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Life after the Global Fund - Local responses?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Naomi Singh Jan 12. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Applying CLCP to new issues - what did we learn in the facilitation?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dr. E. Mohamed Rafique Mar 6, 2011. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Local proverbs & expressions in line with SALT/ Proverbs & expressions qui resonent avec SALT
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rituu B. Nanda Apr 5, 2011. 8 Replies 0 Likes
SALT adds flavour to life
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Guyana Competence
As Guyana Competence, we are the group of facilitators that started in February 2010 on a journey to become AIDS Competence facilitators.
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Transfer Team
Here we discuss ways, strategies and tools to facilitate the Transfer of CLCP to organizations and communities that are interested.
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"Dear Gaston,
This seems a challenge that have no ready solutions. This is especially so for countries that have been relying for years on external financial aid. I think one of the major gaps that has been greatly ignored was buidling strength is…"
Guyana Competence
As Guyana Competence, we are the group of facilitators that started in February 2010 on a journey to become AIDS Competence facilitators.
Gaston commented on Laurence Gilliot's blog post Gratitude to you all for the time spent together"That's a great and appropriate quote! Thank you. "
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- Gender
- Male
- Name
- Gaston Schmitz
- Organisation
- the Constellation for AIDS Competence
- About Me:
- I am 29 years old and from the Netherlands. I have 3 brothers of which 1 twin brother, two great parents and a great dog called ' Baloe' . My background is in International Management. I almost worked for a large multi-national in the field of Marketing, but switched to the development cooperation sector. I did a second Master in Development Studies, worked in Mozambique for Unilever, in the Philippines for a NGO and for a Dutch NGO in post-conflict areas such as Kosovo, Bosnia and Sierra Leone. Since January 2008 I am working for the Constellation as the facilitator for ' Transfer'. This means facilitating the transfer of our approach and mindset to other people, organizations, topics and of course my own community and family :)
Working for the Constellation is not really work. It is reflecting, appreciating and trying to be as happy as possible in my work. If I do my work mindful, the results of my work come naturally and my learning curve is steeper than ever before. So, let's enjoy every bit of our work and look for strenghts!
- My dream:
- My dream is to explore more cultures and communities around the world and keep on learning from them.
A more materialistic dream is to go snowboarding in Alaska with my friends :)
- My concern:
- I moved to Chiang Mai in Thailand since April 2008. I will not see my own community and family a lot during the next years. My concern is related to the sustainability of these relationships and that nothing bad will happen to them while I am here.
- I'm proud of:
- I have learnt to take much better care of myself the last years. I feel my body and mind and take up signals much better. I am able to enjoy small moments much more than before. And I am proud that I climbed my first 7A route last weekend :)
- What I think of Community Life Competence:
- So great that it's worth helping to spread it around the world for 40 hours a week
- What do I want to do to spread Community Life Competence?
- Launch a facilitation team, Join a facilitation team, I want to apply SALT in my own life (S: Stimulate; Support; A: Appreciate; L: Listen; Learn; Link; T: Transfer; Team), I want to share my experience on my blog in Ning, Other, Facilitate AIDS Competence in my community, Share about AIDS Competence with potential partners; friends; colleagues
- The small secretariat of the Constellation also needs help. Do you want to help? I want to:
- IT support, Writing skills, Develop blended learning, Financial management skills, Knowledge Management, Share AIDS Competence with potential partners
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CLCP applied to Food Security in West Africa
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:00am 9 Comments 6 Likes
There I was, together with Farellia, our coach from Madagascar. My first time Ghana. The challenge: facilitate a 4-day workshop on Food Security in West Africa with prominent church leaders and advocacy experts in the region. And we had to facilitate in English and French! The participants generally visit a…
Continue Evaluation of development projects - Amartya Sen's viewpoint
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:51am 4 Comments 1 Like
Dear friends,
Last month I attended the annual conference of the Human Capability Development Association (HCDA) in the Hague. Their research work is rooted in the 'Capabilities approach' of which Amartya Sen, Martha Nussbaum and others are the major architects.
I just received their last newsletter and the short article on Sen's view on evaluation was really striking for me.
Although this blog is not a direct experience with a local response, I found that what I read…
Continue Do we really want to engage communities in our research?
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:30am 2 Comments 4 Likes
Dear friends,
Two weeks ago. I open my inbox. An invitation to a workshop near Chiang Mai. I wasn’t sure what to think when I rwas invited for the workshop of the UK-based Wellcome Trust on ‘Community Engagement: under the microscope’. The main topic was the engagement of the public and communities in bio-medical research. Research was not my area of experience. Would I be able to contribute and get value out of this 3,5 days time investment?
Well, the answer is a solid YES.…
Continue Inspiration from Papua New Guinea
Posted on April 10, 2011 at 8:44am 1 Comment 3 Likes
Dear friends, A short update on what’s happening here in PNG. Conditions are still challenging here, but the inspiration is flowing like the…
Blended Learning in Guyana- what did we learn?
Posted on February 21, 2011 at 3:15pm 4 Comments 1 Like
Comment Wall (47 comments)
- At 8:25am on November 27, 2011,
Maizy Tan said…
- Hello Gaston, I heard so much about you from both Gloria and JL :)
Thanks for your kind compliments and your opinion of Gloria which I agree totally. Will love to meet and
learn from you the art of facilitation one fine day. I had an
Inspiring and fruitful week with JL when he was in S'pore.
We are Beyond were very blesses by his presence and sharing.
- At 2:01am on August 31, 2011,
Basikila Wa Mputu Paul said… Bonjour Gaston,
Désolé de vous répondre après tant des jours passés: d'abord je n'étais pas habitué au site life competency et ensuite, je suis confronté à une charge horaire me permettant de me concentrer sur cette opportunité nouvelle d'améliorer mes compétences en matière de communication pour le développement. J'espère que notre connexion va se développer d'avantage et que nous pourrons partager tant d'expérience au bénéfice des populations cibles de nos programmes/projets respectifs
- At 10:35am on June 21, 2011, Rituu B. Nanda said…
- Welcome to the Asia Pacific competence group, Gaston! You have vast experience of working in Asia Pacific. I look forward to your sharing.
- At 9:18pm on April 21, 2011,
Sylvia Jacobi said… Beste gaston,
Natuurlijk , kunnen we nederlands praten hoor. we hebben afgelopen week een training gevolgs van Boris, April en Autry. Het was een geweldige training hoor. ik hoop dus veel meer te leren en om dus Saltyyyyy te zijn
- At 6:56pm on February 10, 2011, Rituu B. Nanda said…
- A warm welcome to Peace competence group! Look forward to learning from you Gaston.
- At 12:47am on January 4, 2011,
Willemien Dorresteijn said… Heej!
Wat fijn dat jullie het goed hadden in duitsland! De laatste 2 jaar ben ik een paar keer bij retraites van opendharma geweest (opendharma.org) en die hebben me heel veel goed gedaan. Heel inspirerend ook - ze hebben ook geleide meditaties op hun website voor als je nieuwsgierig bent.
Grappig dat je het kaartje nog had, stond vast iets liefs op ;)!
Veel liefs en wellicht tot woensdag!
Willemien
- At 2:49pm on December 23, 2010,
Vichet LOK said…
- Hi Gaston: Thank you so much for your comment. Actually, we are doing the SALT and Self Assessment within CHED team. In the progression so far so good. We will back to Phnom Penh on this Friday.
- At 9:35pm on December 20, 2010,
Ralph van Leeuwen said… Thx! Ik zal het in Engels proberen. Groeten, Ralph
- At 12:06pm on November 16, 2010,
Jiji Joseph said… - Hi Gaston,
warm greetings..
How goes your life in Africa? I heard that you have relocated.... I am currently with a peace movement here in Dimapur... I would like to know more about the peace competence that you are undertaking ..
Have a nice day
jiji
- At 9:32am on September 28, 2010,
YERUVA ANTHONY REDDY said… - Thanks for the nice words Gaston. You are welcome to Andhra pradesh and India. We are trying to facilitate community to community learning through onsite mentoring. It is unique approach and we hope that it works.
We have identified a strong pool of 20 community MSM & Female Sex worker community members and ten mentors and trained them on the importance of collectivization and community mobilization strategy. These thirty members have been divided into ten groups. Each group visits 3-4 implementation site of targeted interventions and provides handholding support to the CBO to manage the Targeted interventions. We intiated this process three months back and so far it is working out well. In addition to this with Ritu's support we are starting SALT approach in one of the CBOs i.e Nari Saksham. If it works we have scope to expand to this 42 TIs in Andhra Pradesh.
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