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Organized by CEPT University, Ahmedabad and facilitated by Banaras
Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
From 3 -8 January, 2011
“For Me and For
Everybody”
Workshop Summary and Highlights
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgement..................................................................................................................................................3
Introduction to “For Me and For Everybody”.........................................................................................................4
Idea behind the workshop......................................................................................................................................4
Brief overview of the events and summary of the sessions ...................................................................................5
Day 1, Jan 3, 2011 (Monday) ............................................................................................................................. 5
Day 2, Jan 4, 2011 (Tuesday) ..............................................................................................................................7
Day 3,- Jan 5, 2011 (Wednesday) .....................................................................................................................10
Day 4, Jan6, 2011 (Thursday)...........................................................................................................................14
Day 5, Jan7,, 2011 (Friday)...............................................................................................................................16
Day 6, Jan 8,, 2011 (Saturday) ..........................................................................................................................19
Glimpses of the FMFE, Capacity Development Workshop at CEPT, Ahmedabad................................................20
Annexture-1 : The list of participants ................................................................................................................... 23
Annexture-2: The sample feedback form .............................................................................................................23
Annexture-3: Event Schedule ..............................................................................................................................25
Annexture–4: FMFE Hands On 26
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We sincerely acknowledge the valuable inputs and overwhelming support and co-operation rendered by many
individuals during the course of this Workshop. To begin with, we would like to express our deep gratitude to:
Mr Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director, Center for Enviromental Education (CEE), Ahmedabad.
Ms Meera Nareshwar, Program Coordinator, CEE, Ahmedabad.
Mr Y.B.Kausik, Organizing Secretary, Vikram Sarabhai Center, CEE, Ahmedabad.
Mr Prasant Pandya, Dy Director, Solid waste management cell, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
Mr Debashish Nayak, Advisor Heritage Cell, Ahmedabad
Mr Girish Gupta and team of Ahemdabad Heritage Cell, Ahmedabad
GUEST SPEAKERS AND PANELIST
Mr Madhusudhan Agarwal, Co-founder, MAM Movies, Ahmedabad
Mr.Anand Patel, Additional City Chief Engineer, AMC. Ahmedabad
Mr Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. Ahmedabad
Mr Rajendra Joshi, Director, SAATH and Parivartan,
Mr P.K. Ghosh, IAS (retd), Ex- Municipal Commissioner, AMC.
GIZ ASEM TEAM
Dr Regina Dube, Sr. Advisor and Head, Sustainable Urban Habitat (SUH), GIZ-ASEM
Ms Aparna Das, Sr. Technical Expert, SUH, GIZ–ASEM
Ms Jessyca Keil, Intern, GIZ-ASEM
CEPT TEAM
Prof C.K Koshy, IAS (Retd.), Emeritus Professor, CEPT University
Prof Utpal Sharma, Dean of Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University
Prof Seema Khanwalkar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, CEPT University
Prof Neelkanth Chhaya, Professor, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University
Prof R. Parthasarathy, Professor, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University
Ms Soumini Raja, Research Fellow, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University
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Report on the capacity development workshop under the GIZ –ASEM supported
“For Me and For Everybody” At CEPT University, Ahmedabad from 3-8 Jan, 2011
INTRODUCTION TO “FOR ME AND FOR EVERYBODY”
“For Me and For Everybody” (in Hindi “Mere Liye Aur Sab ke Liye”) - a youth exchange programme between
India and Germany is designed to encourage young people to think about their environment and its influence
on their daily life. It harnesses the creativity and the motivation of young people to respond positively towards
their natural and urban habitat. Across the world, more and more young people are engaging directly and
responding to their immediate natural and built environment. They are going beyond their academic curricula
and are looking for opportunities to receive more ‘hands on’ experiences. “For Me and For Everybody”
provides opportunities to these young people who are open to new experiences and discussions that would
support forward-looking solutions for a future society. This exchange programme gives them a chance to
contemplate on their ideas and have new experiences related to environmental issues.
“For Me and For Everybody” is an adaptation of “The German Voluntary Year of the Environment (FÖJ)”
programme to Indian context. This programme has been designed in cooperation with GIZ-ASEM, Varanasi
Municipal Corporation (VMC), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and the City of Hamburg. A competition process
was held on 18 and19, November, 2010, to identify eight students who will work in the sanitation sector with
the city based institutions, as a part of their academic curriculum. A week long capacity development
workshop was organized to orient these students, from 3-8 January, 2011 at the CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Subsequently, these participants will be working with selected host institutions in Varanasi, from mid-January
till March (part time), as part of their academic curriculum. Finally, the program foresees an interaction
between the German and Indian youths in a two week long seminar in Hamburg, Germany, in May 2011 and a
subsequent presentation in India.
IDEA BEHIND THE WORKSHOP
The focus of the workshop was to sensitize the students to understand various issues related to urban
development, governance and environmental management systems as well as to teach them how to structure
a research proposal. The workshop was structured in a manner, which combined lectures and exposures with
enough time built in to develop inter-personal skills and communication. The overall workshop broadly
included:
• Lecture sessions by experts from industry, research organizations and non government initiatives.
These sessions were meant to give general understanding of the subject to the participants.
• Theme interactive session/panel discussion by eminent speakers. These sessions were more focused
on urban issues and related debates. Sessions were interactive, which gave the participants basic
understanding of various perspectives.
• Workshops were meant to enable the participants to use various tools for communication.
• Outdoor visits to wet land ecosystems, waste management sites and urban heritage precincts. These
were meant to give a practical understanding of the places and issues related to this.
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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND SUMMARY OF THE SESSIONS
DAY 1 - 3R D
JAN 2011
(MONDAY)
11:00am Arrival in CEPT Campus
On the arrival of BHU students at CEPT, Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay, HOD,
Environmental Planning Department, CEPT University, welcomed the
students and briefed them about the campus and its facilities.
11:30am-
1:00pm LECTURE “Maximum City”- Overview of Cities, Structure, Forms, density and Land use
Planning processes by Prof Utpal Sharma, Dean of Faculty of Planning and
Public Policy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
Focus of the session: Basic introduction to Urban planning, Planning
terminologies and methods.
Prof Utpal Sharma gave an insight into the process of spatial planning and
the terminologies related to urban planning. The summary of the
presentation is as follows:
• The relationship between the population and the densities in a city.
The effect of the economy and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of
population in cities on the densities.
• Understanding the term urban sprawl and its relation with
petroleum consumption. A comparative graph showed that developed
economies with higher urban sprawl tend to consume more petrol –
American, European and Middle-eastern cities.
• The planning has to consider the transit networks, the existing
urban morphology and the density gradient. The process was articulated by
using the Master Plan for the city of Hyderabad as an example.
Prof Utpal Sharma giving his presentation on “Maximum City”.
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1:00pm-
2:00pm
Lunch Break
2.00pm-3.30
pm LECTURE An interactive session on “Climate Change and Cities” by Ms Soumini Raja,
Research Fellow, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad.
Focus of the session: Introduction to various debates and concepts related
to climate change and cities’ response to climate change.
Climate change and cities – Soumini introduced a movie of a coastal city-
Surat. This was followed by a presentation that focused on issues of climate
change and few terminologies in climate change studies. The presentation
was followed by an extended question and answer session. The key points
of the session were:
• Discussion on Man-Nature relationship and issues on sustainability
• Climate change: An introduction, basic terminologies
• UKEFF film “Notes from a Green City” by Madhyama Subramanian
• Study on Gujarat Coastal cities – What can we do? Is there an
action plan?
4:00pm-
5:00pm
Introductory Theme Lecture on Urbanization, Environment and Climate
Change issues in the Indian Context by Prof Saswat Bandyopadhyay,
Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
• India has a long lineage of city planning, looking at Mohenjo-Daro
in Sind and Harappa in Punjab. These cities clearly show urban
planning principles.
• In current planning practices a number of alternatives are used –
Structure plan, concept plan, development plan, zoning plan, sub
regional plan and town planning scheme.
• Development Plan (DP) is a long-term landuse planning for
development and management of urban areas. DP is a futuristic
planning approach for the physical form and structure of an urban
area. The framework of development plan includes among others
land use, traffic and transportation, housing, slum upgradation and
environmental upgradation.
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Prof Saswat Bandyopadhyay explaining a DP process
5:00pm-
6:30pm WORKSHOP “Explain Your City”- Group Exercise to describe the forms and elements of
their city.
Focus of the Session: Understanding the perceptions related to cities.
The session was basically divided into the following parts:
A ten minutes film of Mr Devdutt Patnaik, CBO, Future Group on
perception, Belief and social interaction from Technology, Entertainment,
Design (TED).
• A group exercise -“Map Your City”.
• Rise and fall of cities in India in different periods and key facts.
• Individual presentation to share their own perception about their
own city: “Me and My city”.
This was an individual exercise where each participant had to describe their
city by mapping it on an A2 sheet. The exercise was to be discussed next
morning by each person explaining the general typology and features in the
city. A video of TED talks by Devdutt Pattnaik, CBO future group was shared
with the students.
Mr Pattnaik used a number of illustrations and examples from Indian
mythology to explain the word: Perception. Therefore, before we judge any
city, it is very important to know its background, context, thinking process
and ideologies.
DAY 2 -
JAN4,2011
(TUESDAY)
9:30am-
11:00am WORKSHOP The session started with the individual presentation of the previous day
workshop “Explain Your City”. Each student was given two minutes to talk
briefly about their perception about the city
Soon after the presentation, the co-coordinator briefly discussed the
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evolution of cities in India. The discussion started with Harappan cities
(Harappa, Mahanjodaro and Dolavira). After covering the cities of Indus
civilization, cities of Vedic era was discussed. In specific, the examples of
Varanasi, Madurai and Ujjain, were taken up. The session concluded with a
brief discussion among the participants sharing personal perceptions about
the city of Varanasi.
11.45am VISIT TO
CEE
All participants moved to the Centre for Environmental Education (CEE)
campus. Ms Meera Nareshwar, Program Coordinator, CEE, Ahmedabad, welcomed
the BHU students and gave a brief over view of the CEE campus.
Introduction to VIKSAT by Mr.Y.B.Kausik, Organizing Secretary, VIKSAT, CEE,
Ahmedabad.
VIKSAT (Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Development Interaction) basically
deals with the sustainable use of natural resources with community
participation. VIKSAT’s major focus areas are :
• Joint Forest Management
• Land management
• Water shed management
• Indigenous water harvesting
Short discussion with Mr Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director, CEE, Ahmedabad.
Mr Kartikeya Sarabhai welcomed the BHU students. He further explained,
that a citiy, whether organic or formal, each has a specific structure. Being
organic does not imply absence of structure, it is not explicitly visible but a
complex pattern governs the functioning.
Therefore, during planning processes, one should also take into account the
organic structure within the city. The city planning is not regulated by
planners, but, by the needs of the people. An apt example of this is the
design of Law Garden in Ahmedabad. In the new design, while the place
retains its vibrancy and identity, the road side retailers also have their
space, integrated with the new development plan.
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Interaction with Mr Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director, CEE, Ahmedabad.
1:30pm-
2:30pm
Lunch Break
2:30pm-
4:30pm WORK SHOP “Media, Society and transformation” workshop on Media applications by
Madhusudhan Agarwal, Co-founder, MAM Movies, Ahmedabad.
Session started with a short film about personal hygiene inspired from a
popular hindi movie “Sholay”. The movie talks about the open defecation
and clean drinking water collection issues.
Soon after the movie Mr. Agarwal gave a short introduction about MAM
Movies and media for social change through 2 projects undertaken by
different people all over the world.
• “I am the change”: Filmmakers, amateurs, students and everyone
is invited to capture these stories through camera in just 101
hours. Participants can choose to make a film on an everyday hero,
a NGO or a pertaining social cause.
• “She Creates”: Young girls of Mumbai, expressing themselves, their
concerns through making of films. This process was facilitated by
the experts from MAM movies, Ahmedabad.
During this session, two movies were screened, “Wasting food culture” and
“Free Hugs” movement.
This interactive session concluded with a short animated Gujrati film which
narrates how alcohol causes poverty. At the end Mr Agarwal distributed a
Smile card to inspire students to start doing some random act of kindness.
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“Media, Society and transformation” workshop on Media applications by Madhusudhan
Agarwal
4:30pm-
5:00pm
Tea Break
5:00pm-
6:30pm
Introduction to Individual Research Proposal by Prof Saswat
Bandyopadhyay, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad.
In this session, Prof Saswat briefly explained research methodology and
highlighted various possible research questions and how to write a research
proposal.
DAY 3 –
JAN5, 2011
(WEDNESDAY
)
6:30am-
8:30am OUT DOOR
VISIT
Visit to Thol- Wetland Ecosystem near Ahmedabad.
Thol lake bird sanctuary is a shallow freshwater body surrounded by
marshes on the edge and scrubby forest embarking the sides. This lake
sanctuary covering an area of 7 square kilometers, was declared officially in
1988. Thol is a good example of how the natural ecosystems are integrated
within a nearby large urban sprawl.
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A visit to Thol, Wetland ecosystem
9:00am-
11:00am
Interactive session with Mr Prasant Pandya, Dy Director, Solid waste
Management cell, Ahmedabad Muncipal Corporation (AMC), at AMC
Conference Hall, Kankaria, Ahmedabad.
Mr Prasanth Pandya, gave a brief overview of the waste management
system in Ahmedabad and highlighted:
• Ahmedabad is one of the first cities, in India, to have a fully
mechanized system for transportation of solid waste, without any
manual loading of waste
• With 600+ Vehicles and machineries deployed for transportation.
2600 MT of waste are collected and disposed every day.
• Hotels, Restaurant and Kitchen Wastes on PPP mode.
• To ensure that Bio Medical Waste generated at Five Municipal
Hospitals (5), Referral Hospitals, Urban Health Care Centers (55), is
collected daily and disposed off at Incineration Plant. Contracts for
above have been given to private GPCB approved authorized
contractors.
11:00am-
1:30pm
Visit to Solid Waste Management site of AMC in Ahmedabad
Interactive session with Mr Prasant Pandya, Dy Director, Solid waste management cell, AMC
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A view of Solid Waste Management Facility in Ahmedabad
1:30pm-
2:30pm
Lunch Break
2:30pm-
4:30pm WORKSHOP Workshop on “Perception and Communication” by Prof Seema Khanwalkar,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Focus of the session: Understanding the methodologies involved in making
a Public Campaign. Hands-On –How to design a Public Campaign?
Perception is a complex process of seeing something and interpreting the
same in our mind. The visual image is selective and depends on the
individual. A similar image during the day time and at night would have a
very different impact on the viewers.
Portraits and snapshots have a different goal to achieve. Portraits are
timeless i.e. unaffected by time and people can always relate to the image.
Snapshot is about ‘doing’ and ‘happening’ and tries to capture specific
moments in time. There is a connection between a brand and the images.
When one talks about ‘Levis’ a specific typology of images built up in our
mind – the dark tones, rugged texture, etc.
“Perception and Communication” by Prof. Seema Khanwalkar
4:30pm-
6:00pm THEME
SESSION
“Suno EK Nadi Ki Kahani”- History of a River, its glory, its pain, and
community’s struggle towards a pollution free river by Prof Neelkanth
Chhaya and Prof R. Parthasarathy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
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Focus of the Session: The human-river relationship, community struggle in
pollution reductions
At the outset, Prof Chaya made a detailed presentation of the river and
human settlements. From its origin, the river flows from the mountain
terrains and rocky mountains with a great force cutting the river bed
deeper. As it reaches the plains the flow reduces and the erosion on the
bank starts. The span of the river also increases with reducing speed of the
flow. The nature of the water of always to spill when is it static and flow
along the slope in motion. Unlike the river the unique character of the
human settlement is to move upstream. When a settlement on the river
bank wants to expand it moves upwards.
He also explained how geography and land form keeps changing due to
constant human interventions in order to expand the city. In time and with
the use of technology the land-use changes and thus changes the
occupations. This results in the entire river eco system getting imbalanced.
Various ecosystem services stops functioning.
As an example the construction of SG Highway stopped the flow of the rain
water from one side to the other. It almost acts like a check dam during the
monsoon. After the flood in 2005 the authority had to break the highway in
some parts to release the storm water. Now only few culverts exist along
the road. That results the drying of Serkhej Roza reservoir.
Prof Parthasarathy started with the question: “How do we Interact?”
Human approach towards the conservation of environment is always
anthropocentric. Man always tries to see the benefit behind the
intervention/conservation and it’s a continuous process.
“Are we only changing the land form/landscape?” Setluj is not only a river
it’s the whole valley that it created. As we plan to develop we prefer to go
up. Most of the power projects on the river are located in the lower or the
middle course of the stream. But now the projects are coming up in the
mountains. In Spiti the entire course of the river has been changed through
digging tunnels in the mountains. “What is the ecological cost of such
interventions?” Of course we do not have an answer. With development in
the upstream area the downstream ecosystem also gets affected. The
pollutants and waste coming from the upstream make it far more complex.
This presentation was followed by an open forum where FMFE participants
interacted with the speakers.
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“Suno EK Nadi Ki Kahani” by Prof Neelkanth Chhaya and Prof R. Parthasarathy
DAY 4 - JAN6,
2011
(THURSDAY)
9:30am-
11.00am LECTURE Introduction “Slum networking” project by Mr Anand Patel, Additional City
Chief Engineer, AMC. Ahmedabad.
Focus of the session: Introduction to Urban poverty, Concepts of Slum
Networking and Overview of initiatives in Ahmedabad.
Mr Anand Patel gave a brief overview of urban poverty in the context of
Ahmedabad. He then explained the process of Slum networking through an
insightful documentary film and PowerPoint presentation.
11:00am-
11:30am
Tea Break
11:30am-
3.00
Draft FMFE Research Proposal – FMFE participants were suggested to
review various resource materials related to their research topics
3.00-
4:30pm
Discussion on individual research proposals
4:30pm-
6:30pm LECTURE
“Urban Water and Sanitation” – Prof Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Faculty of planning
and public policy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Focus of the session: Introduction to sanitation issues and challenges in
India
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• National urban sanitation policy defines the term sanitation as safe
management of human excreta, including its safe confinement,
treatment, disposal and associated hygiene-related practices.
• Generic elements of a City wide Sanitation plan include:
• Solid waste is the most important and visible issue in a city Solid
waste can be categorized into three types – municipal solid waste,
industrial waste and hazardous waste.
• Different aspects of solid waste management include: Collection,
Transportation, Storage, Final Transportation, Treatment and
Disposal.
“Urban Water and Sanitation” – Prof Saswat Bandyopadhyay
6:30pm-
8:00pm
Screening of Film “ Barah Anna” by Raja Menon
Barah Aana is a film written and directed by Raja Menon. The title refers to
12 “Barah” in Hindustani aanas (or annas), which was a unit of Indian
currency before decimalization. The film depicts the lives of working class
Indians in a globalized milieu.
8:30pm Dinner at “Agassia” in House of MG Heritage Hotel, Ahmedabad. It is heritage
building located at the Old city of Ahmedabad.
Dinner at “House of MG”
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DAY 5 -
JAN7,2011
(FRIDAY)
7:00am-
9:00am OUTDOOR
VISIT
Visit to Ahmadabad Pole Areas/Heritage Precincts, facilitated by Mr Girish
Gupta and team of Ahemdabad Heritage Cell.
A special feature of Ahmadabad is the planning of its old city comprising of
numerous temples, mosques, neighborhoods and pols. Pols are one of the
unique features of the old city. Pols are residential clusters which comprise
a number of families belonging to a particular group, linked by caste,
profession or religion.
A view of Heritage walk in the “Pol” of Ahmedabad.
10:00am-
11:30am LECTURE
“Issues of Urban Governance” by Prof CK Koshy, Emeritus Professor IAS, (Retd.),
CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
Focus of the session: Introduction to Indian system of Governace , Tiers of
Governance, 74th
CAA and Local Governance.
Professor C.K. Koshy, in his presentation, briefly highlighted:
• India has the second largest urban system in the world, with a
population of 285 million people residing in urban areas
contributing to 60% of the total GDP. There are currently 35
metropolitan cities in India and the number will rise in subsequent
years.
• The main accompanying feature of urbanization is a shift in poverty
from rural to urban areas. The slums and informal settlements in
urban areas have increased significantly due to the increase in the
absolute number of urban poor.
• The principles of good urban governance are: Participation, rule of
law, transparency, responsiveness, consensus orientation, equity,
effectiveness and efficiency, accountability and strategic vision.
• There are five cornerstones of urban governance – funding,
governance, planning, sector policies and shapes.
This session generated plenety of discussions related to Urban Governance
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issues in India.
Prof CK Koshy, presenting “Issues of Urban Governance”
12:00pm –
1:30pm LECTURE
“Vitality of Indian cities, towards a Humane, Sustainable and Equitable City” by Mr
Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. Ahmedabad
Focus of the session: Charecter of Indian cities, Traditions and Spaces
Mr Pandya spoke about some of the novel issues and solutions – ‘Vitality of
Indian cities – Humane, sustainable and equitable cities’. The summary of
the session is as follows;
• When any city has to be replanned, its heritage structures have to
be respected. Heritage is not only about the buildings. In India
there has always been live in heritage constituted by the local
people in a city.
• The urban spaces in Indian cities are dynamic. Manik chowk in
Ahmedadabad city is an example of multiple use of the same
space. During the day the street hosts the jewellery shops and at
might the character of the street is completely changed. It
becomes a bustling place for food joints.
• The western concept of suburbanization should not be adapted to
Indian cities, it is creating its own set of problems. Increase in
number of private vehicles and loss of green cover are the two
important drawbacks.
“Vitality of Indian cities, towards a Humane, Sustainable and Equitable City” by Mr Yatin Pandya
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2:30pm-
4:30pm PANEL
DISCUSSION
A Panel discussion on issues of Poverty, Sanitation and Governance was organized.
Main panelists were Ms Aparna Das, Sr. Technical Expert, SUH, GIZ -ASEM, Mr
Rajendra Joshi, Director, SAATH and Parivartan, Dr Regina Dube- Sr. Advisor and
Head, Sustainable Urban Habitat (SUH), GIZ-ASEM, Mr Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS
E.A.R.T.H. and Mr P.K. Ghosh, IAS (retd), Ex- Municipal Commissioner, AMC.
Dr Regina Dube, Sr. Advisor and Head, Sustainable Urban Habitat (SUH),
GIZ-ASEM, New Delhi gave a detailed presentation on the concepts and
background of ‘For Me and For Everybody.’ She further presented
emerging issues and challenges in the Municipal Solid waste management
sector in India.
Mr P.K. Ghosh, IAS (retd), Ex Municipal commissioner Ahmedabad – The
term slum free cities is appropriate in presentations and theory, practically
it is impossible or difficult for India to have slum free cities. India is a
developing nation and needs a certain level of economic stability to reduce
the population living in slums. Due to lack of employment in rural areas
people migrate to urban cities aspiring better economic gains. Therefore
instead of aiming for slum free cities the city administration should focus on
better way of providing essential services in these slums.
Mr Rajendra Joshi, Director SAATH and Parivartan – During early morning
if one visits an urban area, we see open defecation near the railway tracks
and some of the fringe areas in the city. The problem of sanitation can be
solved by providing toilets. But providing toilets is not an easy task. There
are a number variables such as politics, social acceptance, sewerage lines,
etc. that have to be understood and considered. The local government and
policy makers consider slum dwellers as consumers who live on the
subsidies and grants from local body. A distinctive approach is developed in
Ahmedabad to solve the issue of slums: The Slum Networking program. This
program aims at providing basic services for the poor and the people pay
for it. NGOs act as intermediate agencies in such programs to check if the
slum dwellers pay for the services and the services are efficiently provided
to the residents.
Ms Aparna Das, Sr. Technical expert, SUH, GIZ-ASEM – She opened her talk
by raising some of the vital questions – What is the distinct feature of
urbanization in India? India is one of the few countries that is urbanizing at
a fast pace and the scale of this development is incomparable. India needs
to have its own paradigm for urbanization. She asked if our cities are
growing informally as its economy is largely informal l then is it possible to
have formal housing.
Mr Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. Ahmedabad – One does not need
to look at the problem differently; one needs to understand what the actual
problem to solve it is. While tackling, instead of taking a cyclic path, directly
tackling the root cause of the problem can solve the issue. A yard stick has
to be developed to understand the slums in Indian context. If we compare
with the global terminologies and statistics, Pols in the old Ahmedabad city
would be labeled as slums. The systems within the informal settlement are
distinctive. They have their own set of processes to manage the waste in
the settlement by recycling and reusing.
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Panel Discussion by (left to right) Ms Aparna Das, Sr. Technical Expert, SUH, GIZ -ASEM, Mr Rajendra
Joshi, Director, SAATH and Parivartan, Dr Regina Dube- Sr. Advisor and Head, Sustainable Urban Habitat
(SUH), GIZ-ASEM, Mr Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. and Mr P.K. Ghosh, IAS (retd), Ex- Municipal
Commissioner, AMC.
5:00pm-
6:30pm
Dr Regina Dube and Ms Aparna Das of GIZ-ASEM and FMFE participants
discussed various issues related to their Research, Contact of Host
Institutions and German-Visa.
DAY 6 - JAN8,
2011
(SATURDAY)
On the last day time was allocated for finalizing the draft FMFE research
proposals and Public Campaign design
9:30am-
11:00am
Preparation of Research Proposal
11:00am-
11:30am
Tea Break
11:30am-
1:30pm
Preparation of Research Proposal and Public Campaign
1:30pm-
2:30pm
Lunch Break
2:30pm-
4:00pm
Research Proposal review
4:00pm-
5:30pm
Public Campaign presentation
6:00 At the end of the programme, Prof Saswat presented an overall summary of
the Capacity Building workshop activities and a possible key message to
take home. He also urged that FMFE participants should take maximum
advantage of this workshop where they were exposed to several
communications and media tools. At the end he wished all FMFE
participants a safe journey back to Varanasi.
Subsequent to his concluding remarks participants were asked to give their
feedbacks on various sessions/themes conducted during the workshop.
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GLIMPES OF THE FMFE, CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP AT CEPT, AHMEDABAD
“Maximum City” by Prof Utpal
Sharma, Dean of Faculty of Planning
and Public Policy, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad
An interactive session on “Climate
Change and Cities” by Ms Soumini Raja,
Research Fellow, Faculty of Planning
and Public Policy, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad.
“Explain your city” workshop
presentation by Swati Tomar.
Presentation by Meera Nareshwar,
Program Coordinator, CEE,
Ahmedabad.
Presentation by Mr Y. B. Kausik,
Organizing Secretary, VIKSAT, CEE,
Ahmedabad.
Interaction with Mr Kartikeya
Sharabhai, Director, CEE, Ahmedabad.
“Media, Society and
transformation” workshop on
Media applications by
Madhusudhan Agarwal, Co-
founder, MAM Movies,
Ahmedabad.
Visit to Thol, a wetland ecosystem
near Ahmedabad.
An interactive session with the Mr
Prashant Pandya, Dy. Director,
Solid waste management cell,
AMC, Ahmedabad.
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Visit to the waste segregation site
in Ahmedabad.
Workshop on “Perception and
Communication” by Prof Seema
Khanwalkar, Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
“Suno EK Nadi Ki Kahani”- History of a
River, its glory, its pain, and community’s
struggle towards a pollution free river by
Neelkanth Chhaya and Prof R.
Parthasarathy, CEPT University,
Ahmedabad.
Introduction “Slum networking”
project by Anand Patel, Additional
City Chief Engineer, AMC.
Ahmedabad.
Dinner at “ Agassia” in House of MG
Heritage Hotel, Ahmedabad
“Urban Water and Sanitation” – Prof
Saswat Bandyopadhyay, Faculty of
planning and public policy, CEPT
University, Ahmedabad
Screening of Film “ Barah Anna”
by Raja Menon
Visit to Ahmadabad Pole
Areas/Heritage Precincts,
facilitated by Mr Girish Gupta and
team of Ahemdabad Heritage Cell
“Issues of Urban Governance” by Prof
CK Koshy, Emeritus Professor IAS,
(Retd.), CEPT University, Ahmedabad
“Vitality of Indian cities, towards a
Humane, Sustainable and Equitable
City by Mr Yatin Pandya, FOOTPRINTS
E.A.R.T.H. Ahmedabad
Ms.Jessyca Keil, a GIZ-Intern and key
mentor of FMFE pilot
Dr Regina Dube- Sr. Advisor and Head,
Sustainable Urban Habitat (SUH), GIZ-
ASEM
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Final Day preparation for the
research proposal at CEPT
Campus.
Individual presentation of
Campaigns designed by the
participants.
Concluding Lecture by Prof Saswat
Bandyopadhyay, Faculty of
Planning and Public Policy, CEPT
University, Ahmedabad.
“For Me and For Everybody”
workshop participants at CEE
Campus in Ahmedabad.
( Left to right ) Chetan Tyagi, Swati
Tomar, Ruchi Sukla, Meenu
Gautam, Dipankar Roy, Tiyali Bose,
Jessyca Keil, Krishana Tripathy,
Sanjay Kumar Yadav and Gargi
Joshi
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ANNEXTURE-1 : THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Participants Department Email Phone
Tiyali Bose Geography, BHU [email protected] 09793639974
Swati Tomar Environment Science, BHU [email protected] 09453283491
Chetan Tyagi Environment Science, BHU [email protected] 09457631733
Dipankar Roy Geography, BHU [email protected] 08853753787
Meenu Gautam Environment Science, BHU [email protected] 09451359586
Ruchi Shukla Environment Science, BHU [email protected] 09648387746
Krishna Tripathi Environment Science, BHU [email protected] 09415936688
Sanjay Kumar Yadav Geography, BHU [email protected] 09434450091
Jessica Keil Intern, GIZ ASEM, New
Delhi
ANNEXTURE-2: THE SAMPLE FEEDBACK FORM
Feedback
Name: _________________________________________________________
Organization: ___________________________________________________
Accommodation: - Average Good Excellent
Logistics: - Average Good Excellent
Food: - Average Good Excellent
Session/Workshop/Lecture
Average Good Excellent
1 “Maximum City”- Overview of Cities, Structure, Forms, density and
Land use Planning processes by Prof. Utpal Sharma from CEPT
University, Ahmedabad.
2 An interactive session on “Climate Change and Cities” by Ms.Soumini
Raja from CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
3 Introductory Theme Lecture on Urbanisation, Environment and Climate
Change issues in Indian Context by Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay from
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
4 “Explain Your City”- Group Exercise to describe your city form,
elements.
5 Visit to CEE Campus and Talk by Mr. Kartikeya Sarabhai and Meena
Nareshwar, Visit to Water Harvesting Structures Or Visit to a
Sustainable Urban land Management case.
6 “Media, Society and transformation” workshop on Media applications
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by Madhusudhan Agarwal from MAM Movies, Ahmedabad
7 A visit to Ahmedabad Waste Management Site and Community Waste
Management Campaigns. Interactive session with Mr. Prashant
Pandya, Dy. Director, solid waste management cell, AMC, Ahmedabad.
8 Workshop on “Perception and Communication” by Prof. Seema
Khanwalkar, from CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
9 “Suno EK Nadi Ki Kahani”- History of a River, its glory, its pain, and
community’s struggle towards a pollution free river by Neelkanth
Chhaya and Prof. R. Parthasarathy from CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
10 Introduction to “Slum networking” project by Anand Patel, from AMC,
Ahmedabad.
11 “Urban Water and Sanitation” – Prof. Saswat Bandyopadhyay from
CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
12 Screening of Film “ Bhara Anna” by Raja Menon
13 Visit to Ahmadabad Pole Areas/Heritage Precincts, facilitated by Mr.
Girish Gupta and team of Ahmedabad Heritage Cell
14 “Issues of Urban Governance” by Prof. CK Koshy from CEPT University,
Ahmedabad.
15 “Challenges to rebuild the declining traditional urban spaces in India”
by Yatin Pandya, Architect from Ahmedabad.
16 Panel discussion related to Poverty, sanitation, governance.
Special Remark: if any
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ANNEXTURE-3: EVENT SCHEDULE
Schedule poster
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ANNEXTURE–4: FMFE HANDS-ON
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Poster by Ruchi Shukla,
“Save Water, Save Life.”
Poster by Swati Tomar,
“Reuse the Past, Recycle
the Present, Save the
future.”
Poster by Meenu Gautam,
“Our Choice.”
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Explain Your City poster by
“Ruchi Shukla”
Explain Your City poster by
“Tiyali Bose”
These are a few examples of the poster made by the participants during various events.