Exchange visits have proven to be an effective way that other learning networks (e.g., Micronesians in Conservation) have used to foster peer-to-peer learning. Building on these experiences, PIMPAC co-coordinators will work with local practitioners to develop proposals for site exchanges to best utilize the strengths of regional programs to fill in the gaps.
Interested in hosting or participating in a learning exchange? Have an idea that you think would be of interest to the broader community? Let us know about it.
Learning Exchanges
Criteria for Exchange Visits
As PIMPAC is a regional initiative there are several opportunities for exchange visits for members to learn from one another.
The following are the criteria by which exchange visits will be given priority:
• The exchange should have the potential to spark activity or catalyze action and have a significant impact to candidates work.
• The exchange should have clear goals of what the participants are trying to accomplish.
• The exchange should minimize cost either through cost share/ in kind support.
• The exchange should show a clear benefit to participants and PIMPAC.
• The exchange should have a sense of urgency or timeliness and demonstrate how this exchange can improve local action.
• Sites that have not had exchanges will have priority over those sites that have had exchanges.
Examples of completed learning exchanges:
Guam-Hawaii:
PIMPAC created a four-part video documentary of this exchange, which can be viewed via Guam's Community Coral Reef Monitoring Program's YouTube site
