Version française: BNT

PLENARY DIALOGUE WITH NGOs: A number of NGOs, civil society groups, local organizations and women's groups presented their activities and made recommendations for consideration by the COW. The presentations were based on five sub-themes related to traditional knowledge (TK): national/action plans; partnership; communication and research; appropriate technologies; and the role of women. Delegates underscored the importance of the forum in facilitating progress and proposed a similar forum for the CST

	Senegal's CNCR highlighted the role of small-scale production and the need to recognize small producer organizations on the same basis as NGOs (French)
ENDA Inter-Arabe's Joseph Nyakundabera outlined several possibilities for partnerships to promote traditional knowledge (French)
	Sawadogo Alifou, President of COPOD, discussed neem as an example of traditional knowledge which was almost lost in Burkina Faso (French)
CONGAD's Awa Wade presented the three "R"s of traditional knowledge partnerships: resources, roles, responsibilities and revenue (French)
	The Comite de Coordination des Actions des ONG du Mali (CCA) presented a case study on the promotion of traditional knowledge and practices among local populations (English translation)
Egypt noted the urgency to protect women's know-how and address desertification, which threatens the resources on which their activities are based, and stressed the role of NGOs as facilitators of access by women at all levels (English)
	Niger applauded both the ecological and economic roles women play in arid areas (English translation)