Tim Bodt, QCP/TMI

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Tim Bodt, QCP/TMI

• Introductory Presentation for PPME Course
• February 2004

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Qomolangma Conservation Program (QCP)

• Executed by The Mountain Institute
• Funded by Dutch Government
• Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, Tibet
  Autonomous Region, PR China

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• Advance mountain cultures and preserve mountain
  environments Strengthening management capacity,
  livelihood improvement, conservation of cultural
  heritage
• Stakeholders local beneficiary population, QNNP
  management bureaus and field staff

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PPME in QCP

• Partnership Approach involve all stakeholders
  from planning phase
• APPA Appreciative Participatory Planning and
  Action
• New idea for China/Tibet

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Monitoring and Evaluation APO

• Design and management of monitoring system
• Participatory monitoring and evaluation of QCP
  activities
• Socio-economic and natural resource baseline data
  collection
• Assisting external monitoring and evaluation
  missions

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Limitations to ME

• Information Problems!
• Lack of internal information and transparency
• Lack of stakeholder co-operation
• Distance, limited field staff
• Lack of proper equipment
• Language barrier

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Course Expectations

• Improve relationship with stakeholders and
• convince stakeholders of benefits of
  participation
• Improve staff capacity
• How to effectively collect ME information,
  and how to effectively maintain an ME system
  given existing limitations ?