IUCN
– WCPA, GLOBAL TASK FORCE ON TRAINING FOR PROTECTED AREAS
PROGRAM
John Marsh, August 2000
INTRODUCTION
The Task Force was established in 1996
The Terms of Reference were approved by the WCPA Steering Committee
in October 1996
These Terms of Reference will continue to guide the Task Force.
The Task Force membership, co-chair, details of activities and scheduling
are being updated.
Progress Reports were submitted to WCPA in April 1997, December 1997,
June 1998 and June 2000.
The following activities are being undertaken, or are proposed.
PROGRAM
1. Activity: Contact members of task force, review and expand membership,
identify co-chair, confirm activities
Product: Rejuvenated, functioning task force providing information
Schedule: Complete in October 2000
2. Activity: Collect and compile current information on regional centres
and academic institutions offering
protected area training for website.
Product: List of regional centres, with course details and contact information
Schedule: ongoing
3. Activity: Develop outline for best practice guideline #6 on Training
and Protected Areas, to be published by IUCN and
the University of Wales – Cardiff.
Product: Outline for comment and revision, then final manuscript.
Schedule: Initial outline prepared in March 1998, revised outline by
September 2000, manuscript by August 2001.
4. Activity: Develop outline for special issue of Parks journal on Training
and Protected Areas.
Product: Outline, then manuscript for special issue.
Schedule: Outline by December 2000, manuscript by December 2001, publication
in 2002.
5. Activity: Compile list of published information, e.g. articles, manuals,
on training for protected areas and post
on website.
Product: Annotated bibliography re. Training for protected areas.
Schedule: First version prepared by March 1998, expanded version ongoing.
6. Activity: Compile information from surveys, publications, etc. on protected
area training needs
Product: Summary of training needs on website.
Schedule: 2000
7. Activity: Prepare a fund raising proposal to facilitate work of task
force based on several existing proposals.
Product: New fund raising proposal for submission to potential donors.
Schedule: Discussion of proposal with IUCN PPA, March 1998. Final proposal:
ongoing .
8. Activity: Identify existing and potential sources of funding to enable
protected area managers to gain training
Product: List of funding sources posted on website
Schedule: ongoing
9. Activity: Undertake, on a consultancy basis, one or more PA training
projects.
Product: Training courses, training manual, trained PA personnel.
Schedule: Protected Areas Project, Lebanon, training component, 1997-2000.
10. Activity: Respond on behalf of IUCN-WCPA to enquiries about training.
Product: Responses to enquiries.
Schedule: Ongoing
