The Project has facilitated the strengthening of productive processes throughout the sustainable bamboo construction chain, both with a view toward international trade and for internal supply. This process includes an increase in local demand by raising awareness among local and central governments, as well as the private sector, about incorporating bamboo into various construction projects such as social housing, productive, educational, commercial, tourism, and public-use structures. Additionally, there are now more consolidated organizations for the associative management of bamboo, including groups of producers and builders offering goods and services related to bamboo. Experiences of public-private partnerships around bamboo construction have been systematized, including a mapping of stakeholders and their roles in each case for potential replication and to identify lessons learned.
- 5 Studies developed: i) Estimation of the current and potential supply of bamboo in 7 Municipalities of Manabí,ii) Export model of round bamboo and latillas including operation costs,iii) Systematization of experiences of public-private management model in the sustainable chain with bamboo, iv) Guide for public procurement of constructions with bamboo, v) Communal Housing Plan with indicators of sustainability, energy efficiency and climate change mitigation in its construction and maintenance, includes typology of rural house.
- 1 Remote sensing course with satellite images for vegetation mapping with emphasis on bamboo with 22 participants.
- 108 Workshop School Graduates employed in activities related to their training, representing 68% of all graduates.
- Fourth Trainer of Trainer course for sustainable bamboo management and one FFS in Chone with 15 bamboo producers.
- Two Experience Exchange Tours: for bamboo constructions, and for bamboo preservation centers with 48 participants in total from Napo, Esmeraldas, and Manabí provinces.
- Basic Accounting and Tax Training for three bamboo-related organizations.
- Operational Mobile Tank for Bamboo Preservation capacity for 75 culms each load, two loads per day with high temperature on preservation solution.
- Technical Visit from Colombian Specialist Dr. Jorge Augusto Montoya from June 5-8 for bamboo preservation and drying training with solar dryers, with 25 participants including 13 public officials.
- New Designs of Bamboo Structures such as a model corral for cattle, built on the model farm of GAD Chone; a washing area for exporting bananas with FENAPROPE; and a nursery-greenhouse with the ABE LAC IUCN program.
- Collaboration with Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MIDUVI) for updating a social housing prototype model with bamboo.
Bamboo Constructions: Commercial Premises in El Rosario Community, a public-use structure in the 4 Hermanos community, improvements to a fire-damaged house in El Carmen, a bus stop with the Maicito Agricultural Association, a cafeteria and agroecological store in Portoviejo with Fundación FIDES, and a 230m2 multi-purpose cover in Jaime Roldós Aguilera Educational Unit’s grounds built with parents, Las Tunas teachers, and participants from the Colombian Tacuara training course.
