Inle Lake Watershed Pre-Phase Proposal 2011

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Inle Lake Watershed Pre-phase Proposal 2011

Dharma Gaia Trust contributed $5000 in May 2011 towards the following

Proposal for the Community Based Inle Lake Watershed Rehabilitation

(6 months Pre-Phase, 2011)

Buddhist Youth Empowerment Program

In part with

SPIRIT IN EDUCATION MOVEMENT

Inle Lake Watershed Pre-phase Proposal 2011

Table of Content

Title Page

Project summary 3

1 Background information 4

2 Issue need to be addressed 5

2.1 Societal issue 5

i) Culture 5 ii) Poverty 5 iii) Lack of empowerment

2.2 Agro-ecological issue 6 6 i) Climate change effect 7 ii) Linking between climate change and agriculture 7 iii) Agro-chemicals impact on water quality 8 iv) Biodiversity and aquatic resource 8 v) Requisite affirmation 9

3 Goal and objectives 12 12 3.1 Goal 12 3.2 Objectives

4 Pre-phase program 13

4.1 Time line for pre-phase 17

5 Operation

5.1 Pre conditioned statement 18 5.2 Project office 18 5.3 Organo gram 19 5.4 M & E reporting 20

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Project Summary

1. Project Name: Integrated Community Based Watershed Management for the Inle Lake Watershed, Myanmar (Pre-Phase: April – September 2011)

2. Location: Inle Lake Watershed Area Souterhn Shan State, Myanmar

3. Target Area & Groups:  Western mountains (Taung Yo ethnic groups)  Western shoreline (Inn Thar ethnic groups)  Floating garden in the central lake (Inn Thar)  South west shoreline (Pa Oo ethnic groups)  Fishers in the Inle Lake (excluding Sagar Inn and Phe Khon in the Pre-Phase) (Specific target village selection will be made by consulting with local authority and other existing NGOs and CBOs not to be overlapped)

4. Project Goal and Objectives:

Goal:

Strategizing community based watershed management’s components which will lead to resource managements and community empowerments in participatory ways.

Objectives:

1) To raise the awareness of the local people on community development and environmental conservation

2) To motivate the community for their active participation in future action planning through leadership training.

3) To design locally relevant sustainable agricultural training program

4) To develop the long term community based integrated watershed management program by utilizing the local natural resources systematically

5. Organizer Team: Buddhist Youth Empowerment Program in Part with 1SEM

6. Period: April – September 2011

7. Estimated Budget: USD $ 43,310

1 SEM: Spirit in Education Movement Thai based NGO 3

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1. Background information

The Inle, the second largest Lake in Myanmar, is situated in Nyaung Shwe Township, Southern Shan State, Myanmar. According to the hydrologic unit, it falls in the “Sub-catchment” through it is commonly called as “Inle Watershed”. The Inle Lake Watershed is measured as 1,358,080 acres encompassing Nyaung Shwe Township, Kalaw Township, Pin Laung Township, Phe Khon Township and Shwe Nyaung Township.

In geographical parameter, it is situated at the elevation of 2915 feet above sea level. The mountains surrounding the lake have an elevation of over 3500 feet which are very steep with deprived of vegetation covers thus enhancing the soil erosion and sedimentation in the lake. The Lake is nearly 14.5 km long North to South but only 5.5 km wide from east to west (the size of the Lake is variable seasonably). Presently its surface area is measured as 23.42 sq miles or may be 75.4 sq miles if the muddy periphery is counted.

It is famous due to its beautiful limnological features, high biodiversity and distinct livelihood styles of local ethnic people. The native people, Inn-thar, have been living in and surrounding the Lake for several years symbiotically with their natural aquatic resources. The Lake is sustaining a lot of aquatic and terrestrial organism by its very wide watershed. The main business of the Inle Lake region is floating garden agriculture. Tomatoes, the primary cash crop, comprise two-thirds of the region’s agriculture. The remaining one third consists of flowers, vegetables and sugarcane plantations.

There are three types of agricultural systems (or can be said as strata); floating gardens (Kyun Myaw) in the Lake, low land farming on the shore line around the Lake and sloping land agriculture (Taung Ya) on the ranges of mountains (about 3500-4000 feet above sea level). The farmers routinely use pesticides and fertilizers for their crops. In the western area of the Inle Lake Watershed, deforestation is a big concern. Slash and burn agricultural practice on adjacent hills contributes to soil erosion enforcing increased siltation into the Lake. In addition, waste and garbage from households, lack of proper sanitation and livestock breeding contribute to poor water quality.

According to WWF classification system, Inle Lake is under the “Eco-region 190 (Small Lakes)”. It is identified as a critical habitat for nine endemic fish species in three endemic genera; supports 20 species of gastropods, of which one third may be endemic. The shallow areas of the Lake are converted to cropland, which limits the habitats of freshwater organisms.

To date, Inle Lake is under threat mainly due to natural and human pressure. Publicawareness on how to cope by which strategies is therefore playing a vital role in the preservation of Inle Lake and protection of the health of the watershed residents. There have not conducted the research on environmental impact assessment and measuring the tropic status of the Lake. Nevertheless, there are some ways of knowing changes in the Lake Ecosystem and environment by visible

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indicators. Local people are the ones who know these changes and certain significant phenomenon very well.

2. Issues need to be addressed

2.1 Societal issue

i) Culture

Inn Thar people have a big deal of lovely cultural and traditional belongings. They have been maintaining their culture for several years. They love to wear their traditional cloths, eat local food and live very simply. Most of the lovely things, they bear in their hearts are that they love to host the guests, share the resources and information among people which is an essence of rural lives. Helpful as well as friendly local ethnic people are also becoming the victims of Globalization and their lovely culture is being threatened by modernization. Nowadays the communities in Inle watershed suffered a lot from consumerism and profit-oriented exploitative agri-business system. Due to that system, communities have to buy modified seed and use numerous chemical fertilizers and pesticides which cause them huge amount of investments. At the same time, the communities do not have any bargain power on their products’ market price. The fluctuation of market price and huge investments have been driven the communities into poverty. The uses of heavy chemical also result in water pollution and will lead to freshwater species extinction. No more fishing scenes can be seen today like before as the fish population decreased dramatically due to the water quality and improper fishing techniques. Furthermore, the communities could not manage their household daily wastes such as plastic bags and bottles which their grandparents have never seen in 20 decades before.

ii) Poverty

Recently, the statistics show that the population concentration is 230 people per square mile around the Lake and 1000 people per square mile on the water. The expending of floating gardens and human settlement are now strictly controlled by the local authority. In addition, the private business groups like Agro-chemical companies, Hotel and Tour, Fertilizer, Plants and Aquaculture Companies are encroaching to expend their business and it is threatening the land right and environmental justice of native ethnic groups. Poverty is also one of the factors that cause migration of young people from the lake to other countries for odd jobs and poor accessibility to environmental information. Using agro-chemicals is the major cause of vicious circle in which farmers cannot avoid using it anymore. Moreover the local farmers are being exploited by the trade and business and they become more vulnerable under polluted water due to the use of chemical products. Global warming which is one of the Climate Change have had a great effects on the communities. In 2010, the extreme temperature have dried out the lake and brought a lot of suffering toward people dwelling in the lake.

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iii) Lack of empowerment

The local people are intrinsically good and creative but they become the victims of market and trade system. They flowed in the mainstream of so called development and they enjoyed in the Consumerism and modern life-styles. Now they are in poverty in term of food security and income per capita according to UN measurements. They become dependent on fertilizers and pesticide as they could not control pest and diseases by local resources and environmental friendly ways like their grandparents’ age. They buy the agro-chemicals at high price, use more than recommended rate of dosage in inappropriate ways and have to sell the products in lower price at exploitative market. They need to work together hand-in-hand among the farmers and share the resources. A union of local farmers and cooperative agri-business like fertilizers manufacturing from local resources to use in their farms could be a solution to the situation. They need to be united and work in community spirit. Rural reconstruction will be very important part for the resilience of such communities being suffered from modernized culture cause by globalization. To empower the grassroots people and community, leaders will be the most urgent requirement.

The project aims to promote the environmental awareness of the local people; especially farmers will be empowered and encourage to form a civil society to be ready for community based sustainable agricultural development and participatory aquatic resources conservation for the sake of environmental sustainability of Inle lake Watershed Area.

2.2 Agro-ecological issues

i) Climate change effects

Myanmar is an agrarian country as the dependency of country’s economy and population’s livelihood is upon climatic sensitive sector such as agriculture. The immediate observed effect of climate change in Inle Lake, also known as a remarkable event, is critically descending water level in the summer of 2010 due to the imbalance flow of water in and out. Some of the impact of climate change that have been documented on basis of local knowledge are lesser number of rainy days, erratic rainfall, longer duration of summer season, formation of flood occurrence and more increase in frequency of drought, etc. The climate extreme events thus trigger for wide range of loss of lives and disrupt the social and economic development. Such events also would have shocking upon local populace and further increase their vulnerability. The livelihood of people in Inle Lake are thus vulnerable to climate change as majority of them depend on agriculture which is identified as vulnerable sector to climate change.

Due to limited number of meteorological stations, precipitation data may have to be extrapolated for the project area, Likewise, there is data lacking of temperature due to missing data of daily minimum temperature. The literature about rainfall distribution and rainy days for last 10 years average and the years of 2007 and 2008 is described in following table.

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10-year average 2007 2008 Month Rainy day millimeter Rainy day millimeter Rainy day millimeter day mm day Mm day mm January 0 25.4 0 0 1 18 February 0 0 2 9.9 0 0 March 1 2.5 1 7.1 1 1 April 4 114.3 4 18 5 101 May 20 156 20 205.9 18 156 June 10 113 12 186.9 20 113 July 18 182.9 18 154.94 16 179.8 August 22 318.5 23 300.12 23 317.8 September 16 218.4 16 309.12 20 210.1 October 16 197.9 16 176.02 21 297.9 November 5 114.05 5 69.85 5 113 December 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 112 1543.1 117 1438.9 130 1516.6 Source: Myanma Agriculture Service, 2009.

There is limited secondary data available especially on recent climate change data as per no major address to climate change records and related survey done in project area even we were not less concerned with climatic variations. Also there are studies that have failed to consider socio-economic factors, their effect on adaptation and vulnerability. At present, attention had been paid to people’s opinion on climatic variations and adaptation measures that they have adapted to cope with climate change. Nevertheless, much research has yet to be done to understand present state of livelihood of local people and identify vulnerable communities and aspects of their livelihood that is vulnerable to climate change. There is still in need for adoption of long term adaptation measures to cope with adverse effects of climate change. In addition, before adoption any measures, it is necessary to understand how climate is changing, effects of these changes on environment, climate threats faced by households and communities and their capacity to cope with such threats.

The measures that are designed based on the livelihood state of households would fulfill the dual objectives of adaptation to climate change as well as poverty alleviation. That is why considering for rising the awareness level of local people on climate change effects as well as environmental conservation would also reflect people’s aspiration and needs and thus would be more effective and efficient.

ii) Linking between climate change and agriculture

Climate change might be favorable to agricultural productivity or undesirable in its productivity impacts. All over the world, there is the considerable alarm about the climatic variability on agricultural production. The observed knowing of change in temperature, change pattern of

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precipitation and possibly increased in extreme climatic events like drought and flood has incurred loss of agricultural yield, increased poverty risk and lives. The climate change is expected the consequences of higher temperature and rainfall which might lead lower the yields as well as longer growing period of crops. Moreover, the higher CO2 concentration in atmosphere under situation of climate change might act as an aerial fertilizer. While identifying the linking of agricultural impact of climate change, all of these factors should have to be taken into consideration. Such extreme climatic events hamper the people’s adaptive capacity and undermine their resilience. Different adaptation measures to climate change have been adopted in different parts of the world to cope with climate change impact on agriculture. To date, Inle Lake watershed area has witnessed impacts of climate change as briefly discussed above. Increase in extreme events such as flood and drought including gradual increase in temperature has increased in vulnerability of agrarian households in this area. Adaptation of agrarian households to these impacts of climate change therefore becomes inevitable.

Household’s ability and awareness on linking between climate change and agriculture for undertaking any adaptation measures to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. But, various local factors such as physical, socio-economic and institutional factors would have to be considered to get hold of the desirable outcomes of the measures. Then, based on assessment, different adaptation measures that designed due locally relevant sustainable agriculture by delivering training program should be introduced, with modification if necessary, at local level.

iii) Agro-chemicals impact on water quality

The increasing population and developing agricultural technologies have lead to expending the areas of floating islands and intensive use of agrochemicals which can consequently affect the quality of water and its aquatic ecosystem. Moreover the local people are using imported hybrid varieties more and more which are high chemical demanding. The lack of scientific knowledge on agrochemical use is also threatening the health of users and the water pollution.

The modern agricultural technology and increased population exert heavy pressures on the capacity of the lake. The sustainability of the Lake is solely depending on the awareness and behaviors but there has not been found any program to promote the local people’s awareness and empowerment for their community based natural resource management interventions.

Therefore, the environmental management and conservation of the Lake has been critical and the sustainability of the Lake is solely depending on the awareness and behaviors of the local people.

iv) Biodiversity and aquatic resource

Inle lake watershed is one of the most famous ecologically important zones in Myanmar for its richness in biodiversity. Some of the birds and fish species endemic to the watershed area are nearly going to extinction and the survey results even showed that some endemic fish species are under endangered situation if urgent conservative measure is taken. Nowadays, famers are very much dependent on monoculture practices and using imported Hybrid seeds so it is threatening 8

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the agro-biodiversity and the use of toxic agro-chemicals are troubling the aquatic biodiversity seriously. Moreover the local people need to explore more appropriate technologies for waste treatment system and how to use the local natural resources for the betterment of their livelihood.

v) Requisite affirmation

For the convenient of the long term watershed project and specific actions needed to be done, a survey team was formed and the feasibility study was conducted for about 15 days during month of August 2010. It was reported by analysis of collected data. In accordance with the major findings based on that need assessment survey research, the problems going to be addressed were found out as follows;

Issues Ways to soothe Ways to carry out Agriculture

Cropping pattern/system:

Mono cropping system had Negative effects in long run Sustainable agricultural been preferred by about 50% should have been aware. training (SAT) of interviewed farmers. Cropping practices like mix- Demonstration plots cropping, multi-cropping, inter-cropping and Crop rotation should have been done. Common problem:

Climate change Farmers should have Sustainable agricultural awareness of weather situation training (SAT) and weather broadcasting so as to manage their farming better. Pest management Awareness on integrated pest Demonstration plots management (IPM) should have been improved to distinguish pest and disease so that management can be used better. Capital (Investment) Self reliant organic fertilizer Revolving fund for production and local resource community utilization plan should have been set out. Upland common problem:

Lack of soil conservation Local populace on the upland Need to introduce SALT 9

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should be supported with Reforestation sloping agricultural land technology (SALT). Deforestation >> Habitat lost Reforestation and agro- Reforestation forestry should be promoted. Sustainable agricultural training (SAT)

Crop residual management:

Mostly direct use and burn in It was found that most of the Sustainable agricultural the field as waste respondents are weak in crop training (SAT) residual management; they are also not aware of its utility and no information how to effectively use it by composting. Fertilizer application:

Organic fertilizer use is still Organic fertilizer application Sustainable agricultural weak and need to understand needs to be promoted and training (SAT) more about nutrient balance better understanding on the plant nutrition should be more than before so as to fitly apply the nutrients and environmentally safe.

Pesticide application:

Types and methods of Realizing on which types of Model (Key) Farmers and pesticides in current use have pesticide should be applied on Farmer led extension. high risk and impact on the which such of pest/disease and environment and human Integrated Pest Management health (IPM) is the most important. Moreover, safety measure in spraying agro-chemicals should be boosted. Technical innovation can be more effective by way of Key Farmers as they learn and mostly adopt farming techniques from neighboring farmers.

Environmental awareness 10

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Awareness level of Environmental awareness of Awareness raising trainings respondents does not show farmers should be upgraded as Environmental workshops satisfactory answer. they are still in need having Seed fund for the Respondents with less common pool resources communities’ initiatives awareness and moderate level management and conservation Environmental campaigns are the majority. plan even it plays a vital role (Biodiversity and ecosystem effecting on the Lake awareness) ecosystem. In natural resource management, they particularly need to be aware of the water pollution, how important role of agro-biodiversity and wildlife in ecosystem is.

Endangered fish species and aquatic resources

About 3-4 fish species are Conservation of endangered Awareness raising on fish and now endangered and one is fish species need to be done aquatic resources going extinct. Local people urgently. have no awareness on the utility of aquatic resources.

Fishing techniques are Awareness of community and Awareness raising on fishing unlawful and the fishers are their participation will be the law not aware of it. most critical.

No strategic action plan for Capacity building for the Promoting of involvement of the aquatic resource community and other community on the aquatic management as there is not stakeholders concerned on the resources conservation for the sufficient data and research. fish and aquatic resources is sustainability. necessary.

Currently the native people More research on aquatic Supporting native students face; resources should be carried with small research grants for a. Fish catch decrease out. aquatic biodiversity and b. Fishing area decrease wetland ecosystem. c. Some disappeared d. Herbivores decrease

Common pool resource management

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No awareness on common Common pool resource Civil society empowerment pool resources management. management system should CD awareness They do no have HR have been in a participatory Leadership skill education and they need to be ways. Likewise, their own Gathering united and solve the resource fertilizer plants and Workshops issues as a good team work. cooperative business should Meetings The private companies are have been run to avoid the Farmer’s circles trying to expend their business exploitation by the giant Conferences for producing organic business groups. fertilizers by using local resources.

3. Goal and Objectives

The goal and objective, which are stated based on assessment and findings, are as follows:

3.1 Goal

Strategizing community based watershed management’s components which will lead to resource managements and community empowerments in participatory ways.

3.2 Objectives

This project seeks the feasible ways of contributing to sustainable development of Inle Lake watershed area with the following objectives:

1) To raise the awareness of the local people on community development and environmental conservation

2) To motivate the community for their active participation in future action planning through leadership training.

3) To design locally relevant sustainable agricultural training program

4) To develop the long term community based integrated watershed management program by utilizing the local natural resources systematically

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4. Pre-phase Program (April – September 2011)

No Activities Validation Expected results Stakeholders Period Mutual understanding and respect among Project staffs and volunteers will be built up. To do trust-building

among project team They will happily take

Team building of members. responsibilities in a Project staffs and volunteers 1 April project personnel harmonious and participatory (if available)

To create a comfortable ways.

working atmosphere. Proper guidelines and regulations for team and project activities will be set up. To build up the skill of staffs for effective community organizing CO skill of staff will improve. 2 Capacity building and social dealing. An external resource person on community Roles and responsibilities of will facilitate for CO and all April organizing skill for To draw clear lines and staffs will be identified. project team members will join staffs action plans. the workshop. Resource mapping To oversee the available resources. Advocacy meeting To launch the project The local authority will Trustee, officers from different 3 (with local team to the local recognize the project team. departments such as May government and authority and make clear Agriculture, Irrigation, Forest, village head) understanding on the The leaders of village tracts Land Use, Fishery, Wildlife, 13

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project. and villages will also Education, Health and etc at understand the project and Nyaung Shwe Township and their cooperation will be project team. achieved. To define clear and Responsible and concerned firmed strategies to cope departments will understand with the local situations. the project’s trend and strategies. Department of forestry, To achieve the better wildlife, Irrigation, 4 Consultative participation and They will contribute their Agriculture, Land Use, UNDP, May workshop contribution of local expertise and available Save the Children, Shwe Inn government and other resources. Thu (CBO), Inn Literature and NGOs. Culture Association Clear action plan with respected strategies will be output. About 100 people from the targeted areas within The potential community watershed will at least gain leaders who are basic knowledge on Youth, farmers, fishers, gender Community 5 interested in social work sustainable development in equal will be included. 2 times in June development will be selected for the concept, gender and Participants who are from trainings leadership training and environmental issues. Lake, shoreline and upland 2 times in July (4times * 25pax) leading in future areas as well. activities. They will then be active in social work and more concern on the society. Environmental To build up the local Participants will understand People who having different 2 times in June awareness populace be aware of more about global and local types from targeted area but

6 trainings environmental issues and environmental issues. youth will be considered as an 1 time in July (3 times * 25pax) motivate them to important allocation. 14

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participate in They will actively participate conservative actions. in environmental conservation activities and become grassroots leaders. To seek suitable potential The participatory leadership Participant from development community leaders and skill will be improved and trainings will be screened. Leadership 7 upgrade their community organizing and Gender ratio and youth will trainings August participatory leadership development work will participate in action (1 time * 25pax) skill for future organizing actively be done. Planning. and implementing. To deliver the sustainable Experts (external) Project team will gather farming practices through Development workers Workshop on information on technologies 8 farmer led extension and Project Team watershed program and set a suitable training August find locally suitable agri- Local farmers development design to benefit the local system to mitigate Govt. staff from Agriculture farmers. Climate Change effects. Department A program propelled will be released. To set up the long term Project team 9 Proposal Representative leaders from program for community development for communities (who have based integrated External consultant September the 5 years experienced in Development watershed management program and leadership trainings) will in Inle Lake. Community representatives learn how to do action planning. M & E to keep the project on its right tract Monthly report on activities, forwarding to targeted progress and some constraints Every last week Monthly meeting goal. on the working environment. Project team of month Area need to improve for the 10 Staff’s sharing and staffs. planning. 15

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Smooth process and effective progress. To ensure all the process and progress go smoothly in time.

To be better of staff’s cooperation. 11 Mid-term review Review report on first 3 (after first To do recharging of months activities, progress, Only project team July 3months) staffs. challenges and lesson learned.

To make figuring for future.

To do M & E by program coordinator. To record the process, Evaluation report of Pre- achievement and phase. mistakes in the pre- phase. Lesson learned. 12 Evaluation on Project team and representative September pre-phase Lesson learned to be Achievement records. of communities drawn. Key persons and areas need to To feed back to the phase be considered for the main (1). program will be indentified.

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4.1 Time line for Pre-phase (April – September 2011)

April May June July August Sep No Activities 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 Team building TB 2 Capacity building CB Advocacy meeting LGO 3 (local government) Advocacy meeting VH 4 (village heads) 5 Consultative workshop CS Community development CD CD CD CD 6 training (4 times) 1 2 3 4 Environmental awareness EA EA EA 7 training (3 times) 1 2 3 Leadership training Leadership 8 ( 1 time) Training Workshop on watershed W 9 program development Proposal development Proposal 10 (5 years plan) Monthly meeting M M M M M M 11 (6 times) 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 Mid term review Re 13 Evaluation on pre-phase Evaluation

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5. Operation

5.1 Pre-conditioned statement

Buddhist Youth Empowerment Program (BYEP) has been working on youth empowerment program for three years. Recently the program coordinator of the BYEP was invited by the government to do his paper presentation on his research on “Environmental Awareness of the Farmers in the Inle Lake” and then he tried to introduce to the local authority for projection in the Inle lake watershed.

A team of survey research was formed by inviting the graduates from Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok) (who specialized in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management), and the youth who are strongly committed to get involved in environmental conservation work in July 2010. Then a feasibility study was conducted by the team and it was reported to the Inle Lake Watershed Management Committee (Govt.) and related departments. Then the team joined the Environmental Workshop organized by BYEP in October 2010 and prepared the work plan for Inle Lake project.

The coordinator tried to learn more about watershed management from Climate Change workshop in Vietnam and Community Based Integrated Watershed Management Courses in Philippines for the better integration of all the multidisciplinary concepts. Now the Pre-phase program is launched and it will be followed by the 5 year watershed development program by the participation of community.

5.2 Project office

BYEP office is residing in Yangon and all the main office and administrative work is done there. The Inle Lake Watershed Project is an extensive one and it also has a lot of operations at the community level, so the small office should be opened at project site. The staff for Inle Lake Project shall abide the same rules and regulations of BYEP and the project team will choose the proper name for the sake of convenience and safety in community.

The project staff shall be reconsidered for the next phase based on their performance in the Pre- phase, improvement and no more staffs from outside (of project area) will not be recruited as the program aims to empower the local people and plan to set up a community based long term management program.

The project staff can use the BYEP office when they have to come to Yangon for some training, workshops or meetings and they can share the resources and support the staffs from Buddhist Youth Leadership Training Project if they need to come to Inle Lake for some meeting.

All the assets of Watershed Project shall belong to BYEP at the end of the Pre-phase and they will be transferred to the Long term program of watershed development.

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5.3 Organ gram

The project team for Pre-phase will be composed of;

No. Name Qualification Position Responsibilities 1 Bo Bo Lwin 2B.Agr.Sc., Program Proposal development 3M.Sc Coordinator Project end report writing (NRM) Overall mentoring Coordinating with local authority and partners Coaching the staffs Program development M&E 2 Mae Suu Han B.Agr.Sc., Project Officer Coordinate on whole project 4M.Sc (AS) Manage activities and budget on project site Reporting to Program Coordinator monthly Coordinate the different activities Mentor the project staffs Allocate the resources Coordinate with local authority and other local partners Extend the new network and facilitate the development of long term program 3 Chan Lae 5B.Sc (Envt), Training Prepare training design and coordinate Mon 6M.Sc (EEM) Coordinator Report on trainings to Project Officers Community organizing Follow up on alumni M&E on participants and their performance Facilitate in the Community Development initiated by the alumni 5 Myo Myat 7B.C.Sc Assistant Assist Training Coordinator Training Prepare training design for all training Coordinator Empower and organize the local people for local initiatives Lead the environmental campaigns

2 B.Agri.Sc: Bachelor of Agricultural Science 3 M.Sc (NRM): Master of Science (Natural Resource Management) 4 M.Sc (AS): Master of Science (Agricultural System) 5 B.Sc (Envt): Bachelor of Science (Environment) 6 M.Sc (EEM): Master of Environmental Engineering Management 7 B.C.Sc: Bachelor of Computer Science 19

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Report to Program coordinator monthly 6 - Accountant Financial clearance Prepare monthly financial report to PC Help and teach the staffs for financial work 7 - Logistic & Purchasing materials Office Admin General logistics for staff travel Arrange meetings and workshop Facilitate in fund transfer and hostiz7ng guests See overall activities and staff affair

5.4 M&E and Reporting

Monitoring on overall project will be done by Program Coordinator and he will be coaching the staffs. The project end report will be submitted by Program Coordinator in a participatory way. The Project officer will mentor the project activities in detail and report to Program coordinator by monthly M&E and Progressive report. The Team leader of Environment and Aquatic Resource Conservation will monitor on environmental awareness trainings, workshop and other campaigns organized by field facilitator.

The training coordinator will closely monitor on the training process and progressiveness of the participants and reporting to the project officer about the performance of the alumni. The field facilitator will mainly work with community and do more focusing on community organizing, mobilizing for initiatives and reporting to Program Coordinator through Project Officer.