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IW:LEARN Internal Calendar
IW:LEARN Calendar includes: Annual Leave, Staff Travel, IWL Events,
Other Events, UN Holidays, PCU Deadlines and Deliverables, PAL
Deadlines and Deliverables... Items in BOLD should also appear
on IW:LEARN Public Calendar
2004
| Date (Range) | Type of Event | Event |
| OCT 19 |
Bonjour |
IW:LEARN Operational Phase begins with PCU staff hires by
UNOPS |
| NOV |
IWL Event |
IW:LEARN kick-off, Freshwater & Marine learning communities
launched at IUCN Congress, Bangkok, Thailand |
| DEC |
IWL Event |
IWRM International Conference w/Japan Water Forum, Tokyo,
Japan |
2005
| Date (Range) | Type of Event | Event |
| JUN |
Meeting |
Lake Basin Management Initiative MSP - (DMS @) final SC meeting,
Shiga, Japan |
| JUN |
IWL Event |
Public Participation and Information Sharing for IW
Management (B1.3) workshop w/UNECE & CTC, St. Petersburg,
Russian Federation |
| JUN |
Publication |
First Issue of IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
| JUN |
IWL Event |
3rd GEF International Waters Conference (C1) w/GETF and
others, Salvador, Brazil |
| 3rd Q-4th Q |
Bonjour |
IW:LEARN-Nairobi office opens with 2 staff hired by UNEP |
2006
| Date (Range) | Type of Event | Event |
2006-Q1 |
Publication |
2 Issues of IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW
projects and partners |
| JAN |
IWL Event |
Danube Communications Workshop (B3) and Global Forum on
Oceans (E2) |
| 06-10 MAR | IWL Event | LME Workshop @ Providence, RI, USA |
| 16-22 MAR | IWL Event |
4th World Water Forum @ Mexico City |
2006-Q2 |
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| 3 MAY |
Event |
Activity D2 and Petersberg Phase II/Athens Declaration Process
presented in Thessaloniki, Greece, during the Meeting of the
Environment Departments of International Development Banks |
| 3-5 MAY |
IWL Event |
UNEP-DGEF IW peer-to-peer project experience sharing meeting
(Bangkok, Activity B3/E2) |
| 23-26 MAY |
Event |
Activity D2 and Petersberg Phase II/Athens Declaration Process presented in the BALWOIS Conference in Lake Ohrid, Former Yugoslavic Republic of Macedonia |
| 29-30 MAY | Meeting | 3rd Coordination Meeting of Activity D2, Athens, Greece |
| 30 MAY |
Publication |
Communicating for Results: A Communications Planning Guide for
International Waters Projects by K. Eik, P. Csagoly, and S. Menzies (with support via IW:LEARN Activity B3) |
| JUN |
Contract |
GETF Contract Signed (C2) |
| 13-14 JUN |
Meeting/Travel |
JRM @ NYC for UNICPOLOS, Global Forum on Oceans SC mtg
|
| 30 JUN |
Contract |
WorldFish Center Contract or MoA Signed (B2.3) |
2006-Q3 |
||
| 6 JUL |
Publication | IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
| 22-26 JUL |
Event |
UNDP-GEF Governance Tools MSP Workshop at U British Columbia (JRM
attends) |
| 15 AUG | Publication | IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and
partners First batch of 12 IW Experience Notes published, posted to iwlearn.net/experience, and sent to GEF Assembly |
| 27 AUG-1 SEP |
GEF Event |
GEF Assembly 3, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 31 AUG | Publication | LME Socioeconomics and Governance Manual (w/URI and NOAA), .pdf July 6, 1500 copies by July 30. |
| 04 SEP | UN Holiday | Labor Day |
| 21/21 SEP |
Event |
AMCOW Mtg Kampala |
2006-Q4 |
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| Q4 |
M&E |
IW:LEARN Independent mid-Term Evaluation |
| 1-29 OCT |
Staff Travel |
MHH to Europe, establishes foundation for IW:LEARN-Bratislava
office launch by 2007 |
| 3-7 OCT | Event | MHH @ Conference on Nutrient Reduction Indicators in Moldova |
| 12-15 OCT | IWL Event | MHH & JRM @ Transboundary Lakes Workshop @ Southeastern Europe (D2), with 4th Coordination Meeting for Activity D2 |
| 14 OCT |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners (ready for GPA meeting) |
| 16-20 OCT |
IWL Event |
DMS @ E2 GEF IW Partnership Workshop @ Second
Intergovernmental Review Meeting of the GPA (IGR-2), Beijing,
China |
| 16-20 OCT |
IWL Event |
Side Event (B2.3) @ International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management
Symposium, Cozumel, Mexico |
| 30 OCT-3 NOV | IWL Event | JRM @ 1st IW:LEARN African IWRM Workshop (basin-coastal linkages) in Nairobi, with InWent & WBI [& hopefully NEPAD & NBI] (B1.2) |
| 6-8 NOV | IWL Event | JRM @ Freshwater Economic Valuation Workshop in West Africa w/IUCN-WANI & WBI (B2.1), EIER, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
| 13-17 NOV |
Event/Travel |
DMS in Tokyo for Euphrates-Tigris Working Group, Transboundary
Environmental Impact Assessment Study Group and Japan Water Forum
meetings |
| 15-17 NOV | Event | MHH @ Workshop on Multi-Purpose Use of Transboundary Waters in
the Sava River, with the support of the German Ministry for
Environment (D2),
Zagreb |
| 20 NOV |
IWL Meeting |
SC Meeting (Washington DC) |
| 28 NOV |
IWL Event |
IW:LEARN Steering Committee Meeting @ GEFSec |
| 06-09 DEC | IWL Event / Staff Travel |
DMS @ Public Participation Workshop @ Montevideo,
w/ELI, OAS and UNESCO (B4) |
| 11-17 DEC | IWL Event / Staff Travel |
D1/E2 Richard Cooper @ EAS
Congress, Haikou City, Hainan Province, PR China |
2007
| Date(Range) | Type of Event | Event |
2007-Q1 |
||
| 01 JAN | UN Holiday |
New Year's Day |
| 06 JAN |
Meeting |
Dann w/Biliana (GFOCI; 4pm) |
| 11 JAN |
Meeting | IWTF Telecon |
| 15 JAN |
Bonjour |
IW:LEARN Bratislava office launched with PCU staff transfer (MHH)
from DC office |
| 17 JAN |
Meeting |
Dann @ ELI (10am-4pm) for Coke co-finance meeting |
| 19 JAN |
SC Meeting |
9am telecon |
| 22 JAN |
Meeting |
Dann @ WBI (2pm) for 2007 planning/coordination |
| 15 FEB-1 MAR |
Meeting |
DMS @ IWC4 Agenda Development Workshops in DC (3) |
| 21-22 FEB | Event | JRM & MHH @ Danube Regional Project Final Workshop in Bucharest, Romania |
| 27-28 FEB |
Event |
World Bank Water Week (Washington, DC) - Tracy Hart
coordinates |
| 1-2 MAR | Meeting | MHH @ Coordination Meeting of Activity D2 in Athens, Greece |
| 15 MAR |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
2007-Q2 |
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| 16-22 APR |
IWL Event |
Aquifer Inter-Project Exchange in USA, w/IAEA &
USGS |
| 15 MAY |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
2007-Q3 |
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| 15 JUL |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and
partners - SPECIAL IWC4 EDITION |
| 29-30 JUL | IWL Event | IW:LEARN Workshop on Economic Valuation of Large Marine Ecosystems, w/IUCN-GMP and NOAA in Cape Town, South Africa |
| 31 JUL- 3 AUG | IWL Event |
4th GEF IW Conference, Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa |
| AUG |
IWL Event |
UNEP-IW:LEARN Web Workshops in LAC and Asia |
| 12-17 AUG |
Event |
6th Inter-American Dialog on
Water, Guatemala |
| 12-18 AUG |
Event |
Stockholm/World Water Week |
| 20-21 AUG | IWL Event | IW:LEARN/UNDP/D-List Stakeholder Exchange on Community of
Practice Platforms, in Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 11-13 SEP |
Event |
Second Global Conference on Large Marine Ecosystems, Qingdao, CHINA |
2007-Q4 |
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| 23-26 SEP | Event | Africa Petersberg Roundtable, followed by Africa Governance Process
MSP Inception Meeting in Bonn, Germany |
| 15 OCT |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
| 23-25 OCT | Event | MHH@6th Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in the Black Sea - Danube Basin, Ankara, TURKEY |
| 13-15 NOV | IWL Event | 3rd Athens-Petersberg (Activity D2) Roundtable on Groundwater in Brdo pri Kranj, Slovenia |
| 13-16 NOV |
IWL Event |
2nd Public Participation Workshop, Maseru, Lesotho
(Africa) 2nd IW:LEARN African IWRM Workshop (basin-coastal linkages) in Southern Africa, with InWent & WBI |
2008
| Date(Range) | Type of Event | Event |
2008-Q1 |
||
| 11-15 FEB |
IWL Event |
2nd
Regional Workshop for River Basin projects on Environmental
Flows, with IUCN-WANI, Iguacu, Brazil |
| 15 FEB |
Publication |
IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and
partners - GFOCI-4 ISSUE? |
| 25-28 MAR | IWL Event |
1st Targeted Workshop in SE Europe on Public Participation
(Learning Exchange) in Podgorica, Montenegro |
2008-Q2 |
||
| 3-5 APR |
IWL Event |
3rd Public Participation Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 3-5 APR |
IWL Event |
Payment for Ecosystems Workshop, Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 7-11 APR |
Event |
Fourth Global Conference
on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, Hanoi, Vietnam - focused on the
WSSD targets of achieving ecosystem-based management (by 2010) and
integrated coastal and ocean management. |
| 8 APR | SC Meeting | Steering Commitee Meeting - Face to Face - Hanoi, Vietnam |
| 15-16 APR |
IWL Event |
Athens-Petersberg Roundtable on Public Participation: The Case
of Mesta/Nestos River Basin in Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 03-12 MAY |
IWL Event | Understanding the TDA-SAP Process (Okavango Learning Exchange to
Brazil ANA) |
| 21-23 MAY |
IWL Event |
Wetland Restoration Learning Exchange (Bulgaria to
Austria) |
| 25-27 MAY |
Event |
Managing Shared Aquifer Resources in Africa, Tripoli,
Libya |
| 15 JUN |
Publication | IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and
partners |
| 24-28 JUN |
Event |
Africa Groundwater & Climate in Kampala, Uganda |
2008-Q3 |
||
| Q3 |
Submission |
Final Annual Reporting to GEF (APPR/PIR) for UNOPS-executed
IW:LEARN project |
| 07-11 JUL | IWL Event |
B2.3 final event @ 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL, USA |
| 12-20 JUL | IWL Event | Learning Exchange - Orange and Okavango Rivers to ICPDR-Danube (Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade) |
| 16 JUL | SC Meeting |
Steering Commitee Meeting - Face to Face - Washington, DC,
USA |
| 16-18 JUL | IWL Event | 2nd Targeted Workshop in SE Europe on IWRM and Sustainable
Financing (Learning Exchange) in Ohrid, Macedonia |
| AUG |
Event |
Stockholm Water Week |
| SEP | Submission | Final report (to SC? UNDP? GEF?) for UNOPS-executed IW:LEARN project |
| 1-4 SEP |
Event |
13th World Water Congress: Global changes & water resources, Montpellier, France |
| 15 SEP |
Publication |
Final(?) IW Bridges published and circulated to GEF IW projects and partners |
2008-Q4 |
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| OCT |
Submission |
Final Financial Reporting to UNOPS for UNOPS-IW:LEARN project |
| Q4 |
SC Meeting |
IW:LEARN SC Meeting (in Nairobi, Kenya?) |
| 5-14 OCT |
Event |
4th IUCN Congress,
Barcelona, Spain - 1 or more sessions may be co-organized by GEF
IW:LEARN |
| 31 OCT |
Adieu |
Operational close of of UNOPS-IW:LEARN Operational Phase
Project |
2009
| Date(Range) | Type of Event | Event |
2008-All Q
|
||
| 01 JAN | UN Holiday | New Year's Day |
| 15-22 MAR |
Event |
5th World Water Forum, Istanbul, Turkey |
