NATA WORKSHOP REPORT Theme: Sustainable Tourism Development & Nature Conservation in Botswana: Engaging Communities Introduction The ninth edition of the Bona Botswana En vironmenta l Conservation workshops was billed for and hosted in Nata on the 27 th August 2015. Preparations for the event wer e completed weeks in adva nce with conrma tions from vari ous government de pa rtments as we ll as non- go vernmenta l or ga ni za ti on su ch as the Na ta Conservation Trust and the Nata Bird an anctuar!" #epartment of $orestr! and %ange %e sour ces" Nata &and Board" the #epar tment of T ourism" #epartment of'i ldlif e and as usual the Bot swana (ua licatio ns )ut hor it! * +ember s of the communit! were also well represented in the audience* This report will anal!ze the said workshop with the ob,ective of ensuring that we improve and learn from the eperience gained there* The 'orkshop was rated as above average with ./ participants making it to the venue* )ll the stakeholders who were billed to make presentations as highlighted to above came earl! and made the sai d pr esenta tio ns" we however ni shed outsi de the set sched ul e" inste ad ofcompleting at 01233hrs as envisaged we ended up completing at 04213hrs due to the fac t tha t the pr esenta tio ns too k lon ger tha n env isa ged and the aud ien ce brought forth 5uestions which needed epansive or detailed answers* The audience was however engaging and had 5uestions for the various stakeho lders" their level ofengagement was however lower than the other workshops that we had previousl! hosted* Below is an anal!sis of the evaluation of the wor kshop in Nata* Ch!!"ng"s 0* The Nat a works hop saw us hav ing a turnou t of ./ peop le" lower than the envisaged 63 delegates" representing a 7.*48 turn-up* This however puts the onus on us to increase our advertising e9orts in communities and to ensure that we integrate with the communit! for face to face invitations*
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7/23/2019 NATA Conservation & Tourism Development Workshop Report
Preparations for Tsabong are positivel! underwa!= the event will be hosted on the > th
of +arch .304 at the #ikukama &odge conference facilit!* Preparations for the said
workshop will be shared between the Botswana (ualications )uthorit! and Phiri
Tourism Consortium to ensure the e9ective deliver! of the mandate of theworkshops* 'e look forward to a successful workshop in Tsabong and can onl! learn
from the challenges faced in organizing the said workshops* 'e are grateful for the
advice" mentoring and support we get from the Botswana (ualications )uthorit!
Bona Botswana workshop team and look forward to continued advice on how to