Partners have their own structures and activities, but they share many important characteristics, including:
- a common vision of farmer empowerment and sustainable rural livelihoods;
- expertise in ecological agriculture, experiential learning, advocacy and project management;
- experience in conducting training and action research activities at the local, national and international level;
- collaborative relationships with a wide range of government agencies, NGOs and community groups.
- Leading efforts to secure sustainable farm livelihoods by playing important roles in leadership;
- Ensuring markets are responsive to their needs;
- Playing an important role in agriculture input and information supply systems; and
- Participating in the decision-making in local government and civil society organizations.
THE MISSION OF ATSA
The ATSA will achieve its vision by forming strategic civil society organizations and private market opportunities to: utilize and strengthen local level systems and networks to provide high quality technical services which strengthen farmer’s capabilities to generate, access and use information to make better decisions in their fields; develop local capacity to produce, create linkages and supply high quality and timely agriculture input to farmers; and strengthen farmer groups and their capacity to access markets, influence local level decision-making and participate more actively in civil society.
Head Office
Contact Person: Mrs. Pan Sodavy
Position: Research & Training and Programme Director
Office Address: 172B, St. 300, Sangkat Beoung Keng Kang 2,
Khan Chamkamorn, Phnom Penh
Tel: (855-23) 222 684
Mobile: 012 696 069
Fax: (855-23) 222 684
E-mail: davy.pan@gmail.com
Website: www.atsacambodia.org
Indonesia name:Daun Bendera Nusantara
FIELD Indonesia is a national level Non-governmental Organization that supports marginalized communities in Indonesia through education for empowerment and improved livelihoods. FIELD does this by providing non-formal educational activities that both enhance technical knowledge and engender critical thinking.
Vision and Mission
FIELD’s vision is that marginalized communities will re-claim and re-manage their public domains and improve their livelihoods.
The mission of FIELD is to support communities through education to be able to:
- Analyze and understand the technical, social and political realities of the ecosystems that form the basis of their livelihoods.
- Organize to conduct actions that will enhance their livelihoods in a manner that is both ecologically sustainable and democratic.
Expertise
FIELD was established in July 2001 by members of the technical assistance team of FAO’s Indonesia Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM) in Irrigated Tropical Rice. Over the 12 years of the IPM project the technical assistance team pioneered a new approach to farmer education, the Farmers Field School (FFS), organized the training of over 1 million farmers in IPM and trained over 25,000 farmers as trainers in 12 provinces of Indonesia. The program laid the foundation for a network that continues to provide FIELD access to experienced trainers across Indonesia. The core of FIELD was formed from this team.
By the middle of the second decade following its founding, FIELD had implemented over 20 projects. Project implementation has had several consequences for FIELD. The first has been the development of a highly competent administrative section. FIELD’s long-term involvement in conducting USAID supported activities means that FIELD has had to meet strict USAID administrative standards. Administrative personnel have enjoyed continued training from USAID over the ten years of the USAID-FIELD relationship. The second consequence has been the development of an experienced management team that very often is supporting as many as four projects at the same time. Third, every project offers an opportunity to expand the FIELD network and the skills of the Field team. This means that FIELD has evolved a range of competencies that includes agriculture, livelihood, water and sanitation, clean air, aquaculture, climate change, watershed management, local food system, plant genetic resources, and biodiversity conservation.
The FFS has been the key learning approach used by FIELD in most of its projects. The approach is a unique application of proven adult educational principles. Flexible and easily adapted to suit emerging demands and opportunities, the FFS has been used in the context of climate change, water resources management, services delivery, development of village water supply systems, food security and community resilience.
The Action Research was developed and implemented by communities to find the solution of the problems are facing.
The Sustainable Livelihoods Assessment (SLA) was developed in the context of poverty related activities. The SLA is a community based participatory assessment approach that allows community groups to discover the ecological basis of their livelihoods and developing action plans. FIELD has adapted the SLA for community-based assessments concerned with watershed management, disaster preparedness, Clean Air, and climate change.
Training
FIELD design and implement training activities for the facilitators of the FFS, SLA or other project activities. These Training of Trainers (ToT) activities are usually not limited to building skills, but also concern building well integrated teams. Conducting good quality ToT’s is one reason FIELD implemented projects can quickly achieve a large-scale impact. FIELD has had experiences training over 30 years in national (in 12 provinces) and 12 countries in Asia levels.
FIELD’s approaches described above are employing with the goal of communities organizing to ensure their resilience. FIELD has built a fundamental competence in community organizing. FIELD relies upon this competence to strengthen its thematic focus of all its project efforts.
In the implementation of project FIELD collaborate with government (in national, provinces, districts, and village levels), NGOs, Journalist, farmers institution, and farmer groups.
The Future
FIELD, with each project, looks to the future by developing new cadre and taking on new challenges. The basic approaches employed by FIELD are adaptable and can be scaled up quickly. From an initial focus that was rural and agricultural FIELD has grown to include urban and environmental issues. Agricultural priorities have expanded to include other livelihoods issues especially water, related issues with an emphasis on the threats posed by climate change to all communities. For communities across Indonesia FIELD has brought and will continue to bring the promise of a bright future.
Head Office
Contact Person: Heru Setyoko
Position: Executive Director
Office Address: Komplek TNI Angkatan Laut, Jl. Telum Peleng 87A, Rawabambu, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia 12520
Tel:/Fax: +62-21-7820479
E-mail: fieldfoundationindonesia@gmail.com, heruindo@yahoo.com, hsetyoko14@gmail.com
Rural Development Sole (RDS) is a company that is not work for its benefit which is legally registered in the Lao PDR, depending on the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. In the enterprise license No. 493/RO, dated June 20, 2016, with its frankness, transparency and auditable vision of RDS.
Rural Development Sole focus on issues of ecological agriculture, poverty reduction, and human rights through educational programs delivered via formal and non-formal educational systems. Rural Development Sole supports participatory and action research approached in order to provide communities in need with responsive and sustainable education that will improve farmer livelihoods, preserve culture, and support the global community by securing the future of agriculture.
Rural Development Sole supports farmer in a multifaceted capacity through training and advocacy on group production issues, economic, community health, cultural issues, and farmer`s right. RDS also facilitates educational interventions with farmers through Farmer Field Schools (FFS), as well as with students in formal and non-formal education system.
Head Office
Contact Person: Mr. Bandith Keothongkham
Position: Director
Office Address: House No.843, 13 South Road, Donenoun Village, Xaythany district, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR
P.O. Box 3294
Tel: (85620) 99384789
E-mail: bandith2009@yahoo.com
The Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID) is a non-profit institute based in Yangon, Myanmar, working collaboration with government, communities, local CSOs/NGOs, international organizations, and technical specialists to strengthen capacities, governance processes, knowledge bases, and intervention models for integrated development. MIID aims to promote meaningful participation and inclusion of ethnic communities in Myanmar’s economic, social and political transition by supporting a people-centered and sustainable approach to economic and social development. In Kalaw and Nyaungshwe Townships, MIID is conducting value chains and climate change adaptation work in Taungyoe villages in the hills west of Inlay Lake in Southern Shan (near Heho). The work of MIID is delivered with the support from technical specialists, Winrock International and in partnership with Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) and the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
A goal of the project is to improve responsible use of natural resources including soil and water. The Field Alliance works to build the capacity of leaders and practitioners in the agriculture sector by teaching ways to balance agriculture productivity with long term sustainability and maintenance of a healthy ecosystem. The project area is five villages in LetMaungGwe village tract, Nyaung Shwe Township, and one village in Bawnin village tract in Kalaw Township, for a total 395 households
Head Office
Contact Person: Joern Kristensen
Position: Executive Director
Office Address: Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID) No. 12, Kanbawza Street, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Tel:/Fax: (+95) 1 545170
E-mail: info@mmiid.org
Website: http://www.mmiid.org
Thai Education Foundation (TEF) is a non-profit organization working to improve education in Thailand. To TEF, education is first and foremost a continuous process guided primarily by the participant-learners themselves. To optimize this learner-centered approach in a rapidly changing national context, formal, non-formal and private-sector institutions must continually develop diverse and responsive capacities and programs. Linking innovative field projects, training and policy development support, TEF works to make innovative, practical and effective contributions to this end.
- Educational reform and decentralization
- Local capacity building
- Non-formal, adult and primary education
- Learner-centered, experiential education and action research
- Training and curriculum development and facilitation
- Environmental education and ecological agriculture
- Management information systems and educational technology
Growing from numerous collaborative efforts between the Thai Ministry of Education, FAO, The Field Alliance and Kemi Sweden from 1990 – current, TEF has been expanding the Pesticidies impacts assessment to health and environment, the IPM, the Agrobiodiversity in schools, communities, and colleges throughout Southeast Asian countries.
Our collaborating partners include Ministries of Education, Public Health, Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture and Extensions, Mahidol and Chiangmai Universities, FAO, UNESCO, UNICEF, local schools and agencies.
Head Office
Contact Person: Mr. Marut Jatiket
Position: Secretariat Thai Education Foundation
Office Address: 193 Moo 2, Umong Soi 9, Tambon Umong, Muang District, Lamphun, Thailand 51150
Tel: +66 92 807 3000
E-mail: info@thaied.org
Website: http://www.thaied.org/
The Center for Initiatives on Community Empowerment and Rural Development (ICERD) is a Vietnamese Civil Society Organization (CSO) supporting poor rural communities to sustainably manage their own livelihoods. ICERD focus on issues of ecological agriculture, poverty reduction, and human rights through educational programs delivered via formal and non-formal educational systems. ICERD supports participatory and action research approaches in order to provide communities in need with responsive and sustainable education that will improve farmer livelihoods, preserve culture.
ICERD founded under the auspices of the National Programme on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Field Alliance (Thai Education Foundation), The Center for Initiatives on Community Empowerment and Rural Development has played a prominent role in capacity-building for sustainable agriculture in Vietnam. ICERD is officially registered as member organization of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (number 353/QĐ-LHHVN dated 01 June 2012).
ICERD supports farmers in a multifaceted capacity: through training and advocacy on group production issues, economic, community health, and cultural issues and farmer’s right. ICERD also facilitates educational interventions with farmers through Farmer Field Schools (FFS), as well as with students in formal and non-formal education systems.
ICERD has been being a Partner of The Field Alliance (TFA), an independent international organization in carrying out the programme “Rural Ecological Agriculture for Livelihoods (REAL)” within The SIDA funded Regional Programme “Towards a Non-toxic Environment in South-East Asia”.
ICERD has closely collaboration with the Plant Protection Department – Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MARD), and Department of Continuing Education – Ministry of Education and Training to assist Local Partners to carry out the most of the current work of ICERD. Local Partners are The Crop Production and Plant Protection Sub Department (CP&PPSD) – Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD); Commune People committee; Community Learning Center (CLC); Women union; Youth Union; Cooperatives; farmer groups.
Head Office
Contact Person: Mr. Pham Hoang Long
Position: Program Coordinator
Office Address: Number 14, Alley 54, Bui Xuong Trach Street, Khuong Dinh Ward, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi, Vietnam
Tel:/Fax: 844-38-552774
E-mail: icevn.org@gmail.com
