L'historique WOCAT en pdf (anglais) (74 KB)

2007
November, 12-17	Manila & Bohol, Philippines	12th Annual International WOCAT Workshop and Steering Meeting
October, 22-28	Xi'an, China	Loess Plateau Workshop on spatially explicit modelling of land use change & decision support for sustainable farming systems in the Loess Plateau
November, 12-17	Pretoria, South Africa	Training Workshop on implementation of new mapping methodology with participants from South Africa , FAO-LADA, ISRIC and CDE
September, 22-28	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Preparation of SDC Combating Degradation programme: National KM + DS to combat and cope with desertification
September, 3-14	Madrid, Spain	UNCCD COP8, stand of WOCAT, SDC and ISRIC, promotion of ‘where the land is greener'
August, 27-30	Selfoss, Iceland	First Expert Workshop for the KM: Land Initiative (on Knowledge Management for the GEF Land Degradation Focal Area) using WOCAT for KM
July, 5-9	Berne, Swizerland	Map taskforce meeting with participants from South Africa, FAO, ISRIC, and CDE
June, 29	Berne, Switzerland	Release WOCAT strategy 2008 - 2012
June, 17-23	Rabat, Morocco	Pilot stakeholder and training workshop DESIRE
June, 4-8	Norwich, England	LADA local level assessment workshop
March, 14-16	Rome, Italy	LADA development of national assessment mapping methodology
March, 5-8	Heraklion, Crete	Kick-off meeting DESIRE project. WOCAT, through CDE and ISRIC, is one of the main partners in the project
January, 24	Berne, Switzerland	‘where the land is greener' book launch at SDC
January, 8-9	Rome, Italy	International workshop GEF on land degradation. Focal area Indicators development
2006
November, 28- December 1	Rome, Italy	LADA Project Steering Committee meeting and technology workshop
October, 23-28	Cape Town, South Africa	11th Annual International WOCAT Workshop and Steering Meeting, attended by 50 participants from 26 countries
September, 6-9	Solo, Indonesia	Training workshop on WOCAT tools and methodologies
August, 15-18	Berne, Switzerland	WOCAT strategy (taskforce) meeting with reviewers and donors, Q- revision meeting
June, 26-28	Rome, Italy	Map taskforce meeting with participants from South Africa , FAO, ISRIC and CDE
June, 20-25	Nazreth, Ethiopia	National workshop organised by MoARD on quality assurance, mapping and production of a national overview book
June, 19-23	Lhasa, Tibet	Training workshop on WOCAT tools and methodologies
June, 6-8	Prague, Czech Republic	SOWAP Plenary Meeting
June, 5	Kathmandu, Nepal	HIMCAT internal IYDD poster for World Environment day
May, 15-18	Marrakech, Morocco	14th ISCO Conference: participation, presentation of two papers (on mapping and on SWC/global change/millennium development goals) and a poster on achievements to combat desertification
May, 1-10	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	NCCR regional training course in Tajikistan with Tadjik WOCAT team
April, 27	Brussels, Belgium	DESIRE project accepted for contract negotiations. ‘Desertification mitigation and remediation of land (DESIRE)' is an EU funded project with 28 partner institutions mainly in the Mediterranean
April, 3-7	Dingxi City, Gansu Province PR China	Training workshop on WOCAT methodology and tools (requested by GEF-OP12 programme working in 6 provinces of the Loess plateau)
March, 27-30	Vienna, Austria	Participation and presentation at the IAEA Third Research Project Co-ordination Meeting on "Assess the effectiveness of soil conservation techniques for sustainable watershed management using fallout radionuclides".
March, 16-22	Mexico	4th World Water Forum: poster presentation of WOCAT
January	Badplaas, South Africa	Combined Congress (Soil and Plant Societies): Presenting two WOCAT posters
2005
November 23-25	Istanbul, Turkey	WOCAT training workshop, organized under the frame of the IAEA Coordinated Research Project ("Assess the effectiveness of soil conservation techniques for sustainable watershed management using fallout radionuclides") by the Energy Institute of the Istanbul Technical University
October 17-28	Nairobi, Kenya	Poster presentation at the 7th session of the COP (Conference of the Parties) of UNCCD
October 10-12	Rome, Italy	WOCAT introduction at the regional workshop to present PAP/RAC-FAO experiences in combating land degradation in Mediterranean coastal areas
October 10-16	Nanyuki, Kenya	WOCAT-IRHA training workshop."Rainwater Harvesting & Soil and Water Conservation for Food Security" with participants from Cameroon, Colombia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somaliland, Switzerland, Tanzania.
October 3-7	Nairobi, Kenya	3rd World Congress on Conservation Agriculture: WOCAT participation, paper and poster presentation
September 5-10	Belgrade, Serbia & Montengegro	10th Annual International WOCAT Workshop and Steering Meeting, attended by 29 participants from 15 countries
August 19	Nis, Serbia & Montenegro	Promotional WOCAT meeting in public enterprise "Srbijavode" - Water Management Centre "Morava" - Nis
June 13-15	Berne, Switzerland	Map Task Force Meeting with participation from South Africa, ISRIC, FAO and CDE
June 1-5	Kathmandu, Nepal	PARDYP-ICIMOD workshop on Soil and Water Conservation and Watershed Management with participants from 8 countries
May, 3-6	Budapest, Hungary	SOWAP Plenary Meeting
April 27-29	Zurich, Switzerland	Poster Presentation at EFARD Conference (European Forum on Agriculture Research for Development)
April 26-30	Almaty, Kazakhstan	NCCR regional training course in Kazakhstan with Kazakh WOCAT team
March 19-23	Bandarban, Bangladesh	2nd BANCAT training workshop on WOCAT tools and methodologies
March	Berne, Switzerland	COST-WOCAT project on on-site and off-site impacts of soil and water conservation in Switzerland approved
February 13-15	Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso	Participation at the " Atelier lancement de l'étude Bilan des efforts de gestion des ressources naturel (GRN) au Sahel " (www.etudesdusahel.org)
February 7-12	Jeypore, India	WOCAT training workshop in Orissa State
February 2	Delhi, India	Presentation in UNEP/UNCCD meeting
January 11-12	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Coordination meeting for the collaboration of WOCAT in the Sahel Studies carried out by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
December 28 -January 3	Nazareth, Ethiopia	EthioCAT training workshop with 16 participants from Amhara and Hariri Region
2004
November	Switzerland	Touring exhibition presenting Swiss Cooperation in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, including case studies using WOCAT tools.
November 8-13	Yichang, P.R. China	9th Annual International WOCAT Workshop and Steering Meeting
November	Switzerland	SDC / NRU approved continuation for WOCAT funding for next phase (01.01.2005 - 31.12.2007). CHF 400,000 per year.
October 5-7	Stamford, England	SOWAP Plenary Meeting (2004): Do WOCAT tools need some adaptation for SOWAP use?
October 4-8	Istanbul, Turkey	Participation and presentation at the IAEA Second Research Project Co-ordination Meeting on "Assess the effectiveness of soil conservation techniques for sustainable watershed management using fallout radionuclides". It emphasized the need for proper documentation, monitoring and evaluation of soil and water conservation technologies and approaches using the WOCAT tools (21 participants from 17 countries).
September 13-18	Kairouan, Tunis	FAO Regional WOCAT training workshop attended by 23 participants from Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria
September 9	Freiburg, Germany	WOCAT presentation during the IASUS symposium at the EUROSOIL meeting: Bringing WOCAT into the global agenda
July 4-8	Brisbane, Australia	13th ISCO Conference: participation, paper presentation (WOCAT , SOWAP) and poster on WOCAT World Map.
July	FAO, Rome	CD-ROM version 3 printing and distribution
May/June	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan	"Dom Vody" (House of water) on wheels, a happening for the International Year of Fresh Water: poster presentation of examples of case studies documented using WOCAT tools
May 17-21	Bijapur, India	Karnataka WOCAT training workshop, organized by the DANIDA assisted Karnataka Watershed Development Project (KWDP)
May 1-18	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	NCCR regional training course including WOCAT use in research and documentation of case studies.
April 20-23	Leuven, Belgium	SOCAT workshop: WOCAT training workshop for SOWAP collaborating countries, attended by 9 Participants from UK, Belgium, Hungary (+ Netherlands, Switzerland)
March 30-April 2	Berne, Switzerland	Dare to Share Fair 2004: participation and poster presentation of WOCAT
March 25-26	Lausanne, Switzerland	Presentation of WOCAT at the Swiss Soil Science Society
March 20-27	Kathmandu, Nepal	First regional WOCAT meeting for South and Central Asia region: Himalayan Conservation Approaches and Technologies (HIMCAT), organized by ICIMOD, attended by 17 participants from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
March 9-17	Rangamati, Bangladesh	National training workshop on WOCAT tools and methodologies in Bangladesh, organized by the Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board.
January	Switzerland	Approval of funding by SYNGENTA Foundation for 01.01.2005 - 31.12.2007 (CHF 50'000 per year)
January	Denmark	Approval of DANIDA funding for 01.01.2005 - 31.12.06. Contribution to core activities and ear marked activities in DANIDA supported countries (approx. US$ 50'000 per year).
2003
November 3 - 8	Kathmandu, Nepal	WOCAT training for ICIMOD countries
October 28 - November 2	Kathmandu, Nepal	8th Annual International WOCAT workshop and Steering Meeting, attended by 23 participants from 13 countries
September 11-26	Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan	Presentation of WOCAT as research tool and setting up research collaboration with NCCR North-South: Impact of land use on natural resources. Workshop and field work on SWC Ts and As in Central Asia.
August 19-21	CDE Berne, Switzerland	Task force meeting "global overview book"
May, 19-23	Vienna, Austria	IAEA research coordination meeting: "Assess the effectiveness of soil conservation techniques for sustainable watershed management and crop production using fallout radionuclides". Inclusion of WOCAT in the international research projects of IAEA.
March 22-25	Almaty, Kazakhstan	WOCAT initiation workshop in collaboration with CAMP (Central Asia Partnership Programme) and national institutions.
March 20-21 and 26-27	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	WOCAT training of 20 Central Asian students in collaboration with NCCR North-South (Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research)
February 24 - March 4	Kathmandu, Nepal	Symposium and Research Workshop on Renewable Natural Resources Management for Mountain Communities and WOCAT Workshop in Kathmandu and Pokhara/Landruk, Nepal
2002
October 28 - November 4	Rome, Italy	7th Annual International WOCAT Workshop and Steering Meeting, attended by 40 participants from 22 countries
October 7 - 11	Ratlam, India	WOCAT Training Workshop organized by the Comprehensive Watershed Development Project (CWDP) with the support of DANIDA in Ratlam district, Madya Pradesh State, India.
June 1 - 5	Fujian Province, China	Visit of 7 WOCATeers to Fujian Province.
May 26 - 31	Beijing, China	Participation of several WOCATeers at the 12th ISCO Conference in Beijing, China.
April 9 - 11	Ratlam, India	Introductory WOCAT workshop, organized by the Comprehensive Watershed Development Project (CWDP) with the support of DANIDA in Ratlam district, Madya Pradesh State, India with 35 participants from 3 districts.
January 23 - 25	FAO, Rome	Presentatin of WOCAT at the steering meeting of the LADA project (Land Degradation Assessment in Dryland Areas)
January 21 - 25	FAO, Rome	Workshop for WOCAT Facilitators with 15 delegates from 10 countries. In-depth treatment of the WOCAT methodology for those responsible for the co-ordination and implementation of regional / national data collection.
2001
September 28 - 29	Nyeri, Kenya	Presentation and Meeting with RELMA regional Advisory Committee members from 6 Eastern African countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
September 24 - 28	Nyeri, Kenya	6th International Annual Workshop and Steering Meeting: attended by 30 participants from 15 countries
September 21	Nairobi, RELMA; ICRAF, Kenya	Presentation of WOCAT and its use to national and international institutions
September	FAO, CDE	Finalizing of WOCAT video and printing & publishing it in the FAO Land and Water Digital Series No 16: on a CD-ROM in 3 languages: E, F, S
June 11-14	Iringa, Tanzania	National WOCAT Training Workshop in Iringa, Tanzania, initiated through the HIMA project and the Ministry of Agriculture, sponsored by DANIDA.
May 21-24	Dushanbe, Tajikistan	Regional WOCAT Training Workshop for four Central Asian countries (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Khazhakstan, Uzbekistan) on Technolgies and Approaches, organized by CAMP and UNCCD/GtZ.
April 23-27	Nazret, Ethiopia	National WOCAT Training Workshop in Nazret, Ethiopia with 35 representatives from 9 different regional Bureau’s of Agriculture, NGOs, Universities and other research institutions. Initiation of ETHIOCAT.
March 8	Bern	WOCAT presentation in a special Swiss forum for sustainable soil management (NBN-Forum) with representatives of SDC, different NGO’s, research institutions, etc.
January 22-31	Bern, CDE	WOCAT Task Force meeting: QM methodology and database improvement, WOCAT website, address database, wocat in education, administrative issues, etc.
2000
December 11 – 22	Bonn, UNCCD	Participation of WOCAT in the UNCCD Conference of the Parties (COP4) in Bonn (side event and stand with posters and CD-ROM)
November	Pretoria, South Africa	WOCAT as an important part in the ITC/ISRIC refresher course
October 23-28	Buenos Aires, Argentina	ISCO conference: various WOCAT presentations and WOCAT/ISRIC/FAO corner in the poster hall
September 26 – 29	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	WOCAT information and training workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for five countries in Central Asia (organized by CAMP and NCCD)
September 4 – 11	Wageningen, ISRIC	5th International Annual Workshop and Steering Meeting
September	Rome, FAO	WOCAT on internet (CD-ROM on internet)
September	Rome, FAO	Printing of CD- ROM Version 2
June 12 - 20	Pretoria, South Africa	Workshop WOCAT South Africa: testing the map methodology, quality control QT/QA, outputs Approaches/Technologies.
June 9	Berne, CDE	Printing WOCAT brochure 2000 (English, French, Spanish)
April 10 – 12	Rome, FAO	WOCAT meeting: organisational set-up, funding strategy, planning.
1999
September 6 – 10	Bangkok, Rayong Thailand, IBSRAM, DLD, WASWC	4th International Annual Workshop and Steering Meeting
June 6-13	Aleppo, Syria	Regional WOCAT training workshop for ICARDA countries
May 3 – 7	Nairobi, Kenya	Workshop for collection of Technologies and Approaches of Kenya
May 3 – 7	Niamey ICRISAT	WOCAT training workshop for finalizing the datasets for Niger and initiating the process for neighbouring countries
April 19 – 24	Bern, CDE	WOCAT meeting: Database management System esp. QM, different language versions, new brochure, Guidelines etc.
March 15-19	Stanger, South Africa	WOCAT workshop South Africa: Training of 34 participants from 9 Provinces WOCAT to be used as a national tool to gather and exchange SWC experience
March 9-10	Managua, PASOLAC	Introduction to WOCAT at National Seminar on SWC in Nicaragua
January 18 – 21	Nanyuki, Kenya	Taskforce Meeting for WOCAT Kenya and East Africa: setting –up of program to collect 14 SWC Technologies and 10 Approaches from Kenya.
1998
December	Bern, CDE	Finalizing revision and printing of revised version of QT and QA
September – October	Bern, CDE	Proposal for funding to SDC: 3rd phase of WOCAT funding approved by SDC: from 1.9.98 - 31.8.01
August 17-21	Manila, DANIDA	New initiative: National WOCAT Workshop in the Philippines
Aug. 25– Sept. 1	Twann, CDE	3rd International Annual Workshop and Steering Meeting
July	Rome, FAO	Distribution of WOCAT CD-ROM to all WOCAT collaborators and contributing specialists
June-Aug	Niamey, ICRISAT	WOCAT studies in Niger by two students of CDE Bern
May-Aug	Cali, CIAT	WOCAT studies in Colombia by two students of CDE Bern
April-May	Bern, CDE	WOCAT Review: external evaluation of the WOCAT programme for SDC
April-June	Rome, FAO and CDE	Preparation of WOCAT CD-ROM version 1.0 which illustrates the WOCAT methodology and shows preliminary data sets and results
April	Bern, CDE	Final Revision of questionnaires on Technologies, Approaches an Map
April	Paris, OSS and Colombia, GTZ	Translation of latest versions of questionnaires into French and Spanish
March 31–April 1	Bogota, GTZ	WOCAT Workshop Colombia with 12 experts of GTZ, CIAT and University of Colombia
March	Bern, CDE	New initiatives of ICRISAT Niger and PASOLAC Nicaragua: First discussions
February	Bern, CDE, ISRIC, FAO	Development work on Database Management System for QT, QA, QM and integration of QT / QM
February	Bern, CDE	WOCAT Database Training for 3 delegates from the Fujian SWC Centre, China
1997
December	Rome, FAO	Management Board Meeting
November 17-21	Fuzhou, ADB	National Initiation and training workshop in Fuzhou, Fujian Province: 26 participants of six Red Soil Provinces in China
October	Rome, OSS	WOCAT multimedia presentation at the CCD conference
Aug 26-Sept 2	Murten, CDE	International Workshop and 2nd Steering Committee meeting
July	ADB, CDE	New initiative: China: Preparing translation into Chinese, proposal for WS in Nov’97
July	GtZ, CDE	New initiative: Latin and Central America: Translation into Spanish, Contacting institutions, starting process
June	Paris OSS and CDE	Entry of N-Africa and W-Africa data into old DB: 26 Technologies, 16 Approaches
May	CDE and ISRIC	Presentation of WOCAT in Desertification Atlas of UNEP
May-Aug	FAO and CDE	Development of new database and data analysis system
May	Bern, CDE	Production of WOCAT brochure
- May	Bern, CDE	Revision of questionnaires on Technologies and Approaches
March	Bonn (GTZ)	Meeting: GtZ – FAO – CDE: Discussion of progress and issues to be addressed during Next SC meeting
1996
Sept. 15-21	Thailand (DLD)	National WOCAT Workshop: Launching Asian data collection with national funding: 21 Technologies and 14 Approaches
August 26-30	Bonn	ISCO Conference: Presentation of WOCAT Africa to date (paper), Poster presentations in Dare to Share Fair, meetings to and feed-back from SWC specialists worldwide
June	Tunis, Tunisia; OSS	4th Regional workshop (Northern Africa): Including Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. Organized by OSS.
May 6-14	Sigriswil	International workshop and Steering Committee (SC) meeting with main collaborating institutions and donors: Development of the programme, finalizing outputs of WOCAT, Formation of a WOCAT Consortium and Steering Committee
Febr.- May	Bern, CDE	Meetings: Evaluation of results, drafting of outputs, revision of method
January	Bern, CDE	Proposal for funding to SDC: 2nd phase of WOCAT funding approved by SDC: from 1.9.95 - 31.8.98
1995
December 11-15	Magoebaskloof, South Africa	3rd Regional workshop (Southern Africa): 28 SWC specialists from 8 countries, 4 facilitators, collection of 22 Technologies and 17 Approaches and regional map
November 6-11	Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, OSS/GTZ	2nd Regional Workshop (Western Africa): 30 participants from 4 countries: Launching of WOCAT and testing of methodology in Western Africa: sponsored by OSS/GTZ, FAO and SDC
August	CDE-UNEP	Proposal for funding of Regional Workshop. UNEP approval for funding of Southern African workshop
June 26-July 1	Machakos, Kenya collaboration RSCU - CDE	1st Regional Workshop (East Africa): 27 SWC specialists from 7 countries and 10 facilitators: 30 Technologies and 19 Approaches and regional map; sponsored by RSCU, CDE, FAO, GTZ
May	Bern, CDE	Finalizing QT, QA and QM / Printing of 1st version of QT, QA and QM
March 13-14	Rome, FAO	Meeting on map with ISRIC and CDE. Further development of objectives and outputs of the map
1994
December 12-15	Bern, CDE	Workshop for Core Group Members. Final draft of Qs, change of methodology: towards regional workshops.
October 20-21	Wageningen, ISRIC	Meeting on database and expert system, ISRIC, CDE, SOCOX. First version of D-CAT (database of WOCAT) and development of X-CAT (expert system of WOCAT)
August- November	Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, S.A.	Testing of QT, QA by WOCAT task force members: Feedback from testing in Africa, suggestions for improvements
August	Bern CDE	CDE coordination. Drafts of QT, QA, QM compiled
August	Bern at CDE	Task force map. 1st draft of QM
June	Bern at CDE	Finalizing 1st drafts of QT/QA
March 13-15	Wageningen ISRIC	Task force meeting Technologies: 1st draft of questionnaire on Technologies
January 13-14	Thika, Kenya RSCU	Task force meeting Approaches: 1st draft of report on approaches (guidelines)
1993
October 11-15	Riederalp Switzerland, CDE	International Workshop: 19 specialists from 13 countries Definition of WOCAT objectives, methodology; splitting up into three Qs: QT, QA, QM, to be developed by 3 task forces.
1992
1 October	Sydney; Australia	ISCO Conference: 24 SWC specialists from 16 countries 1st international meeting to define overall goals
	Bern	Proposal for funding to SDC: WOCAT funded by SDC: from 1.9.92 - 31.8.95