Appendix D.
Summary of Comments and Feedback
(8 out of 30
translated) Q1. Workshop Achieved Stated Purposes and Objectives? Participants said that the workshop achieved its objectives and they learned many things, such as the benefits of mangroves and techniques for restoration. However, one person mentioned they would like more information about the costs of CBEMR projects. Q2. How have your skills, knowledge and experienced changed as a result of this workshop? For those who answered, they suggested a change in their approach to restoration. Rather than the traditional method, they realised that there were many more things to consider, such as site/species matching, and the use of CBEMR’s systematic approach. Others mentioned the value of community environmental education and focusing on the priority of conserving the mangrove they already had. Q3. Best Parts of the Workshop? A variety of features were appreciated with no consistent theme. These included the fact that CBEMR uses low cost techniques, the field trips brought the work to life and revealed the difficulties of actual implementation, the powerpoint presentations and videos were appreciated, as well as new knowledge such as the importance of hydrology, tides and general mangrove ecology. Q4. What Training Elements could have been Omitted / Reduced? This drew no suggestions. Q5. How could we have Improved the Event? One person suggested using a larger training room and provision of hard and soft copies of the training (due to copyright issues, this is contrary to MAP’s policy, however participants received a ‘MAP’s Five Steps Manual for EMR’ A5 booklet, in Burmese.) Provision a training agenda beforehand would have been appreciated. And another suggested inviting more actual mangrove users to the workshop. Q6. Daily schedule (time spent in and out of sessions)
4,1,4,5,5,3,3,5
Av. 3.8
Q7. Length (number of days) of workshop
3,4,4,5,4,2,2,5
Av. 3.6
Q8. Satisfaction with the training and facilitation methods
4,3,4,3,5,4,3,5
Av. 3.9
Q9. Satisfaction with the venue (location and facility)
3,2,1,4,5,3,2,3
Av. 2.9
Q10. The training method utilized during the workshop
4,5,5,1,5,5,4,5
Av. 4.3
Q11. The quality and effectiveness of the trainers
5,5,5,2,5,5,4,5
Av. 4.5
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