Welcome to the resource center for the CEPF Caribbean Islands Midterm Assessment Meeting
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
08.00 – 08.30 Registration Conference room: Grand Ballroom
08.30 – 09.00 Session 1. Introduction to the workshop
- Meeting overview
- Participant introductions (interactive)
09.00 – 09.40 Session 2. Opening ceremony
Welcome
• Nicole Brown, Manager, CEPF Caribbean Regional Implementation Team, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
• Maria Laura Conte, Head of Strategic Communication and Advocacy, Fondazione AVSI
Opening remarks
• Anna Cadiz-Hadeed, Acting Executive Director, CANARI
• Jack Tordoff, Managing Director, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
• Natalia Magradze, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment Department, Latin America and Caribbean Region, The World Bank
Keynote address
• H.E. Carlos Bautista, Vice-Minister Protected Areas and Biodiversity, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Dominican Republic
09.40 – 09.55 Coffee break
09.55 – 10.30 Session 3. Setting the stage: Synthesis of pre-workshop findings
• Review of participant expectations
• Presentation of desk review results (progress against log frame and results framework), grantee survey insights, summary and highlights from national meetings
• Plenary discussion - questions, insights, reflections
10.30 – 11.30 Session 4. Caribbean quick connect: Project presentations #1
- Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM)
- Fundación para el Mejoramiento Humano (Fundación PROGRESSIO)
- Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT)
- Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT)
- Environmental Awareness Group (EAG)
- Fundación CI-Atabey (CEPF-114942)
- American Bird Conservancy (ABC)
Q&A/Discussion
11.30 – 12.40 Session 5. Parallel sessions
Part 1 (11.30 – 12.00)
• Group A: Conservation Action Planning and Implementation for Ridgway’s Hawk, Dominican Republic – Carlos Suárez, Fondo Peregrino
• Group B: Collaborative Social Accountability: Networking and Tools – Manuel Hernández, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Changeover break 12.00 – 12.10
Part 2 (12.10 - 12.40)
• Group A: Collaborative Social Accountability: Networking and Tools – Manuel Hernández, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
• Group B: Conservation Action Planning and Implementation for Ridgway’s Hawk, Dominican Republic – Carlos Suárez, Fondo Peregrino
12.40 – 14.15 Lunch and networking
14.45 – 15.45 Session 7. Caribbean quick connect: Project presentations #2
• Fondazione AVSI (CEPF-115381)
• Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral (IDDI) (CEPF-112560)
• Fundación CODESPA
• JEMS Environmental Management Services (JEMS)
• Fundación CI-Atabey (CEPF-115190)
• Fitches Creek Residents Association Inc. (FCRA)
Q&A/Discussion
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00 Session 8. Caribbean quick connect: Project presentations #3
• Fundación José Delio Guzmán (FJDG)
• Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola (SOH Conservación)
• Northern Cockpit Country Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society (NCCLFMCBS)
• Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA)
• Dolphin Head Local Forest Management Committee Cooperative Society (DHLFMCCS)
• Fondazione AVSI (CEPF-112944)
• CESAL
Q&A/Discussion
Day 2: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
08.00 – 08.30: Session 6. Know your hotspot (Interactive exercise)
How well do you know the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot? We are going to find out!
Day 1 Recap and debrief
08.30 - 09.30: Session 9. Caribbean quick connect: Project presentations #4
- BirdsCaribbean
- IUCN Dominican Republic (Grupo Jaragua presenting)
- Jamaica Environment Trust (JET)
- Re:wild
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT)
- IUCN Jamaica (University of the West Indies presenting)
- Sawyers Local Forest Management Committee Benevolent Society (Sawyers LFMCBS)
Q&A/Discussion
09.30 - 10.30: Session 10. World Café on emerging portfolio needs, collaborative opportunities, and strengthening CEPF CAR II implementation
Rounds 1 and 2
- Track 1 Emerging trends in biodiversity conservation and needs in national and regional contexts
- Track 2 Mapping initiatives and opportunities for enhanced collaboration
- Track 3 Strengthening rollout of the CEPF CAR II program
- Track 4 Capturing impact and significant change
10.30 – 10.40: Coffee break
10.40 – 12.00: Session 11. World Café continued
Rounds 3 and 4
Plenary sharing of insights, takeaways and recommendations from each group
12 - 12.30: Session 12. Caribbean quick connect: Project presentations #5
- Fauna & Flora
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)
- Fundación CIDEAL
- Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral (IDDI) (CEPF-114126)
Q&A/Discussion
12.30 – 12.40: Group Photo
12.40 – 14.00: Lunch and networking
14.00 – 14.15: Site Visit Briefing
14.15 – 15.30: Session 13a. Grantee Learning Lab, Grand Ballroom | Session 13b. Meeting of the Regional Advisory Committee
Up to four concurrent knowledge exchange workshops
- Lab 1 – Preparing species conservation action plans: Methods for creating actionable plans with conservation targets and monitoring progress
Facilitators:- Jim Goetz, VCE
- Justin Saunders, JET
- Justin Springer, Re:wild
- Lab 2 - Community-based conservation /alternative livelihoods
Facilitators:- Gabriele Regio, Fondazione AVSI
- Andrew Simmons, JEMS
- Lab 3 – Tools & approaches for stakeholder engagement
Facilitator: Nicola Bird, IHO
- Lab 4 – Evaluating long-term conservation impact: Measuring success over time
Facilitator: Nina Marshall, CEPF
15.30 – 15.45: Coffee break
15.45 – 16.45: Session 14. Pulling together of discussions and analysis of results
Learning labs feedback
Lessons learned
Actionable recommendations for:
- CEPF & RIT
- Grantees
- Others
Meeting evaluation
16.45 – 17.00: Session 15. Closing
17.30 – onwards: Cocktail reception – Grand Ballroom and Royal
Day 3: Thursday, 21 November 2024
7.00 – 18.00: Field visit to two CEPF-supported projects
- Key Biodiversity Area: Reserva Científica Ébano Verde | Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve
Project: Update of the Management Plan for the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve, Dominican Republic
Host grantee: Fundación para el Mejoramiento Humano (PROGRESSIO)
Project summary: This project is strengthening the management of the Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve by updating the protected area’s management plan to include strategies such as environmental education and ecotourism promotion important to achieving conservation targets.
Our site visit will take us to the Fernando Domínguez Education and Research Centre at the Ébano Verde Scientific Reserve in El Arroyazo, Constanza municipality, La Vega province. We will meet with local stakeholders to discuss the process of updating the management plan for the protected area. The visit will also include a guided tour of the nursery, where we will see what is being done to cultivate Dominican magnolias and other plant species, followed by a walk along the El Arroyazo ecotourism trail.
- Key Biodiversity Area: Parque Nacional La Humeadora
Project: Management Planning and Implementation in Parque Nacional Montaña La Humeadora, Dominican Republic
Host grantee: Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, Inc. (IDDI)
Project summary: This project is strengthen management of, and reducing agricultural encroachment into, Parque Nacional Montana La Humeadora by updating the park’s management plan, supporting agroforestry in buffer zone communities, preparing species conservation action plans, building ecotourism capacity and strengthening park guard capacity.
During the site visit, we will explore the Haina Duey micro-watershed, which supplies water to the city of Santo Domingo through the Haina Duey water intake. This region has benefitted from the implementation of projects that have led to a conscious shift in local communities and productive organisations from short-cycle open-air farming to learning and developing the sustainable model of analogue forestry on farms in the buffer zone of the La Humeadora National Park. The visit will include a guided tour by community leaders, and we will have an opportunity to exchange experiences with them about their involvement in the project and the social, economic, and environmental benefits derived.
19.30: Final dinner
Informal gathering. Let’s come together to eat and enjoy each other’s company one last time before saying goodbye.
Contacts
- General inquiries: Wendy Dyemma-Harper - wendy@canari.org
- Logistics: Yesenia Saud - +18095077454
- Photos & Videos: Aldo Gianfrate - aldo.gianfrate@avsi.org
- Social media: Giorgia Moretta - giorgia.moretta@avsi.org (Meta) | Wendy Dyemma-Harper - wendy@canari.org (LinkedIn and X)
- Press: Anna Zamboni - anna.zamboni@avsi.org