River Management Workshop & Field Trip
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RIVER MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP & FIELD TRIP
Dates:
Time: 9.30am - 5.00pm
Venue: Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Council Chamber
Workshop Cost: $300.00 (incl GST) - Includes hand-outs, lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea
Field Trip Cost: $50.00 –(incl GST) Includes lunch
Closing date for registrations is 4pm Friday 2nd September
WORKSHOP OUTLINE can be found in the Rivers Group June newsletter, click here to view.
FACILITATION
The workshop will be facilitated by Gary Williams, of Waterscape. He will lead out and facilitate the discussions, which will be case study focused and informed by the experiences of practitioners from around New Zealand.
FORMAT
The workshop will be an open discussion forum, to exchange experiences and examples
of river management throughout New Zealand. The discussions will be facilitated
around five general themes, and the discussions will be focused by case studies.
CONTEXT
The workshop has been organised by the Rivers Group for professional training and to provide a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience among river management practitioners. The Rivers Group has done this, at the request of members, because there has been a lack of such training and opportunities for the exchange of ideas and know-how between practitioners.
The workshop has a broad scope to ‘test the waters’ and see where the training and knowledge gaps are, while ensuring useful outcomes for participants by having a practical case study focus. There are many issues around the themes, as well as knowledge and experience requirements, and this workshop can only touch on some of them. Depending on interest and the workshop outcomes, further workshops could be held that had a narrower focus or more specific aim, such as the development of standards and accepted procedures.
Registrations close 4pm Friday 2nd September
For further information contact Gary Williams, Facilitator at: gary@waterscape.co.nz