Criticism came from respondents feeling that certain workshops were not presented in a manner relevant to the Belizean context, not culturally sensitive or not offering more up-to-date information regarding natural family planning alternatives.
During the workshop, certain factors were identified in increased population growth, greater climate change impacts (i.e. natural scarcity, deforestation, land degradation, etc), lower contribution of agriculture to national GDP, urbanization and inadequate energy sector.
The main documents consulted were: the original programme outline document, the annual JP 6.2 work plans, annual and mid-term reports, minutes of quarterly coordination meetings, certain email communications, workshop minutes and programme reports, the National Disaster Management Policy and the National Operational Guidelines for Disaster Management.
Most workshops do certain animals, such as cats or snakes, but each workshop also has a specialty -- perhaps large peacocks or fantastic flying dragons.
We also received verbal feedback from certain participants after the workshop that expressed how iSAT was useful in their own context.
Ideally, all employees then get an opportunity to initiate their own learning be it asking the organization for certain training programs or workshops and then taking charge of their own learning and growth.
There are certain themes that come up in workshop after workshop.
Indeed, certain participants at the final workshop voiced concerns that the questions under discussion were too general to be considered true research questions.
