<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There is an interesting discussion (and collection of information) going on right now in the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub about learning to be a pastoralist/shepherd. This is an aspect that should be included in the proposed March theme for the IYRP, in which “vocational training” is mentioned but I don’t think the primary idea was training in the vocation of pastoralism. Such training should be made specific in this proposed theme.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope everyone has the “12 possible themes for a proposed IYRP” to which I am referring.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:fernandogd@inland.org" class="">fernandogd@inland.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:fernandogd@inland.org" class="">fernandogd@inland.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[pastoralist-hub] shepherding schools</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">28 October 2019 at 10:39:14 AM CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub" <<a href="mailto:pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org" class="">pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub" <<a href="mailto:pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org" class="">pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Mounir, <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">The reason is that in Europe we are teaching young people from cities , or non -pastoralist brackground mainly , to become shepherds, due to the old age of the few remaining pastoralists. Its a question of how it is culturally perceived, in the cities nowadays and in the rural communities. </div><div class="">In other places the emphasis at schools might be to offer education for the young members of pastoralist families to learn new techniques and perspectives for their profession. </div><div class="">But becareful, there might be wrong assumptions about what is to be " a good professional" in pastoralism, for some still associated with intensification, high technification with high capital investment , introduction of high yield non-local breeds etc. We have seen in Europe that is not the way for pastoralism, it won´t compete with industrial livestock systems, instead we focus on an agroecological perspective for training future pastoralists, based on the local conditions and breeds, small quality productions of added value and recognition of environmental custody role etc. </div><div class="">All the best and thanks for your interest</div><div class="">F</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">------</div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Fernando García Dory<br class="">Regional Coordinator - World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples -WAMIP</div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">European Shepherds Network Secretariat</div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Shepherd´s School of Picos de Europa & Madrid ( Spain) </div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><a href="http://www.escueladepastores.es/" class="">www.escueladepastores.es</a></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;">tels. + 34 675 964 867 / 985 92 24 89 / 91 523 47 84</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 28 Oct 2019, at 09:27, Mounir Louhaichi <<a href="mailto:M.Louhaichi@cgiar.org" class="">M.Louhaichi@cgiar.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Many thanks to all colleagues who responded to my query about shepherding schools.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It is clear there is always interest in this “discipline”. However, what is amazing is that there is a shift from what one would expect that such schools would be predominant in the middle east and Africa.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">However, many western countries are actually interested in establishing schools across Europe.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Have a nice day.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Mounir Louhaichi<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">ICARDA<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in; margin-top: 12pt;" class=""><p class=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 1em; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" class=""><small class=""><p class="">You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://dgroups.org/fao/pastoralist-hub" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub</a>.</p><p class=""><a href="https://dgroups.org/_/sw4j4ffx" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">View this contribution on the web site</a></p><p class="">A reply to this message will be sent to all members of Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub.</p><p class=""><a href="mailto:m.louhaichi@cgiar.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Reply to sender</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>|<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:leave.pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Unsubscribe</a></p></small></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>