Roundtable Discussion on CCD Course Design to Incorporate LLA

The COLOCAL project arranged a roundtable discussion on November 30, 2024 at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) campus to gather inputs from experts regarding the development of academic modules focusing on Community-based Adaptation (CBA) and Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) that is later planned to be implemented into a course of the Climate Change and Development (CCD) MSc. at the Department of Environmental Science and Management, IUB. The COLOCAL team for the event included the project coordinator, Dr. K. A. Rabbani and the project officer, Fahmid Mohtasin, who brought together LLA specialists from the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), including Savio Rousseau Rozario and Rawnak Jahan Khan Ranon, and ongoing MSc students under the CCD programme. It was a fruitful discussion that raised many interesting aspects of developing an effective course on the topic. The participants and the team were all in agreement that the course must first introduce the key concepts, principles, history, and the evolution of CBA to LLA. The need for showcasing successful and unsuccessful case studies of LLA was also mentioned. Furthermore, it was made clear from the discussion that the course needed to follow a practical approach to learning through engagement with communities and external stakeholders rather than following the traditional structure of an academic course. This was planned to be achieved through a field assignment for the students in climate vulnerable areas of the country and through paper presentations to stay updated on the contemporary literature on LLA. Prior to the field assignment, the need for a module introducing the tools and techniques of LLA was also communicated. The discussion then progressed to talks of possible administrative limitations and the changes required that could add to the success or failure of the course.

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