Modeling Tasks
 
Task
Who
Timeline
Reason
Field testing of the CoView package Cameroon Team (Valentina)Zimbabwe Team (Richard)Bolivia Team (Wil)Indonesia Team (Herry)Malawi Team End 2002  
Identify the demand for modelling and the need for capacity building in modelling Jerry Vanclay & Mandy Haggith End 2002 FLORES and similar work should be demand-driven,need to establish demand
Organize modelling course at University of Zimbabwe. Robert Muetzelfeldt, James Gambiza, Fergus Sinclair End 2002 Capacity building. Demand for such training has been established.
Paper highlighting development issues addressed by FLORES models FLORES teams in Indonesia, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and other FLORES activists July 2002 Spread information about objectives of FLORES models
Demonstration of FLORES-type models of intermediate scale and scope, optimized to illustrate policy/development issues. Managers of FLORES models End 2002 Inform potential users of possibility of FLORES-type modelling and demonstrate power of Simile to potential donors.
Must have deliberately planned process of interaction and consultation with all users throughout modelling process. All FLORES modellers On-going To ensure focus and relevance of models
Manual of specifications and standards for framework models and plug-in submodels for use at the forest margin, including components, linkaes, context Robert, Jasper, Fergus, Jerry, Herri, Mandy, Chris August 2002 Need to standardize before proliferation of plug-in models to encourage sharing.
Carry out experiment in Participatory Modelling with natural resource managers in a woodland area of Zimbabwe. Only to be undertaken on request of managers. CIFOR-Zimbabwe Researchers End 2002 Experiment in Participatory Modelling
Finish and evaluate existing FLORES CIFOR Researchers End 2002 Meet original participant and donor expectations. Suggest rapid closure on Rantau Pandan, and development of a plausible Mafugautsi model.
Statement of lessons learned and insights gained   End 2002 Meet original participant and donor expectations, spread the word, and share the lessons learned.
Research and document issues of appropriate participation and transaction costs. TREP at University of Zimbabwe End 2002 Explore potential for, and costs of Participatory Modelling.
Develop techniques (including CoView) to evaluate Participatory Modelling (at all levels) ACM Team at CIFOR End 2002 Explore potential for, and costs of Participatory Modelling.