Création d’un manuel pédagogique comme action collaborative de promotion de l’écosanté en Asie du Sud-Est

Abstract

This paper describes the development of an Ecohealth Trainer Manual that was published in May 2013 and adapted to a Southeast Asian audience. This manual was part of a project entitled the Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI), launched in October 2011, which aims to build the capacity of researchers, young professionals and students in Ecohealth. The FBLI is coordinated by eight institutions in Southeast Asia and aims to tackle issues related to agricultural intensification and health. As an integral step to the development of the Trainer Manual, the FBLI invited the target audience of the manual to collaborate and network, and thereby contribute directly to the production of the teaching tools they would then be expected to use to teach Ecohealth in their respective institutions. The article describes the processes and techniques used to encourage such collaboration in the multi-institutional regional context of Southeast Asia. It suggests that three conditions are necessary to allow for the emergence of co-creation during such collaborative processes : creating an enabling environment, promoting trust and respect amongst stakeholders and participants, and sharing a common goal or common purpose.

Keywords

• capacity building
• participation
• ecohealth
• collaboration
• Southeast Asia
• leadership