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In a series of four workshops Brazilian staff from government,
civil society organisations, donor agencies and universities
have adapted the principles and framework of the sustainable
livelihoods (SL) approach to better reflect local realities.
The original, less ambitious, aim of the workshops was to
resent the SL approach to project staff and partner organisations
as a tool for analysing poverty and discuss its relevance
and usefulness to their work. Prior to the workshops it had
been expected that there would be interest in discussing conceptual
methods for analysing poverty in this group but we were not
expecting the enthusiasm and demand to learn more, particularly
methods to apply SL approaches in practical work. The Brazilianised
sustainable livelihoods framework includes issues specific
to Brazil that were not in the original framework and clarifies
parts that were not clear in the Brazilian context. Nine Brazilians
(from the University of Brasilia, FUNDAJ, two technical coopertion
officers and an independent consultant) were trained to deliver
the workshops and they also helped translate concepts into
themes that would be familiar to a Brazilian audience and
suggested ways of better presenting issues and case studies.
 Read
the full story (including the revised framework diagrams)
and details of how DFID Brazilia is carrying forward work
using the sustainable livelihoods approach: Word
Gail
Marzetti
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Resources Adviser, DFID Brasilia
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