| SoE Zambezi Events Calendar for 2003 The events calendar consists of activities the SoE Zambezi Partners and NCCs will be organising and/or participating in as well as other national, regional and international fora which maybe of interest to the SoE Zambezi network. The purpose of the calender is to share information on activities in the Basin and informing the network of upcoming events. jump to the following month: |
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| January | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Tree Planting week | First week | Malawi | |
| Commencement of Case Study in the Chief Mukuni area to be undertaken by ECZ, Zambia | (ECZ to provide dates of field visits) | Livingstone, Zambia | ECZ |
| SoE Zambezi Deadline for submission of SoE Zambezi NCC progress reports for the period up to 31 December, 2002 | 10 | ||
| SoE Zambezi - Deadline for submissions of articles for the Zambezi newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 1 | 17 | ||
| Training of trainer's workshop on mainstreaming gender in the media | 20-24 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Gender Links |
| Exchange visit seminar in support of community development through Transborder Natural Resources Management (TBNRM) initiatives in the region. | 20-24 | Letaba Rest Camp, Phalaborwa, South Africa | IUCN-ROSA |
| DANIDA Project 20 Meeting on Awareness Creation | 22-24 | Maseru, Lesotho | DANIDA |
| Quarterly Planning Meeting hosted by West Caprivi Conservancy | 26-28 | N//goabaca Campsite, Namibia | IRDNC |
| Framework for Action (FFA) Meeting | 28-29 | South Africa | GWP |
| February | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| 22nd Session of the UNEP Governing Council. | 3-8 | Nairobi, Kenya | UNEP |
| Second Southern African Youth Water Forum. | 10-11 | University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa | Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWP-SA) |
| International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries: Sustaining Livelihoods and Biodiversity in the New Millennium. | 11-14 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | WWF |
| Environmental Coordination Meetings (ECM) Issue Based for a follow up | 17 and 20 | Muzuzu and Lilongwe, Malawi | CURE |
| Africa Environment Information Network (AEIN) Stakeholders Meeting | 24-26 | Pretoria, South Africa | UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) |
| March | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Deadline for submission of stories for The Zambezi Newsletter Volume 5 Number 2. | 3 | ||
| Wetlands seminar for policy-makers from the SADC region | 3-4 | Gaborone, Botswana | IUCN-ROSA |
| SADC Wetlands Regional Workshop on Information Exchange & Research Programme | 5-6 | Grand Palms, Gaborone, Botswana | IUCN-ROSA |
| SADC Wetlands Six Week Training Seminar on Wetland Dynamics and Integrated Management Techniques | 10 March - 17 April | University of Cape Town, South Africa | IUCN-ROSA |
| SADC Rhino Recovery Group Meeting | 11 | Maun Lodge, Botswana | IUCN-ROSA |
| Preparatory Meeting to Facilitate Civil Society Input to the African Ministerial Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance | 12-13 | Randburg Towers Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa | IUCN-ROSA |
| SADC Rhino Range States Meeting | 12-13 | Maun Lodge, Botswana | IUCN-ROSA |
| SADC Rhino Consortium Meeting | 13-14 | Maun Lodge, Botswana | IUCN-ROSA |
| 3rd World Water Forum | 16-23 | Kyoto, Japan | World Water Council (WWC) |
| International Water Day | 23 | ||
| SoE Zambezi National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) and Partners meetings | 26-28 | Livingstone, Zambia | SARDC |
| April | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Conservancy quarterly planning meeting | 2-4 | Impalila Conservancy, Caprivi region, Namibia | IRDNC |
| SoE Zambezi - Deadline for submission of SoE Zambezi NCC progress reports for the period up to 31 March, 2002 | 15 | ||
| May | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Deadline for submission of stories for The Zambezi Newsletter. | 5 | ||
| Worldwide International Day for Biological Diversity | 22 | ||
| Third Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF-3) | 26 May - 6 June | Geneva, Switzerland | UNFF |
| June | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| GWP TEC meeting | 2-6 | Tobago | |
| Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SBI and SBSTA) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) | 3-13 | Bonn, Germany | UNFCCC |
| World Environment Day | 5 | ||
| African Women’s Congress | 8 | Zanzibar | TGNP |
| World Oceans Day | 8 | ||
| Regional Meeting to assist SADC Member States to achieve the water and sanitation MDGs in Southern Africa | 23-27 | Gaborone, Botswana | The World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program |
| July | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| GWP Steering Committee Meeting | 8-9 | Lusaka - Zambia | GWP - Southern Africa |
| GWP-SA Annual Consulting Partners Meeting | (date to be announced in due course) | ||
| August | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Stockholm Water Symposium | 11-14 | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) |
| GWP Consulting Partners meeting | 14-15 | Stockholm, Sweden | GWP |
| GWP Training of Trainers in Gender | 18-21 | Harare, Zimbabwe | GWP-SA |
| September | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Gender Festival | 3 | Dar es Salam | TGNP |
| 5th IUCN World Parks Congress | 8-18 | Durban | IUCN |
| World Information Summit | 9-12 | Delft, The Netherlands | |
| World Forestry Congress | 21-28 | Quebec, Canada | |
| 12th World Forestry Conference | 21-29 | Quebec City, Canada | FAO Forestry Department and the Canadian Government |
| October | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| GWP Information Office meeting | 1-2 | Athens | GWP |
| Africa Water Task Force Road Show | First week of October (date to be announced) | East Africa Kampala | Africa Water Task Force |
| 55th IUCN | 5 | ||
| Anniversary | |||
| IUCN Central Africa members meeting | 29-31 | Cameroon | IUCN |
| Integrated Watershed Management International Conference "Water Resources for the Future" | 22-24 | Sassari, Italy | |
| November | |||
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| International Workshop on Forest Protected Areas | 6-8 | Montreal Canada | |
| 16 days of activism | 16 Nov - 10 December | Dar es Salam | TGNP | December |
| Event | Date | Venue | Organiser |
| Sixteen days of activism | 16 Nov 10 December | Dar es Salam | TGNP |
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