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Capacity building and training

Covers documents – in more general terms the output – prepared by Supras and/or its staff and consultants, as part of the various activities Supras is involved in. In many cases this output is available for downloading.

The output falls in the following partly overlapping categories: (1) CBNRM Net (in connection with the day-to-day operation of this network), (2) Lecturing and teaching (in educational or public contexts), (3) Popular writing, (4) Staff/consultant training (persons in developing countries and countries in transition that are Supras staff / local consultants are understood as being involved in on-the-job training), and (5) Training, capacity building activities and workshops (comprises organization of and/or participation in specific programs or activities).

Specific activities in this service area are available here. Relevant knowledge from secondary sources – in the form of references, documents for downloading, websites, etc., – is also available.


  1. “Nord-sør relasjoner, nettverk, Forum Sør. synergier og nettverksbygging.” Presentasjon på Knutepunkt Sørlandets ‘Måneglytt seminar.’ Vigeland Hovedgård, Vennesla, 10 June 2008. Comment: available in Norwegian, English title: “North-South relations, networks, Forum South, synergies and network building.” [access]
  2. “Aktører, relasjoner og resultater i bistandssamarbeidet.” 2006. Presentation at Forum South’s Annual Meeting, 20 February 2007, Kristiansand, Norway. Comment: available in Norwegian, English title: “Stakeholders, relationships and results in development cooperation.” [access]
  3. “Aktører, relasjoner og resultater i bistandssamarbeidet.” 2006. Public lecture. Forum South, Seminar Series 2006-07, 24 November 2006, Kristiansand, Norway. Comment: available in English and Norwegian, English title: “Stakeholders, relationships and results in development cooperation.” [access: English|Norwegian]
  4. “The role of the World Bank.” 2001. Presentation at the symposium on “The Role of the Competent International Organizations in Sustainable Ocean Development: at the National, Regional and Global Level,” Summer course on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation and Agenda 21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Ocean Institute, Halifax University. [access]
  5. “Lokalsamfunn og planlegging.” 2001. Fædrelandsvennen, May 2001. Comment: available in Norwegian, English title: “Local communities and planning”, Fædrelandsvennen is a Norwegian regional daily newspaper. [access]
  6. “Social issues in the World Bank’s project portfolio.” 2000. Guest lecture in the course on “Development aid and project administration.” Development Study Course, 27 September 2000. Kristiansand, Norway: Agder College. Comment: available in Norwegian.
  7. “Bistanden: ut av tåka.” Dagens Næringsliv, August 2000. Comment: available in Norwegian, English title: “Development cooperation: out of the fog.” [access]
  8. “Om kunnskaper og prosesser i bistandssamarbeidet.” Dagens Næringsliv, 25 July 2000. Comment: available in Norwegian, translated into English with the title: “On knowledge and processes in development cooperation.” [access: English|Norwegian]
  9. “Human rights and sustainable development.” Dagbladet, February 2000. Comment: available in Norwegian (title: “Menneskerettigheter og bærekraftig utvikling”). [access]
  10. “Fisheries: a social system perspective.” 1999. Presentation in Module 2, “Introduction to the Law of the Sea and its interaction with the UNCED process, UN conventions and mechanisms, development economics, and integrated maritime enforcement,” Summer Course on the “United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation and Agenda 21.” Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Ocean Institute, Halifax University. [access]
  11. “Report on the International Workshop on Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM),” 10-14 May 1998, Washington DC, United States. 1999. With Chris D. Gerrard. Washington DC, USA: World Bank Institute, World Bank. [access]
  12. “Sustainable and institutional reform for sustainable rural development. Sub-sector presentation on fisheries.” 1998. Presentation at EDI/RDV Core Course, 7-11 December 1998. Washington DC, United States: Economic Development Institute (EDIEN), World Bank. [access]
  13. “Community-based natural resource management.” 1998. With Christopher D. Gerrard. Presentation at EDIEN Brown Bag, 23 November 1998. Washington DC, United States: Economic Development Institute, World Bank. [access]
  14. “The Fourth Regional Workshop on Natural Resource Management in West Africa.” 12-17 October 1998, Niamey, Niger. 1998. Comment: Organized by the World Bank. The workshop focussed specifically on CBNRM. Position: Co-ordinator. [access]
  15. “The role of the World Bank.” 1998. Presentation at the symposium on “The role of the competent international organizations in sustainable ocean development: At the national, regional and global Level,” Summer course on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation and Agenda 21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Ocean Institute, Halifax University.
  16. “International workshop on Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).”, 10-14 May 1998, Washington DC, United States. 1998. Organized by the World Bank Institute in collaboration with Ford Foundation, IDRC and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Comment: Position: Co-organizer and coordinator, with Chris D. Gerrard. [more]
  17. “The role of the World Bank.” 1997. Presentation at the symposium on “The role of the competent international organizations in sustainable ocean development: At the national, regional and global level,” Summer course on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation and Agenda 21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Ocean Institute, Halifax University. [access]
  18. “The role of the World Bank in relation to the LDC countries in Africa and Asia.” 1996. Guest lecture in the course on “Development aid and project administration.” Development Study Course, 13 November 1996. Kristiansand, Norway: Agder College. Comment: available in Norwegian.
  19. “The role of the World Bank.” 1996. Presentation at the symposium on “The role of the competent international organizations in sustainable ocean development: At the national, regional and global level,” Summer course on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, its implementation and Agenda 21. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Ocean Institute, Halifax University.
  20. Bringing primary education to indigenous peoples. Impressions from Vietnam. 1995. Bank’s World vol. 14, no. 2 (February 1995), 5-7. Comment: World Bank staff journal. [access]
  21. “Hydropower development - yes, but to what prize?” 1991. Public lecture, 19 November 1991. Zurich, Switzerland: Museum of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich. Comment: available in English and German.
  22. “Indigenous peoples and human rights: an anthropological perspective.” 1991. Lecture, March 1991, at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.
  23. “Report on the seminar ‘Human rights, indigenous peoples and the UN’ in the Summer Semester 1990.” 1990. Zurich, Switzerland: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Zurich.
  24. “Human rights, indigenous peoples and the UN.” 1990-92. Seminar and lecture series. Zurich & Geneva, Switzerland: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Zurich & UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Comment: given annually, in the Summer Semester (April-July).
  25. “Sandwip Cross-dam Development Scheme: planning for settlement.” 1986. Presentation for a local network of anthropologists and sociologist, March 1986, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  26. “Ongoing fieldwork in Bangladesh.” 1985. Presentation to the Anthropological Survey of India, August 1985, Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India.
  27. “Kadipur: a village in Bangladesh.” 1984. With Jack Shea. Comment: treatment for a film.
  28. Three communities along the North Atlantic coast. 1983. Arbeidsblad, no. 1. Oslo, Norway: The National Film Board of Norway. Comment: available in Norwegian.