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CALENDAR OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
January 2004
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INTER-REGIONAL PREPARATORY
MEETING FOR THE REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION:
26 January - 30 January 2004. Nassau, Bahamas. This meeting will be held after
the three regional meetings: The Pacific SIDS meeting held in Apia, Samoa,
from 4-8 August 2003, the Caribbean SIDS meeting held in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago, from 18-22 August 2003, and the AIMS SIDS meeting held in
Praia, Cape Verde, from 1-5 September 2003. This meeting is to assist in the
preparations for the international meeting to be held in Mauritius in August/September
2004.
For more information contact: UN Division on Sustainable Development, SIDS
Unit;
tel: +1-212-963-2803; fax: +1-212-963-4260;
e-mail: dsd@un.org;
Internet:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sids.htm
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February 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED. |
March 2004
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: 4 March - 6
March 2004. FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. This Forum is organized by the United
Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) in conjunction with
the Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory. The purpose of the forum
is to enhance the contribution of partnerships towards the implementation of
sustainable development goals and objectives. The outcomes from the Forum will
be presented at CSD-12.
For more information contact: Gloria Visconti, Ministry for the Environment and
Territory, Department for Global Environment, Inte; tel: +39-06-5722-8121; fax:
+39-06-5722-8180;
e-mail:
Visconti.Gloria@minambiente.it;
Internet:
http://www.minambiente.it/Sito/settori_azione/pia/att/PIA_accordi_internazionali_menu |
April 2004
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CSD ACTING AS THE PREPCOM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL
ISLANDS DEVELOPING STATES (BARBADOS +10): 14 April - 16 April 2004. New York,
United States. The dates for this meeting, which is intended to precede CSD –12,
are still tentative.
For more information contact: Zehra Aydin-Sipos, DESA;
tel: +1-212-963-8811;
fax: +1-212-963-1267;
e-mail: aydin@un.org;
Internet:
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
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May 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED |
June 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED |
July 2004
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: 7 July - 9 July 2004. Segovia,
Spain. The Conference is sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Regional
Government of Castilla y Leon and organized by the Wessex Institute of
Technology, the Inter-University Department of Ecology of Madrid ( involving the
Universities Complutense, Autónoma and Alcalá) and EUROPARC España. The
Conference will adopt a multifaceted approach to the issue of sustainable
tourism by exploring issues dealing with achieving environmental, social and
economic sustainability of tourism as well as the governance mechanisms which
are necessary to support sustainable tourism. The conference’s goal is to
provide better approaches to tourism with the objective of preserving the
diversity of the planet.
For more information contact: Gaye Mc Keogh, Conference Manager, Sustainable
Tourism 2004, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst,
Southampton, SO40 7AA,
tel: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 ; fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853;
e-mail: gmckeogh@wessex.ac.uk
Internet:
http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2004/sustainabletourism04/index.html |
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CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND AQUATIC SYSTEMS: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE: 21
July - 23 July 2004. Plymouth, United Kingdom. The purpose of the Conference is
to bring together persons interested in working on marine and freshwater systems
with an interest in the impact of climate change on these systems.
Information on this conference to be announced.
e-mail: Dr. Martin Attrill-
mattrill@plymouth.ac.uk
Internet:
http://www.biology.plymouth.ac.uk/climate/climate.htm |
August 2004
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AMERICAS CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS: 5 August - 8 August 2004. New York,
U.S.A. The purpose of the Conference is to bring together persons interested in
working on marine and freshwater systems with an interest in the impact of
climate change on these systems.
For more information contact: Jerry N. Luftman, Stevens Institute of Technolog,
tel: (201) 216-8255
e-mail: jluftman@stevens-tech.edu;
Internet:
http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/cis2004/
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September 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED |
October 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED |
November 2004
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NO MEETINGS CURRENTLY LISTED |
December 2004
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