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A global
network with decentralised organisation
WOCAT is
a network of soil and water conservation specialists from all over the
world. WOCAT is organised as a consortium of national and international
institutions and operates in a decentralised
manner. This means that it is carried out through initiatives
at regional and national levels, with backstopping from experienced members
of the consortium.
At the global level, WOCAT is co-ordinated by a management group, assisted
by the global secretariat. Task forces are set up to further develop initiatives
and tools, and to support national and regional institutions. Annual international
workshops and steering meetings provide a basis for exchange on progress
with different initiatives and for directing future activities.
Meanwhile, there is considerable experience available on how to start,
organise and maintain national and regional initiatives. This experience
is made available in the form of guidelines and through the personal support
of members of the WOCAT consortium.
WOCAT provides
all methodological tools and guidelines to national and regional institutions
to carry out their own initiatives according to their needs.
The main
activities are carried out by national and regional institutions.
WOCAT
Core Management Group:
| CDE |
Hanspeter
Liniger |
Centre
for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| ISRIC |
Godert
van Lynden |
World
Soil Information, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
| FAO |
Freddy
Nachtergaele |
Food
and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome, Italy |
WOCAT
Enlarged Management Group:
| BSWM |
Joe
Rondal |
Bureau
of Soils and Water Management, Department of Agriculture, Quezon City,
Philippines |
| ICARDA |
Francis
Turkelboom |
International
Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Aleppo, Syria |
| ICIMOD |
Sanjeev
Bhuchar |
International
Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| INSAH |
François
Lompo |
Institut
du Sahel, Bamako, Mali |
| RELMA |
Gathiru
Kimaru |
Regional
Land Management Unit, SIDA, Nairobi, Kenya |
| SWCMC |
Feng
Xu |
Soil
and Water Conservation Monitoring Center, MWR, Beijing, P.R. China |
| TSSRI |
Sanginboy
Sanginov |
Tajik
Soil Science Research Institute, Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
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