CATAPA - Train the Trainers Course - T3

Friday 9th – Sunday 11th December 2016

LOKEREN

In cooperation with:
1. Introduction
Dear CATAPISTA,

You signed up for The Train the Trainers course, organized by CATAPA. We wish you a very warm
welcome! The Train the Trainers course will take place together with CATAPA’s ‘Movement weekend’
which is organized for the 6th time. CATAPA as a volunteer movement wants to educate young
people to tell our story, to lobby and to do research on the subject of mining in Latin America.

The Train the Trainers course is part of Generation Transition, the project CATAPA (www.catapa.be)
has been working on for two years now, together with Putumayo (www.putumayo.be), Mediaraven
and Act4change (www.act4change.be), financed by the Flemish Official Development Cooperation,
and with a focus on the future generation. The scarcity and lack of natural resources is a very
valuable topic and challenge for this next generation: the students of today will be the managers,
teachers, artists, board directors, scientists and engineers of tomorrow.

With Generation Transition CATAPA wants to raise students’ awareness on this issue by training
them to deliver workshops about the scarcity of natural resources and ways to deal with it. CATAPA
believes in the internal capacities of youngsters and wants to maximize their skills by offering them a
challenging training programme. An intensive training will be offered to the participants in 2016-
2017. Filled with conferences, weekends, master classes, close support by coaches, professional
workshops, self-evaluation methods, etc. All this geared to the student’s academic schedule.

It doesn’t matter if you already know CATAPA or if you are completely new; this weekend will be the
perfect start to get involved! Our goal of the Train the Trainers weekend is not only to offer a lot of
information, but this weekend will also offer the perfect opportunity to get to know each other and
have fun!

2. Practical information
Address
De Wingerd Hoogland
Oude Heerweg 109
9160, Lokeren

How to get there?

By car:
When you’re driving on the E17; if you come from Ghent, you should take exit 12 Bis, if you come
from Antwerp, you should take exit 12. Follow the signs “Lokeren Centrum” until you reach traffic
lights. Continue straight ahead until you see a sign “Centrum” making you turn right before the next
traffic lights. After that, when you reach the next traffic lights, turn right. Continue along this road
(Oude bruglaan - Rozenstraat) for about 2 km, and take the 5th road on your left. Cross the
roundabout (2h exit), and turn immediate to the left. Continue this road (Oude Heerweg, you will
cross a rail road) until you see a wooden sign saying “Hoogland” on your left.
By public transport:
Take the train to LOKEREN, it’s about 20 minutes walking from the station.

When you leave the station, you go to the left, until you reach a roundabout. Turn left on the
roundabout (4th exit, Groendreef), cross the train rails and turn immediately to your right (into the
Uebergdreef). Continue this road until the end (800m), and turn into the first street on your right
(Oude Heerweg). Walk for 500m on the Oude Heerweg to reach the destination (you will see a
wooden sign saying ‘Hoogland’ on your right).
3. What to bring
● Pen and paper
● Your agenda
● A clear mind ☺
● Bed sheet
● Sleeping bag
● Clothes (most of the program will be inside, but take something warm in case you want to take
a break outside)
● Slippers
● Towel
● If you want: board game, music…
● Two small, wrapped presents worth around 2 euros for our game
 4. Event Program

Friday 9th December*

Time What Who
19.00-20.20 Arrival and meal
20.20-20.30 Opening speech Charlotte Christiaens

20.30-21.30 Mining and sustainability: The Colombian case Ernesto Andrade Sastoque
21.30-22.00 Get to know each other/Ice breaker Lucy Mears

Saturday 10th December*

Time What Who
09.30-12.45 Presentations of trainers in training: Self- Ann D’Heedene and
evaluation and peer evaluation Charlotte Christiaens
12.45-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.15 Free trade agreements and extractivism, new Lucile Falgueyrac

privileges for mining companies at the
expense of local communities
15.15-16.30 Resisting Investors to state dispute settlement Lucile Falgueyrac
and extractivism, case studies and strategies
Break
16.45-18.00 Meeting of the Working groups CATAPA Working group
coordinators
Dinner
20.00-21.00 Challenges in sustainable mining Charlotte Christiaens
21.00-22.00 Group quiz
22.00-… Fiesta Catapista

Sunday 11th December*

Time What Who
09.45-11.15 Rain Harvest Project in Bolivia Silke Ronsse
11.30-12.30 Academic week meeting Charlotte Christiaens

12.30-13.00 Evaluation + the follow-up Charlotte Christiaens

*The event program can still change.

5. Contact details
Charlotte Christiaens – charlotte.christiaens@catapa.be
Mobile phone: 0474100643

Please transfer 35 euro before Friday 2nd of Dec on BE49 979528617871, mentioning your name +
movement weekend.
The train the trainers who already paid the 70 euro, don’t need to pay this 35 euro.

SEE YOU ON FRIDAY!

Attachment 1: List of Participants

1 Christiaens Charlotte charlotte.christiaens@catapa.b

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2 Mears Lucy lucy.mears@catapa.be

3 Alvarez Correa Jonah jonah.alvarezcorrea@student.a

rteveldehs.be

4 del Castillo Mirtha lorena.delcastillo@pucp.pe

Durand Lorena

5 Belmans Kasper kasperbelmans@outlook.com

6 Walter Andino walter.andino@catapa.be

7 Jansen Leen leen.jansen@catapa.be

8 Evans Tembo envaros@gmail.com

9 Martin Concha Rubio miconcha@uc.cl
10 Racionero Gomez Blanca blancaraci@gmail.com

11 Janssens Jonathan jonathan.janssens@catapa.be

12 Vazquez Alberto alberto.vazquez@catapa.be

13 Ronsse Silke silke.ronsse@catapa.be

14 Cottyn Hanne hanne.cottyn@catapa.be

15 Timmerman Emma emma.timmerman@catapa.be

16 Dries Willy driesbervoets@skynet.be

17 Solvyns Sabine sabine.solvyns@hotmail.com

18 Geerst Truike truike.geerts@catapa.be

19 Ernesto Andrade e.andradesastoque@utwente.n

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20 Vermeersch Lien lien.vermeersch@catapa.be

21 Claes Kim kim.claes@catapa.be

22 Van Poucke Lies lies.vanpoucke@ugent.be

23 D’Herck Laura laura.dherck@ugent.be