Training Events

CRiSTAL training workshops are conducted periodically in different regions around the world. The overall objectives of these training workshops are:

To provide participants with a framework for understanding vulnerability and adaptation to climate change; and
To enhance capacity to integrate climate change vulnerability and adaptation considerations into project design and management.

Specifically, the training workshops provide participants with an introduction to some of the basic concepts and approaches to climate change adaptation, its links to sustainable livelihoods and how they relate to the CRiSTAL process. Group work and practical application are strongly emphasized. Each of the training sessions are different, tailored to expressed needs and available resources.

Feedback from each of the training has gone on to shape subsequent workshops, and the training programme continues to evolve. There are plans to expand activities to North America, Asia and Latin America.

Completed Training Sessions:

Dakar, Senegal	July 2009	As part of the UNITAR project called C3D+ (Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change and GHG Mitigation and Non-Annex I Countries), IISD organized a CRiSTAL training workshop for ENDA staff in Dakar, Senegal, on 7-8 July 2009. This was followed by a CRiSTAL training and field application in Western Province, Zambia, on 11-12 July 2009.	Training workshop report (pdf)
Niamey, Niger	November 2008	This training workshop, organized by IISD and CARE International, introduced participants from Francophone Africa to CRiSTAL and to CARE International’s Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (CVCA) framework. Funding was provided by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.	Training workshop report (pdf)
Accra, Ghana	November 2007	This workshop was organized by IISD in partnership with CARE International, who introduced participants to their CVCA framework. The information gathered using the CVCA framework was then fed into CRiSTAL, allowing participants to better understand the range of tools and processes associated with adaptation planning and decision-making at the community level. Funding for this workshop was provided by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.	Participant list (pdf) Agenda (pdf)
Maputo, Mozambique	April 2007	The first formal training-of-trainers session on the CRiSTAL tool brought together 20 representatives of development and environmental non-governmental organizations based in eastern and southern Africa. Funding for this workshop was provided by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.	Training workshop report (pdf)