Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (Thailand), 11-22 May 2009

Companion Modelling for Integrated Renewable Resource Management

Training Programme

Duration Topic of activity Kind of activity Speakers or facilitators
Day 1
30 mn Opening, introduction of participants, overview of the course Lecture GT
60 mn ComMod in the field of INRM Lecture GT
30 mn Introduction to Modelling Lecture CLP
180 mn Discovering Role-Playing Games: the " ReHab " game Role-Playing Game CLP, KW
Day 2
90 mn Introduction to companion modelling: principles, tools & effects Lecture GT
90 mn [Lingmuteychu] Conflict resolution & institutional building in a watershed of West-Central Bhutan Lecture TRG
90 mn UML: formalized diagrams to specify conceptual models Lecture CLP
90 mn Group work on UML Group work  
Day 3
90 mn The initiation and facilitation of a ComMod process Lecture GT
90 mn [Nam Haen] Mediation of a conflict between two farming communities and a national park in Northern Thailand Lecture PD
90 mn PARDI: a methodology for the collaborative modelling of socio-ecosystems Lecture CLP
30 mn Presentation of group work on managing water in a Mekong Basin socio-ecosystem Lecture GT
60 mn Group work on PARDI Group work  
Day 4
90 mn Presentation of group work Discussion  
90 mn [Bac Lieu] Salinity patterns and integrated rice-shrimp farming in Bac Lieu Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam Lecture LCD
90 mn Objectives, characteristics and construction of ComMod Role-Playing Games (RPG) Lecture CLP
90 mn Group work on designing a prototype RPG (1) Group work  
Day 5
90 mn Group work on designing a prototype RPG (2) Group work  
90 mn Presentation of group work Discussion  
90 mn Introduction to Agent-Based Models used in ComMod for IRRM Lecture CLP
90 mn [Don Hoi Lord] Razor Clam Management in the Don Hoi Lord coastal wetland in Central Thailand Lecture KW
Day 6
30 mn Associations and combinations of ABM and RPG in ComMod Lecture CLP
60 mn [Mejan] What future for Causse Méjan grasslands ? Examining environmental & land management problems with stakeholders  Lecture CLP
90 mn [Ban Mak Mai] Analysis of land/water use and labour migration interactions in Lower Northeast Thailand Lecture WN
30 mn Discussion to adjust the programme Discussion  
150 mn Introduction to Smalltalk // Conception of a role-playing game Tutorial // Group work CLP
Day 7
90 mn How to implement a concrete simulation model from a set of UML diagrams: introduction to Cormas Lecture CLP
90 mn [Doi Tiew] Mediation of a land use conflict between herders and foresters in Northern Thailand Lecture PD
180 mn Introduction to Smalltalk // Conception of a role-playing game Tutorial // Group work CLP
Day 8
90 mn [Mae Hae] Land and water management in a Northern Thailand watershed Lecture PP
90 mn Introduction to Cormas // Conception of a role-playing game Tutorial // Group work CLP
180 mn WaDiGa - Role Playing Game session including debriefing Role-Playing Game GT
Day 9
90 mn [Mae Salaep] Adaptive land & water management in Mae Salaep, Northern Thailand Lecture GT
90 mn Monitoring and evaluation of a ComMod process: principles, methodology, tools & results Lecture GT
90 mn WaDiGa - Computer model (Cormas) Tutorial CLP
90 mn Introduction to Cormas // Documentation of WaDiGa RPG Tutorial // Group work CLP
Day 10
90 mn The quest for "optimal" management schemes with ReHab Discussion CLP
90 mn ComMod for IRRM: lessons learned so far, current hot topics and future perspectives Lecture GT
15 mn Resources on ComMod: presentation of websites, electronic lists, key publications, etc. Lecture CLP
45 mn Course evaluation and plenary discussion Q/A session Discussion  

GT = Guy Trébuil (Cirad) 
CLP = Christophe Le Page (Cirad)
KW = Kobchai Worrapimphong (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 
LCD = Le Canh Dung (Mekong Delta Institute, Vietnam)
PD = Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 
PP = Panomsak Promburom (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
TRG = Tayan Raj Gurung (CoRBB, Bhutan)
WN = Warong Naivinit (Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand)