Event Programme

Below is the draft workshop programme. This is subject to change by the organising committee prior to the event.

Participants are expected to participate mornings and afternoons. The evening events are optional but offer participants an excellent opportunity to enhance their understanding of current issues in Nepal.


Day

 

Activity

1
21 Nov.

Evening

Arrival
Opening / Welcoming cocktail
Participant Introductions
Touring the Market Place

2
22 Nov.

Morning

Formal briefing at each booth in the Market Place

Afternoon

Presentations by special invitees of the Host
20 min per presentation. 10 min Q&A.  (see Day 2 ‘Host Session’ for more detail)

Evening

Film: Daughters of Everest                                          
Optional

3
23 Nov

Daytime

Excursion visiting trails and trail bridges while paying special attention to “Controversies” and their relevance to partner-countries.

Evening

Film: Sari Soldiers                                                        
Optional

4
24 Nov

Morning

Group work:
1) Types of Transport
2) Natural Impediments
3) Human Attributes
4) Opportunities.
Relate ‘controversies’ identified/witnessed during field trip to partner countries.

Afternoon

Plenary:
Relating ‘controversies’ to partner-countries.

Evening

Film: We, Corner People
Optional

5
25 Nov

Morning

Presentation of the selected Papers by Partner-Countries.

Afternoon

Plenary:
Learning from Other Countries.

Evening

Film: The True Heroes of Everest
Optional

6
26 Nov

Morning

The Way Forward

Afternoon

Free time

Evening

Film: The Rato Machhendranath                                  
Optional

7
27 Nov

 

Return Home

 

Day 2  - Host Session in detail:

“The Controversy between Trails and Rural Roads” by the Nepal Forum for Rural Transport and Development (NFRTD).

“Controversy over the the Modernisation of Transport in Mountains and the subsequent Suicide of the Tourist Industry”  by  SNV Netherlands Development Organisation.
-  Guy Schneider: Preserving Historical Trails in Switzerland
-  Werner Meyer: Prospective Historical Trails in Nepal

“The Controversy between Community and Central Bridge Planning” by HELVETAS/Trail Bridge Support Unit (TBSU)

“The Controversy of Donors wanting to promote South-South Collaboration but allocating budgets per Recipient Country only”  by HELVETAS/South-South Cooperation Unit (SSCU)

“Using Capital Intensive Equipment vs. Labor Intensive, Environment Friendly Techniques with the intent to Fight Rural Poverty in rural road construction and maintenance”  By Rural Access Program (RAP) and District Roads Support Program (DRSP)

“The Controversy of Modernization of Transport in the Himalayas and the fragile ECO system” By ICIMOD.

 “Cleaning up the Mt Everest”  by Dawa Sherpa of Asian Trekking.

 “Gravity, Goods-Ropeways as complementary means of transport systems in mountains”  By Practical Action Nepal



 

 

 

Transport in Mountains
An International Workshop
21-27 November 2010
Kathmandu,
Nepal

 

Contact Us:

IFRTD,
CAN Mezzanine
49-51 East Road
N1 6AH
London

Tel: +44(0) 207 7250 8323,
Fax: +44 (0) 207 7250 8322,
Email: info@ifrtd.org

International Workshop on Transport in Mountains,
NFRTD,
c/o Trail Bridge Support Unit/ Helvetas Nepal
Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Kathmandu.
Nepal
Tel: +977-1-2111 225
Fax: +977-1-5526 829