Roberts project LAUNCHING WORKSHOP

On December 17^th Robert had organised the project’s launching workshop, in the Harmony Hotel (what’s in a name?). 

I was also invited and that was a great pleasure! The Canadian Ambassador was there (being the biggerst donor), the Ethiopian minister of Agriculture, since the project is part of a country wide programme for Sustainable Land Management, and the director of KfW, the German Development Fund that also contributes and steers the project on behalf of Canada. Most of all I liked to meet with the project coordinators in the three different areas, Bahir Dar and  Mekelle north of Addis and Oromya, just south of Addis. They all speak  very good English and got their masters degree abroad, so it was a pleasure to talk and exchange ideas. Not only about sustainable agriculture, but also about politics, life in Ethiopia, their children etc. 

The workshop (about Sustainable Land Management, SLM) was very interesting and very succesful indeed and Robert got quite a few compliments for the organisation of it all.