Interactive Workshop: ESON Today and Tomorrow

November 17, 2014

SAP-Falcha House, Babarmahal, Kathmandu

Program highlights

Welcome speech/ Introduction: Dr. Sangeeta Rajbhandary (Treasurer, ESON)
Presentation: Evaluation report on ESON activities (1998–2014) and recommendations for future: Dr. Deborah Long (Head, Plantlife Scotland)
ESON Forward Plan (2015-2020): Download

Observations from Expert Panel
Mr. Ganesh Bahadur Karki (President, FECOFUN)
Dr. Dinesh Raj Bhuju (Academician, Nepal Academy of Science & Technology)
Mr. Yam Bahadur Thapa (Director General, Department of Plant Resources)
Mr. Laxmi Bhatta (ICIMOD)
Mr. Ananta Bhandari (WWF Nepal)

Questions and answer session with Deborah Long and Panel
Mr. Sudarshan Khanal (ANSAB); Mr. Min Bikram Malla (Practical Action Nepal), Prof. Krishna Raj Shrestha (RECAST), Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Rai (Department of Plant Resources, MoFSC), Ms. Jarina Joshi (Central Department of Biotechnology, TU), Mr. Laxmi Raj Joshi (Nepal Energy Garden Team), Dr. Khem Raj Bhattarai (MoFSC/GoN), and Prof. Dr. Dharma Raj Dangol (ESOn Executive member).

Future plans for ESON and Concluding remarks: Prof. KK Shrestha (President, ESON) General

Discussion and Closing
Refreshments and Networking