools & Products • Enabling activities • Capacity building • Network building • Dissemination • Public awareness • Net working thr’ EAFRINET partners/ beyond

  3. UVIMA Project • Member Countries of EAFRINET: Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania + Zanzibar • Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, CAR, DRC • UVIMA Project Countries: (Donor based)Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

  4. Taxonomy for Poverty Alleviation • Tools & Products to meet end-user needs: • Check lists to make pictorial guides • Simple ID keys eg. Lucid • Pocket guides • Fact sheets e.g • pests vs useful organisms (pollinators, bio-control agents etc)- Lucid CBIT Paste

  5. Tools & Products

  6. Enabling Activities • Capacity building in Taxonomy • Professional courses in Institutions • Para-taxonomy • Network establishment & strengthen • Contact persons from non-member countries for government endorsement • Institutional and individual support for EAFRINET LOOP

  7. Net Working • Through EAFRINET partners at global, regional, local partners and initiatives • UNEP/GEF-Global Pollinators Project • UVIMA-SwedBio, JRS, BIOTA • GBIF, CBOL • African Pollinators Initiative (API) • Other BioNET LOOPS • Associations, Institutions

  8. Dissemination for End-users • Public awareness: - • Recognized platform for communication, information sharing/ exchange - e.g. monthly E-Bulletin • Websites • Conferences/ Personal meetings • Farmer (Baraza) meetings

  9. Good Practices • Publicity and strategic partnerships • Address end-user needs – Tools & Products • Capacity building:– Tier system • Establish dissemination structures • Link taxonomy to economic and GDP

  10. Summary • Reference material and literature for curatorial work • Capacity at all levels • Address ICT needs in taxonomy for end-users • Disseminate, disseminate

  11. THANK YOU National Museums of Kenya BioNET, EAFRINET LOOP, Partners

  12. Thank you

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