| 5-7
December |
World
Academy of Young Scientists (WAYS)
1st General Conference of network, formed under aegis
of UNESCO. Morocco: www.waysnet.org; d.malpede@unesco.org |
| 15-19
November |
Co-operation
between scientists and educators
Regional CONCYTEC/UNESCO workshop. Lima (Peru): www.concytec.gob.pe |
| 10
November |
World
Science Day for Peace and Development
3rd edition of Day launched by UNESCO: d.malpede@unesco.org |
| 20-22
October |
Strengthening
the quality and pertinence of policies and programmes
for S&T education - a pilot project
Consejo nacional de ciencia y tecnología (CONCYTEC)/UNESCO
national workshop. Lima (Peru): www.concytec.gob.pe |
|
18
October - 5 November
|
Designing
Sustainable Energy Systems
ICTP, IAEA workshop.ICTP, Trieste (Italy). Contact B.
Stewart: smr1585@ictp.trieste.it |
|
18-21
October
|
River
sedimentation- 9th Intl Symposium co-sponsored by
UNESCO and IRTCES, covers inter alia impact of large hydroprojects,
estuarine and coastal works; soil erosion; sediment and
environment. Yichang, Hubei Province (China) irtces@public.bta.net.cn
|
| 11-15
October |
Understanding
development strategies for innovation-driven
growth models Awareness-building workshop of S&T Policy
Asian Network (STEPAN),
co-funded and co-organized by UNESCO Jakarta and S&T
Policy Institute of Korea (STEPI): m.nakata@unesco.org |
| 10-5
October |
Bridging
space and education
1st in series of sessions in developing countries to promote
space education, co-organized by UNESCO and Science Education
Institute. Philippines: y.berenguer@unesco.org; |
| 6-8
October |
Water:
a catalyst for peace
2nd intl conf. of UNESCO-IHP/WWAP programme dedicated
to shared waters: From Potential Conflict to Cooperation
Potential. The participants will be initiated into cooperative
basin management and conflict resolution. Zaragoza (Spain):
www.unesco.org/water/ |
| 27
September - 1 October |
Hydrology
of mountain environments
UNESCO-IHP and UNESCO-MAB/WMO, UNEP, IAHS, MRI, Technical
University of Brunschweig, Bavarian State Ministry of
Development and Environment etc. Berechtesgaden National
Park (Germany): www.tu-braunschweig.de
|
| 25-28
September |
Sustainable Eco-tourism in Biosphere Reserves and Similarly
Managed Areas of South and Central Asian MAB (SACAM) Network.
Second Meeting of Experts to share knowledge, best practices
and experiences of designing and managing sustainable
eco-tourism in biosphere reserves and similarly managed
areas. Zibakenar (Islamic Republic of Iran) : new.delhi@unesco.org |
| 20-22
September |
Land Resources Management and
Ecological Restoration in the Loess Plateau
International ERSEC Conference. Yangling (China) beijing@unesco.org |
17-18
September
|
Scales in Hydrology and Water Management
UNESCO/IAHS 7th Kovacs Colloquium, precedes the IHP
Intergovernmental Council. UNESCO HQ: www.unesco.org/water/ihp
|
| 14
September |
Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP).
People and Great Apes in the Congolese Heritage (see
also below). Technical Session. UNESCO HQ: www.unesco.org/mab/grasp.htm
|
10-29
September
|
Promoting
and Preserving Congolese Heritage
Supporting conservation of the DRC World Heritage Sites.
Exhibition for general public (10-26 September), intl
donors conf (16-17 September) preceded by experts' meetings
(13-14 September), Congo Rhythm and Rumba fund-raising
concert (23 September). UNESCO HQ: http://whc.unesco.org |
| 29
August - 1 September |
Good water governance for people and nature: what roles
for law, science, institutions and finance? AWRA-IWLRI
intl conf. UNESCO's Hydrology for the Environment, Life
and Policy (HELP) programme will contribute to the session.
Dundee (UK): www.dundee.ac.uk/ |
| 20
- 28 August |
32nd
International Geological Congress Will include exhibits
of UNESCO's work. Florence (Italy): w.eder@unesco.org;
y.berenguer@unesco.org
|
| 29-30
July |
Forest,
Water and People. National
Seminar organized by National Institute of Hydrology,
Belgaum (India) for information dissemination and technology
transfer to scientists, engineers, foresters, NGOs and
social workers of the UNESCO-NIH-KFD Pilot research on
Forest Hydrology: new.delhi@unesco.org |
6-13
July
|
The
use of ICTs for reporting on the science of HIV/AIDS.
Workshop co-organized by UNESCO, SciDev.Net and Asian
Institute of Technology (AIT). For science and health
journalists and other communicators living and working
in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
and Vietnam). Participants to attend International AIDS
Conference from 11 to 16 July to gain practical experience.
Contact Scidev.net
or s.hughes@unesco.org
|
27
- 29 June
|
Geoparks
- Ist Intl Conf. Beijing (China): m.patzak@unesco.org;
chinageoparks@hotmail.com |
20
- 23 June
|
Chemistry
for water (Chemrawn V). Paris (France): www.worldwatercouncil.org/ |
| 17-21
June |
Groundwater Dyanmics in Hard Rock Aquifers: including
Sustainable Management and Optimal Monitoring Network
Design
. Regional Training Workshop for transfer of knowledge
generated from UNESCO-sponsored pilot project carried
out by IFCGR to hydrogeologists, academicians and researchers.
Organized in collaboration with Indo-French Centre for
Goundwater Research, National Geophysical Research Institute,
Hyderabad (India): new.delhi@unesco.org |
15
- 18 June
|
Groundwater
vulnerability assessment and mapping - Intl Conf.,
Ustron (Poland): http://khgi.wnoz.us.edu.pl/vulnerability.htm |
13
- 17 June
|
MAB Biosphere Reserves & Transboundary Cooperation
in Southeast Europe
Workshop organized by UNESCO ROSTE and IUCN in cooperation
with Swiss Development Corporation Joint international
Workshop. To be held at Belgrade and Tara National Park,
Serbia & Montenegro: r.santesso@unesco.org |
| 7-9
June |
Science and Technology Education Conference organized
by American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) in cooperation
with UNESCO and with support of US National Science Foundation
; will bring together key international science and technology
specialists, educators and policy-makers, including persons
involved in the NSF Systemic Reform initiatives, to share
experiences of the barriers to, and opportunities for,
reforming science and technology teaching at primary and
secondary levels.Nobel Prize-winners Leon Lederman and
Georges Charpak will make a joint presentation. For further
information: t.marjoram@unesco.org |
4-5
June
|
Scales
in hydrology and water management - UNESCO/IAHS 7th
Kovacs Colloquium. UNESCO HQ: www.unesco.org/water/ihp
|
2
- 7 June
|
20th
Colloquium on African geology (CAG 20), BRGM, Orléans
(France): igcp@unesco.org;
w.eder@unesco.org;
jp.milesi@brgm.fr |
27
May
|
IGOS
Partners Meeting Rome (Italy). FAO: www.igospartners.org |
10-12
May
|
Land-use
planning and policy. Intl Conf.. Urbanization is rapidly
changing China, which occupies less than 7% of the planet's
arable land (and counts 20% of world pop.) and records
ca 7% annual economic growth. Chinese Min. Land and Resources,
German Fed. Min. Education & Research, UNESCO: beijing.sc@unesco.org |
10-12
May
|
The
ocean in a high CO2 world - Open SCOR/UNESCO-IOC symposium
to address biological and biogeochemical consequences
of increasing atmospheric and oceanic CO2 levels, and
mitigating strategies. Paris (France): http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/co2panel/;
m.hood@unesco.org,
scor@jhu.edu |
3
- 5 May
|
Intl
Consortium on Landslides, technical meeting within Inter-Agency
Task Force meeting on disaster reduction. Geneva (Switzerland):
w.eder@unesco.org,
b.rouhban@unesco.org,
sassa@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
|
| 26
- 29 April |
Lagoons and coastal wetlands in global change context
Venice (Italy): www.corila.it/CoastWetchange/HomePage.html |
25
April
|
2nd
Earth Observation Summit Tokyo (Japan): www.earthobservations.org
|
19-21
April
|
Regional
innovation systems and S&T policies in emerging economics:
experiences from China and the world, Intl Conf. Zhongshan
University, UNESCO, ISESCO, Institut de recherche pour
le Developpement, et al. Guangzhou (China).: beijing.sc@unesco.org
|
5-7
April
|
Resource
management for sustainable intensive agriculture systems
- Promoting environmentally-friendly agricultural production
in China. Chinese Ministry of Education, China Agricultural
University and UNESCO. Beijing (China): beijing.sc@unesco.org |
2-3
April
|
European
Network on Education and Training in Renewable Energy
Sources (within UNESCO's GREET programme). Founding
meeting. UNESCO Venice: roste@unesco.org |
| 31
March - 3 April |
Quantitative
Ecosystem Indicators for Fisheries Management SCOR- IOC
intl symposium to support scientific aspects of using
indicators for an ecosystem approach to fisheries, will
review existing indicators and consider potential new
indicators reflecting the exploitation and state of marine
ecosystems: www.ecosystemindicators.org/.
|
| 31
March - 2 April |
2nd World Water Development Report - Preparation
workshop. UNESCO HQ : www.unesco.org/water/wwap/ |
| 7-20
March |
Effects
of Pollutants on Atmospheric Environment UNESCO-IHP
Training course for Asia-Pacific. Hydrospheric Atmospheric
Research Center, Nagoya University (Nagoya) Japan: ishizaka@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp,
g.arduino@unesco.org, www.ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ihp/13ihptc.html
|
| 29-31
March |
Fifth
Global Ministerial Environment Forum and 8th special
session, UNEP Governing Council . Jeju Biosphere reserve
(Rep. of Korea): http://www.2004unepkorea.org/
|
| 23-25
February |
IGOS
Coastal Theme Meeting. Paris (France): T.
Aarup |
| 17
February |
Great
Apes Survival Project (GRASP) - Side
Event at the Seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) 17 February 2004. |
| 11
February |
Earth
Sciences for Society Intl Conf. co-organized by UNESCO
and IUGS to inform all UNESCO Delegates of ongoing and
planned intl activities in earth sciences and their impact
on society, and to request support for planned UN-wide
Intl Year of Planet Earth (2006) in form of declaration.
Within 32nd Session of Scientific Board of IGCP (9-13
February), 9.30-12.30, UNESCO HQ, Salle XII: www.unesco.org/earthsciences
|
| 9-20
February |
Conf.
of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity,
7th meeting (COP 7). Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): www.biodiv.org/meetings/cop-07/ |
| 8-21
February |
Sea-level
Data Analysis GLOSS Training Workshop. Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia). UNESCO-IOC : T.
Aarup |
| 2-8
February |
Pacific
Islands Regional Ocean Forum (Fiji). UNESCO-IOC: C. Summerhayes.
|
| 29-31
January |
North
Atlantic and Labrador Sea Margin Architecture and Sedimentary
Processes Intl conf. and 12th post-cruise meeting
of UNESCO-IOC's Training-through-Research programme. Organized
and hosted by Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
(GEUS). Copenhagen (Denmark). Contact Dr T. Nielsen |
| 26-30
January |
Indian
Ocean GOOS, 2nd workshop. Mombasa (Kenya): W.Erb@bom.gov.au |
| 26-29
January |
Coastal
Ocean Observations Panel, 6th session. Wellington
(New Zealand). UNESCO-IOC: T.
Aarup |
| 26
January |
Building
S&T capacity for effective management and sustainable
use of biodiversity in dryland Biosphere Reserves in West
Africa. Includes roundtable on Biosphere Reserves
as sustainable development laboratories for NEPAD attended
by Ministers of Environment of six countries concerned.
UNESCO-MAB/UNEP-GEF project meeting, Room XIII, UNESCO
HQ: www.unesco.org/mab
, mab@unesco.org |
| 17-22
January |
Biological
Sciences, Development and Society. IUBS 28th General
Assembly and International Conference. Cairo, Egypt: secretariat@iubs.org
or S. Arico. |
| 13-17
January |
Ocean
Surface CO2, Data Integration and Database Development
Workshop organized by International Ocean Carbon Coordination
Project to reach international agreements on data formats
for ocean carbon measurements from ships of opportunity
and set up regional partnerships for data sharing to construct
maps of ocean surface CO2 for each ocean basin. Tsukuba
(Japan): http://ioc.unesco.org/ioccp
|
| 8-10
January |
"Olympiades internationales
de chimie" International
meeting on their future. UNESCO and the National
Commission of Lettonie for UNESCO.
Riga : an.pokrovsky@unesco.org
Informations at the website Basic
and Engineering Sciences.
|
| 10-12
December |
World
Summit on the Information Society, 1st round, Geneva
(Switzerland), organized by ITU in co-operation with other
UN agencies, including UNESCO: World
Summit on the Information Society. |
| 8-13
December |
Pan-African
Implementation and Partnership Conference on Water Addis
Ababa (Ethiopia). Co-organized by UNESCO (in Nairobi):
e.naah@unesco.org; http://www.unesco-nairobi.org/
|
| 8-9
December |
The
Role of Science in the Information Society. Side event
of World Summit on the Information Society, organized
by UNESCO, CERN, TWAS, ICSU. Hosted by CERN, Geneva (Switzerland):
http://rsis.web.cern.ch/rsis;
rsis@cern.ch |
| 1
December |
Biosphere
reserves as sustainable development laboratories for NEPAD,
roundtable organized by UNESCO-MAB. |
| 1-3
December |
Development
of technical entrepreneurship and innovation programmes
in higher institutions in Africa. Regional workshop
organized by UNESCO. Lagos Business School, Lagos (Nigeria):
f.osotimehi@unesco.org
|
| 26-28
November |
Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)
preparatory meeting for Intergovernmental Meeting on Great
Apes/GRASP in 2004. Room XI, UNESCO, Paris. Contact: S.Mankoto. |
| 17-20
November |
CORE RESEARCH PROJECT: HABs IN UPWELLING SYSTEMS,
Lisbon, Portugal. The GEOHAB Programme is endorsed by
SCOR and the UNESCO-IOC. It fosters international research
to improve the prediction of harmful algal bloom events
Read
more |
| 12-14
November |
Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Mobilizing for Implementation of Commitments Made at World
Summit on Sustainable Development 2002. Organized at UNESCO
HQ by Global
Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands. |
| 10
November |
The
World Science Day for Peace and Development will
be celebrated in Budapest (Hungary) in the context of
the World Science Forum http://www.sciforum.hu/programme.html
- Contact: D. Malpede.
T he Award Ceremony for the UNESCO International Science
Prizes will take place on that occasion. Contact: Y.
Nur. |
| 8-10
November |
World Science Forum under joint patronage of President
of Hungary and President of European Commission, intl
patrons Director-General of UNESCO and President of ICSU.
Budapest (Hungary): More information at www.sciforum.hu/l;
Contact: D.Malpede. |
| 5-12
November |
The
Use of ICTs for Reporting on the Science of HIV/AIDS,
workshop to be held at M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
in Chennai (India). UNESCO and the e-journal SciDev.Net
are organizing a workshop for women communicators from
South Asia who are (or would like to be) professionally
engaged in communicating HIV/AIDS information to the public
through the electronic, print, or broadcast media. Write
to events@scidev.net
or to S. Hughes. |
| 3-7
November |
African
Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development.
NEPAD Secretariat, Pretoria (South Africa). UNESCO Nairobi,
African Union, NEPAD Secretariat: nairobi@unesco.org
|
| 13-15
October |
NEPAD
Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology for Development.
Preparatory workshop. Organized by UNESCO Nairobi with
African Union and NEPAD Secretariat: nairobi@unesco.org
|
| 1
October |
Space education Information session chaired by
W. Erdelen, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Natural
Sciences. UNESCO HQ, Room IV, 3:30 pm: More information
on the Earth Sciences website
or cotact: y.berenguer@unesco.org
|
| 1
October |
Technological
innovation and intellectual property in the context of
NEPAD: what strategy for Africa? Ministerial roundtable.
UNESCO and African Regional Centre for Technology. Rabat
(Morocco): rabat@unesco.org
ou f.osotimehin@unesco.org.
|
30
September -
3 October |
First international workshop on integrated climate models,
ICTP, Trieste, Italy. Deadline for applications: 30 June.
Read
more |
29
September -
3 October |
54th
International Astronautical Congress, Bremen,
Germany. Contact: Yolanda Berenguer. |
| 23-24
September |
Microscience Experiments and DIDAC, UNESCO/GIFCA International
Advanced Training Course, Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian
Federation: An. Pokrovsky. |
| 15-26
September |
Third
Meeting, Preparatory Committee for World Summit on
the Information Society, to conduct final negotiations
on Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action, Geneva
(Switzerland), organized by ITU in co-operation with other
UN agencies, including UNESCO: World
Summit on the Information Society |
| 15-18
September |
Monitoring Tailor-Made IV, conference on collection
and dissemination of information in support of integrated
water resources management; themes include international
cooperation; the role of information and its sources;
the development of indicators for integrated assessment;
and public participation. Organized by Monitoring
Tailor Made in co-operation with UNESCO within World
Water Assessment Programme and International Water Assessment
Centre, St. Michielsgestel, Netherlands. Read
more |
| 15-17
September |
Ocean Margin Research Conference sponsored by European
Commission and UNESCO, Paris (France). Travel funds are
available for Europe-based students and young scientists.
Registration deadline 15 May, Abstract submission deadline
1 June. Details and registration at: http://www.ig.uit.no/konferanser/omarc
or write to: a.suzyumov@unesco.org.
|
| 10-12
September |
Network
of Science faculties in Latin America and Caribbean,
1st meeting, Mexico, will examine results of ongoing empirical
research on current trends in science training supported
by UNESCO. Contact: rpfabi@hp.fciencias.unam.mx |
| 8-14
September |
VII International Congress on the History of Oceanography
co-organized by Russian Academy of Sciences, Ministry
of Culture of the Russian Federation, Admin. of Kalingrad
region, UNESCO-IOC, Commission of Oceanography of Intl
Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Kalingrad.
Abstract submission deadline: 1 May. Go to: http://www.vitiaz.ru
or write to: postmaster@vitiaz.koenig.su;
a.suzyumov@unesco.org |
| 2-3
September |
Microscience Experiments Project International consultation
of National Co-ordinators from Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia,
Swaziland and Seychelles. In Johannesburg (South Africa):
An. Pokrovsky. |
| 1-5
September |
Marine Data and Information Management, third ODINAFRICA
training courses, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Pleinlaan
2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Contact: ioc@unesco.org |
25
August -
5 September |
6th
United Nations Conference on Desertification and Drought,
The 6th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP6)
of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
is being held in Havana, Cuba, from 25 August to 5 September
2003. |
| 31
August 2003 |
Deadline
for early registration in open science meeting on
CORE RESEARCH PROJECT: HABs IN UPWELLING SYSTEMS, Lisbon,
Portugal, 17-20 November 2003. The GEOHAB Programme is
endorsed by SCOR and the UNESCO-IOC. It fosters international
research to improve the prediction of harmful algal bloom
events. Scientists working in physical, chemical and/or
biological disciplines related to harmful algal research
and on the development of relevant instrumentation and
models are encouraged to participate. Read
more. |
| 18-22
August |
Regional
Network in East Asia of World Network of Biosphere Reserves
(EABRN)
meeting, Hustai-Nuuru (Mongolia). EABRN includes People’s
Republic of China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea (ROK), Russian Federation.
Initiated in 1994, EABRN has three current priorities:
eco-tourism, conservation policy and transboundary conservation.
In January 2003, the EABRN Secretariat was transferred
from UNESCO's Jakarta Office to its Beijing Office: s.ullrich@unesco.org |
| 11-12
August |
11-12
August Training programme on safety, UNESCO/IUPAC/UNIDO
evaluation workshop, Ottawa, Canada: An.
Pokrovsky. |
| 17-18
July |
In Search of New Dimensions for Water Education and
Capacity Building: Towards the UN Decade of education
for Sustainable Development’, UNESCO-IHE
Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands. |
| 15-18
July |
Intergovernmental
drafting group meets to refine working documents for Draft
Declaration of Principles and Draft Action Plan of World
Summit on the Information Society, UNESCO Headquarters:
Axel Plathe. |
| 15
July |
Deadline
for applications to attend College on Evaluation
of Energy Technologies and Policies for Implementation
of Agenda 21, Miramare-Trieste, Italy , 10-28 November
2003. Organized by Abdus Salam International Centre of
Theoretical Physics with International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA). The application
form may be obtained from http://www.ictp.trieste.it/.
Complete and return by 15 July to: Abdus Salam ICTP, (SMR.1524),
Strada Costiera 11, Italy-34014. |
| 10-11
July |
SESAME Council, 2nd
meeting, organized by UNESCO in co-operation with Turkish
Atomic Energy Authority. Istanbul, Turkey: www.sesame.org.jo |
| 7-8
July |
Managing
risks associated with recharge of reclaimed water,
symposium organized by IAHS/IAH/UNESCO at Sapporo, USA:
A. Aureli. |
| 2-4
July |
Advisory Committee for Biosphere Reserves meets in UNESCO
Paris (see
30 May entry above). |
| 1-4
July |
2nd International Conference on Wadi Hydrology, Amman,
Jordan, organized by UNESCO/EOLSS Chair on Wadi Hydrology
and UNESCO Cairo. Contact: Dr.
Muhammad Shatanawi. |
29
June-
3 July |
1st
FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists - Federation
of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS), co-sponsored
by UNESCO, Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia: (Life
Sciences). |
| 30
June |
Deadline
for applications to participate in First international
workshop on integrated climate models, ICTP, Trieste,
Italy. Read
more. |
24
June -
4 July |
IOC
Assembly, UNESCO, Paris: ioc@unesco.org
|
| 24
June |
Family First Africa Project, meeting organized by
UNESCO at Italian Parliament in Rome to take stock of
progress towards an HIV/AIDS
pediatric vaccination. The project is being implemented
by UNESCO in cooperation with the World Foundation for
Aids Research and Prevention. Speakers include Professors
Maciej Nalecz (UNESCO), Luc Montagnier, Robert Gallo and
Vittorio Colizzi, Messers Pierluigi Vagliani and René
Olivier, Minister of Health of Cameroon, Minister of Higher
Education and Research of Burkina Faso, Minister of Health
of Italy and Minister of Universities and Research of
Italy: L. Hoareau. |
| 6
June |
High
Level Information Meeting on Global Earth Observation
for the monitoring of the environment and the planning
of sustainable development. Meeting held for the Ambassadors
and Permanent Delegates to UNESCO, and IGOS-Partners.
Contact: Robert
Missotten |
| 5
June |
World Environment Day. This year's theme is "Water
- 2 billion people are dying for it"; . UNESCO
is responsible for the site of the International
Year of Freshwater which gives access to detailed
information on activities around the world to mark this
day. See also UNEP's
site devoted to the Day. |
| 5
June |
IGOS Partnership meeting (http://www.igospartners.org),
UNESCO Paris, co-chaired by NOAA and UNESCO: R.
Missotten |
| 4-6
June |
IOCARIBE-GOOS Steering Committee at TOS Americas Meeting/Oceanology
International, New Orleans (USA): C.
Summerhayes |
| 30
May |
Deadline
for submission of new biosphere reserve nominations to
the MAB secretariat. Read the circular
letter to MAB National Committees. |
| 20-24
May |
Connecting
research and participative management of estuaries and
mangroves SALVADOR, Bahia (Brazil), organized by Institute
of Geosciences and Institute of Biology of the University
of Bahia. (http://www.ufba.br) with UNESCO sponsorship
Write to brasilia@unesco.org or go to: http://www.mangrove2003.ufba.br/indexingles.htm
|
| 5-24
May |
WMO Congress, Geneva (Switzerland); IOC and WMO are
co-operating on the Global Ocean and Global Climate Observing
Systems (GOOS and GCOS) and Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission
for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology: C.
Summerhayes |
| 17-18
May |
Basic Sciences and emerging pathogenic factors, organized
jointly by UNESCO and European Academy of Arts, Sciences
and Humanities (Paris), will review major problems and
establish a network on Basic Sciences and Emerging Pathogenic
Factors associating UNESCO, the European Academy, WHO,
FAO and the Office International des Epizooties (OIE),
Paris: Lucie Hoareau |
| 15
May |
Deadline for applicationsvia the National Commission
for UNESCO for the Kalinga Prize for the Popularization
of Science, Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists, Carlos
J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology, UNESCO Science Prize
for Development ; contact: Yoslin
Nur or go to the UNESCO International Science
Prizes. |
27
April -
10 May |
GLOSS Training Workshop on Sea Level Data Analysis,
Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) IOC: T.Aarup |
| 25
April |
International Consultation on UNESCO Science and Technology
Policy Programme, UNESCO Paris, Room 14; contact:
F. Osotimehin |
| 23-24
April |
IDRC/UNESCO
Workshop on Review of Science, Technology and Innovation
Systems, UNESCO Paris, Room 14; contact: F.
Osotimehin
|
| 14-16
April |
Map
of the Mysterious World of the Deep Ocean Theme of
a conference to mark the hundredth anniversary of the
General Bathymetric Map of the Oceans, today sponsored
by UNESCO- IOC. Will be inaugurated by Prince Rainier
III, Salle des Variétés, Monaco. Go to:
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gebco/gebco.html |
| 15
April |
Deadline for applications for fellowship programme
2003 offered by the Partnership for Observation of
the Global Ocean (POGO) and its partners, UNESCO-IOC and
SCOR. Priority this year is being given to applicants
from the Indian Ocean region who are currently involved
in, or planning to to become involved in, the Indian Ocean
Global Ocean Observing System initiatives. More.
|
| 9-11
April |
1st International Conference on Climate Change and
Tourism, organized in Djerba (Tunisia) by WTO in partnership
with UNESCO-IOC, IPCC, UNEP, WMO, UNFCCC, UNCCD. Register
before 28 February: WTO. |
| 9
April 2003 |
Ecojobs of the Biosphere Reserve of Green Belt of São
Paulo City, IIIrd regional seminar, on the theme of
ecojobs and social responsibility, University of São
Paulo. Contact: Bernardo Marcelo Brummer at brasilia@unesco.org |
| 7-16
April |
Empowerment
of Women with Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Utilization
of Local Biological Resources,
regional training workshop organized by UNESCO New Delhi
in co-operation with National Botanical Research Institute,
Lucknow, India: s.mehn@unesco.org |
| 7-11
April |
The use of ICTs in reporting on the science of HIV/AIDS,
workshop for women communicators, University of Makerere,
Kampala (Uganda): S.
Hughes or http://www.scidev.net |
|
13-15
March
|
Bridging
Space and Education, expert workshop, UNESCO, Paris,
France. This ISU/IAF/IAA/UNESCO workshop will
focus on space in higher secondary education; it will
prepare an action plan calling for the integration of
space subjects in school curricula: y.berenguer@unesco.org
|
| 12
March |
Science and Technology in the Information Society,
ICSU/CODATA/UNESCO workshop, UNESCO Headquarters: m.alarcon@unesco.org;
j.rose@unesco.org
|
|
10-15
March
|
Ecotone/SeaBRnet
joint workshop (The first Southeast Asian Biosphere
Reserve Network (SeaBRnet), will focus on the conservation
and management of freshwater ecotone ecosystems. SeaBRnet
members include Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, the
Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Tonle Sap Biosphere
Reserve (Cambodia). Phnom Penh (Cambodia), contact at
UNESCO Jakarta: Mr Han
Qunli or Mr Kazuhiro
Nitta.
|
| 10-11
March |
Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and
Information for Science, symposium organized by ICSU,
CODATA, UNESCO and
ICSTI, UNESCO Headquarters:
m.alarcon@unesco.org;
j.rose@unesco.org |
| 25-26
February |
International
Workshop on Technology and Poverty Reduction, Coconut
Grove Hotel, Elmina, Ghana, co-organized by UNESCO,
Technology Consultancy Centre at University of Science
and Technology in Kumasi, in conjunction with African
Technology Policy Studies Network. Contact: Tony
Marjoram.
|
|
27
February
|
L'OREAL/UNESCO
Ceremony for five Women in Science Awards, contact
Renée Clair
or go to: http://www.loreal.com/loreal-women-in-science
|
| 17-23
February |
Workshop
to study sacred sites as allies in conservation,
Kunming (China). Organized by UNESCO-MAB, UNESCO World
Heritage Centre and World Conservation Union (IUCN), will
include site visit to Xishuangbanna Biosphere Reserve;
contact: mab@unesco.org |
| 19
February |
Life
Sciences in the European Research Council,
joint ELSF, EMBO, FEBS, UNESCO meeting, UNESCO Paris.
Several Nobel Prize Winners will be attending. For information,
go to: http://www.elsf.org/
or write to the Director of Division of Basic and Engineering
Sciences: M. Nalecz |
| 10-12
February |
Science teaching methods, meeting organized by UNESCO-Santiago
Regional Bureau of Education and the Instituto Superior
Pedagógico Félix Varela of Cuba: UNESCO-Santiago@unesco.cl |
| 2-6
February |
Geological and Biological Processes at Deep Sea European
Margins and Oceanic Basins, International Conference
and 11th Post-Cruise Meeting of UNESCO Training-Through-Research
Programme, BOLOGNA, Italy, Deadline for abstracts: 10
January . For more information, contact: marani@igm.bo.cnr.it |
|
3-7
February
|
International
Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), 31st Board
Session, room XIII, UNESCO. Contact: Margaret Patzak.
|
|
13-15
January
|
Ocean
Carbon Coordination project, first meeting convened
to launch development of observation database, based
on data from 10 years of observation of the world’s
oceans made on voluntary commercial vessels equipped
with measuring devices, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France).
|
|
13-14
January
|
Science,
Technology and Innovation: a Parliamentary Perspective,
international roundtable co-organized by UNESCO and
the Parliament of Finland, sponsored by ISESCO, will
regroup presidents of Parliamentary Science Committees
from more than 50 countries together with scientists,
ministers of science, representatives from industrial
sector and science media. The Prime Minister of Finland
will attend the opening ceremony. Contact: M.
El Tayeb.
|
|
7-10
January
|
Ocean
Science Conference, hosted by UNESCO-IOC for he SCOR-IGBP
programme OCEANS (ocean biogeochemistry and ecosystems
analysis programme): www.igbp.kva.se/obe/
|
| 6
January |
SESAME
Groundbreaking Ceremony, Al Balqa' University, Jordan;
UNESCO will be represented by the Director-General, Koïchiro
Matsuura, and Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences,
Walter Erdelen. Contact: C.
Formosa-Gauci. |
| 31
December |
Deadline for applications for five-day training
workshop for women in using ICTs to report on the science
of HIV/AIDS, organized by SciDev.Net and UNESCO in Uganda,
April 2003. To apply, go to: www.scidev.net/hivworkshop/advance.html |
28
December
7 January |
20th World Scout Jamobree, Hadyao Chonburi (Thailand)
UNESCO's participation will include an exhibit proposed
by the Division of Water Sciences and World Water Assessment
Programme. Contact person: G.Weybrecht |
| 21-23
December |
Regional Workshop on Environment Education (Sanaa,
Yemen; 21/12/2002 - 23/12/2002) Environment Education.
|
| 19-20
December |
National
Committee Meeting on Man and the Biosphere & National
Workshop on Biosphere Reserves (Cisarua, West Java,
Indonesia) Biosphere Reserves. |
|
16-20
December
|
Renewable
energies and cogeneration for sustainable development
in Africa, seminar-workshop organized by UNESCO, ISESCO,
University of Louvain (Belgium) and the Ecole Nationale
Supérieure of Yaoundé I: c.sy@unesco.org
and j.mba-nze@unesco.org
|
|
17-18
December
|
Women
and Gender Issues in Engineering, Science and Technology,
Expert Panel Meeting, UNESCO Paris Headquarters,
hosted by UNESCO and organized by the Global Alliance
for Diversifying the Science & Engineering Workforce,
a collaborative partnership of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, Women in Engineering
Programs & Advocates Network and the Association for
Women in Science. Contact: T.
Marjoram
|
|
12
December
|
Launch
of International Year of Freshwater: www.wateryear2003.org;
go also to: www.worldwaterforum.org/eng/index.html
|
|
9-13
December
|
REDBIOS
Network, fifth meeting, Mauritania, on the
theme of fighting poverty, laying the foundations of
conservation through biosphere reserves and international
cooperation, including a possible future cross-boundary
reserve between Mauritania and Senegal: www.unesco.org/mab
|
| 5
- 7 December |
The Basis of Civilisation – Water Science?, Rome
(Italy), organized by Italian
National Committee for International Association of Hydrological
Sciences and UNESCO-IHP.
|
| 5-7
December |
Tourism and conservation in mountain wetlands,
regional workshop organized in San Salvador de Jujuy (Argentina)
by UNESCO Montevideo
Office. |
| 2-6
December |
UNESCO Regional Instructional Workshop on Industrial
Mathematics, course run by Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, Mumbai (India), contact:
r.jayakumar@unesco.org. |
| 20
- 22 November |
From conflict to co-operation: challenges and opportunities
for resource management. Delft, Netherlands, IHP
and Green Cross International.
|
| 19
-21 November |
International Consortium on Landslides, first Board
Meeting, Room XIV, UNESCO Paris. For details contact the
Division of Earth
Sciences. The ICL is supported by UNESCO, WMO, FAO
and the UN-International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
(ISDR) and runs the International Programme on Landslides
(IPL) devoted to landslide risk mitigation; www.unesco.org/earthsciences
or write to w.eder@unesco.org |
|
18-22
November
|
Launch
of Ocean Carbon Coordination Project, joint project
involving the UNESCO-IOC Advisory Panel on Ocean CO2
and the Global
Carbon Project, Tsukuba, Japan, contact the IOC:
mhood@unesco.org
|
| 18-22
November |
Small Islands Voice Inter-regional Workshop, Koror, Palau.
Contact: c.green@unesco.org |
|
18-21
November
|
Exchange
Networks for Data and Oceanographic Data for Africa
(Phase II of OINDAFRICA), Limbé (Cameroon): Cheikh
Tidiane Sy and Jacques
Mba-nze.
|
| 17-20
November |
Acting together for the future of the blue planet,
2nd international meeting organized by UNESCO-IOC and
NAUSICAA-National Sea Centre, Boulogne (France). For details,
write to ioc@unesco.org |
| 15
- 16 November |
Science
and Engineering in Ancient Indian Monuments, seminar
organized by UNESCO New Delhi Office. Contact Dr
Jayakumar, tel: 91 11 671 3000, fax: 91 11 671 3001. |
| 13-15
November |
UNESCO's Women, Science and Technology Chairs will
be participating in a UNITWIN meeting: - Contact person:
Renée Clair. |
| 11
- 16 November |
University
Education in Integrated Approaches to Mountain Natural
Resource Management, regional workshop organized by
UNESCO New Delhi
office (India) in Shillong as part of International
Year of Mountains, contact: S.Mehndiratta,
UNESCO, New Delhi Office.
|
| 10
November |
World
Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO) Contact:
D. Malpede
|
| 9
-12 November |
Restoration
of Benthic Invertebrate Populations: Genetics, Diseases
and Ecology’, Coquimbo (Chile). More.
|
|
7-9
November
|
Towards
harmonising the status and action plans for transboundary
reserves in ASEAN, workshop organized by UNESCO
Jakarta Office and ASEAN Regional Centre for Biodiversity
Conservation,will exchange experiences on existing transboundary
sites and identify new sites for transboundary co-operation.
Phnom Penh (Cambodia), contact at UNESCO Jakarta: Mr
Han Qunli or Mr
Kazuhiro Nitta.
|
| 4
- 9 November |
Swiss-Canadian-Cuban
event on Natural Medecine and Ecology
Ciénaga de Zapata Biosphere Reserve (Cuba),
contact Dr. Ulises Viart Mojeron, President Organizing
Committee, and Dr. Leon F. Perez Perera, Vice President
CITMA Ciénaga
de Zapata.
|
| 1-9
November |
First Conference of Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing
System (IOGOOS), formally established in November
2001, Grand Bay (Mauritius). Latest
information. Contact at UNESCO: Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission |
29
October -
1 November |
Bishkek
Global Mountain Summit, Biskhek (Kyrgzstan), organized
by the Government of Kyrgyzstan in collaboration with
including UNESCO, FAO, UNEP, UNDP, UNU and other UN agencies,
Aga Khan Development Network, Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation, and others. Contact: Thomas
Schaaf or go to the Mountain
Summit pages.
|
| 19
- 28 October |
Asian
Science Seminar on Synchrotron Radiation Science,
organized by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
and High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
at Al-Balqa' Applied University in Allan (Jordan), future
site of SESAME (International Centre for Synchrotron Light
for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle
East) aims to show users extraordinary potential for synchrotron
science at SESAME and foster ties between scientists from
Asia and the Middle East. Contact: c.formosa-gauci@unesco.org.
|
| 24
- 26 October |
La
Palma International Conference - Innovation and Information
Society in Island Biosphere Reserves . Santa Cruz de
la Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Programme available
on line in English
and Spanish.
More information in the MAB
Calendar.
|
| 16
October |
World Food Day, this year the focus is on the essential
role played by water in ensuring sustainable food resources
for a growing world population. (More) |
| 15
-18 October |
South
Asia MAB Meeting of Experts on Environmental Conservation,
Management and Research, Hikkaduwa (Sri Lanka).
The coastal town of Hikkaduwa has been chosen for its
easy access to tropical rain forests and coral reefs,
contact: Ms
Sudha Mehndiratta, UNESCO New Delhi Office, India.
Fax: (91.11) 6713001.
|
| 15
October |
Deadline for receipt of application to attend UNESCO
Regional Instructional Workshop on Industrial Mathematics,
(in English) to be held in Indian Institute of Technology,
Bombay, Mumbai (India) from 2 to 6 December 2002. Course
open to teachers (below 45 years of age) with minimum
Masters degree in mathematics from India, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Expenses-paid.
Non-Indian applicants are to contact UNESCO for details:
Dr Jayakumar,
tel: 91 11 671 3000, fax: 91 11 671 3001; Indian applicants
are to contact for details: Prof.
Amiya K. Pani, Course Co-ordinator : tel: 91 22 576
7481; fax: 91 22 572 3480.
|
| 13-18
October |
The
Role of Wetlands in Biosphere Reserves, EuroMAB
workshop in Pálava Biosphere Reserve (Czech Republic),
contact Eva
Jelinkova, MAB National Committee, Czech Republic,
fax: (420.2) 24 22 05 31, or go to: joint
RAMSAR-MAB web site.
|
| 9
October |
International
Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
|
| 7-11
October |
EuroMAB
2002 Meeting, Rome (Italy), contact Maria
Raffaella Benvenuto, Italian UNESCO National Commission,
fax: (39.06) 68 73 684.
|
| 6
-8 October |
MAB
Bureau Meeting, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France.
Contact: Jane
Robertson, MAB Secretariat. Fax: (33.1) 45 68 58 04.
|
| 6-7
October |
Prize-giving
ceremony for UNESCO essay contest on 'Space
and everyday life' to mark World Space Week in
Noordwijk (Netherlands).
|
| 1
October |
Deadline
for applications to participate in two GLOSS training
workshops in sea-level analysis being held in Chile
and Malaysia in April 2003, contact Thorkild
Aarup, GLOSS Technical Secretary. (More).
|
27
September
9 October |
3rd
ASPACO meeting, Okinawa (Japan) UNESCO/MAB, UNU, ISME,
MAB-Japan, contact Shigeyuki
Baba, Executive Secretary, International
Society for Mangrove Ecosystems, Okinawa (Japan),
fax: (81.98) 895 6602.
|
25
September
9 October |
'Colours
of the Earth' exhibition, organized at UNESCO Paris
Headquarters (Salle des Actes) by Division of Geological
Sciences, contact Margaret
Patzak.
|
| 25
- 27 September |
World
Heritage Mountain Cities and Natural Hazards, conference
organized by UNESCO with the city of Chambéry (France)
and its specially created Montanea Association, as contribution
to International Year of Mountains, contact Association
Montanea, tel: (+33) (0)4 7960 2101, www.montanea.org
or email: m.marchal@mairie-chambéry.fr
|
| 23
- 25 September |
Advisory
Committee for Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO Headquarters,
Paris (France), contact Jane
Robertson, MAB Secretariat. Fax: (33.1) 45 68 58 04. |
| 23
- 26 September |
International
Conference on Artificial Aquifer Recharge in Australia,
Adeleide (Australia), contact Ms
Aureli, tel: (331) 45683995. |
| 16
- 20 September |
8th
International Congress on Peoples and Biodiversity,
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), see Call
for Papers below. |
| 19
- 20 September |
Monitoring
Techniques Applied to Marine Protected Areas Management,
workshop, Trieste (Italy), deadline for registration 5
July 2002; abstract - 15 July 2002. (More)
|
| 10
- 13 September |
UNESCO-SCOPE
Workshop on Emerging Ecosystems: Theory and Management,
Carmen de la Victoria (Spain), contact: Salvatore
Arico, MAB Secretariat (fax:+33-1 45 68 58 04)
|
| 16
September |
United
Nations International Day for the Preservation of the
Ozone Layer. |
| 9
- 11 September |
Global
Ocean Observing System, meeting of Panel, organized
by IOC,
UNESCO Paris Headquarters, Room XVI, 1, rue Miollis, 75015
Paris, contact Ms Lam,
tel: (331) 45683981 |
| 9
- 12 September |
Low-lying
Coastal Areas: Hydrology and Integrated Coastal Zone Management,
Forum Fischbahnhof, Bremerhaven (Germany), symposium aims
to increase public and political awareness of vulnerability
of coastal zones and discuss at expert level; organized
by UNESCO-IHP
and WMO
Operational Hydrology Programme. |
| 4
-6 September |
Social
substainable mining of groundwater - management guidelines,
meeting organized by UNESCO-IHP
and Group of Water Management Advisory Team Experts of
the World Bank, UNESCO Paris Headquarters, Room XVI, 1,
rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, contact Alicia
Aureli, tel: (331) 45683995 |
| 3
- 5 September |
Conflict
Resolution in Biosphere Reservers, first EuroMAB training
workshop on Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve (France),
contact Jean Claude Genot (fax: +33.1 88 01 43 60 |
| 2
- 4 September |
Science
for Water Policy : The implications of the Water Framework
Directive - Norwich, U.K. This 3-day can contribute to
policy, in the context of the Water Framework Directive,
covering all aspects of water management from groundwater
to surface water, from freshwater ecosystems to estuaries
and coastal waters. |
26
August -
4 September |
World
Summit on Sustainable Development
Johannesburg (South Africa), organized by UN with UNESCO
participation to examine progresss made in implementing
Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference Development
(1992) |
| 11
- 15 July |
Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation,
international workshop, contact German Federal Agency
for Nature Conservation, International Academy for Nature
Conservation (Germany), fax: (49.38301) 86150 |
| 15
July |
Deadline
for abstracts, workshop on Monitoring Techniques Applied
to Marine Protected Areas Management, Trieste (Italy),
19 - 20 September (registration closed on 5 July). (More) |
| 15
- 16 July |
International Interim Council of SESAME, 8th meeting,
UNESCO Paris Headquarters. (More)
(see also Press
Release) |
| 31
July |
Deadline
for registration in EuroMAB workshop on The Role
of Wetlands in Biosphere Reserves workshop, Pálava
Biosphere Reserve (Czech Republic). |
| 31
July |
Deadline
for entries to UNESCO essay contest on 'Space
and everyday life' (open to 15-18 year olds)
.
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