NCEP's Workshops Around the World

Individual educators at any location with Internet access may participate by simply downloading and using NCEP materials free of charge. However, in several countries, the CBC and its local partners are following a more intensive implementation strategy, with workshops and training events that bring educators and conservation practitioners together for a variety of purposes. In some cases, workshops are held to review and adapt existing modules to the context of a particular country. In other cases, workshops facilitate the production of new modules, or present new modules for discussion and evaluation by faculty peers. Finally, some workshops are focused on how modules can be used, and in particular, on how the principles of active teaching and learning embedded in NCEP module structure and content can be effectively used in the classroom to improve how conservation biology is taught. Since 2001, the CBC and its partners have held more than 70 NCEP workshops and training events in fifteen countries, reaching a total of more than 1500 faculty members, practitioners, and students.

Year	Location of Workshops
2001	Cochabamba, Bolivia; La Paz, Bolivia; Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2002	Cochabamba, Bolivia; Hanoi, Vietnam; Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) annual meeting, University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom
2003	Santa Cruz, Bolivia; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Veracruz, Mexico; Laos PDR; SCB annual meeting, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, USA
2004	Santa Cruz, Bolivia; La Paz, Bolivia; Mantasoa, Madagascar; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Veracruz, Mexico; Yangon, Myanmar; SCB annual meeting, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
2005	La Paz, Bolivia; Laos PDR; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Kirindy, Madagascar; Fianarantsoa, Madagascar; Xalapa, Mexico; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Monterey, California, USA; Portal, Arizona, USA; SCB annual meeting, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
2006	Tulear, Madagascar; Antananarivo, Madagascar; Lima, Peru; Butare, Rwanda; La Paz, Bolivia; Ankarafantsika, Madagascar; Ampefy, Madagascar; Fort Dauphin, Madagascar; SCB annual meeting, McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, USA
2007	Antananarivo, Madagascar; Black Rock Forest, New York, USA; Vientiane, Lao PDR; Butare, Rwanda; Toaliara, Madagascar; Manahoro, Madagascar; Champasak, Lao PDR; American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA; Ivoloina, Madagascar; Sava, Madagascar; Pachacamac, Peru; SCB annual meeting, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2008	Butare, Rwanda; San Jose, California; SCB annual meeting, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA