Ramsar / UNEP workshop on Africa's wetland management strategy -- agenda
| "Wetlands: water, life, and culture" 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) Valencia, Spain, 18-26 November 2002 |
Developing further the Plan of Action to implement Africa's wetland management strategy under the Environmental Initiative of NEPAD
(New Partnership for Africa's Development)
| Agenda papers |
| Draft Plan of Action (Word) |
A Workshop organized by
the Ramsar Convention Bureau and the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
prior to Ramsar COP8
Valencia, Spain, 17 November 2002, from 10.00 - 18.00,
at the Ramsar COP8 venue: Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Participants should arrive well in advance to proceed to registration for Ramsar COP8 in order to have access to the building. There will be a special line for the NEPAD Workshop participants.
Proposed Chairman : Mr. Anderson Koyo, Kenya
Proposed Rapporteur: Mr. Simon Rafanomezantsoa, Assistant to the Regional Coordinator for Africa, Bureau of the Ramsar Convention
Draft Agenda
10.00-10.15 Short presentations on background information
i. Wide-ranging wetland issues and concerns
ii. Key ongoing or planned actions that can serve as a baseline on which NEPAD can build a solid strategy and a realistic Action Plan on wetlands, by Mr. Anada Tiega, Regional Coordinator for Africa, Ramsar Convention Bureau
10.15-10.30 Discussion and consensus building
10.30-11.00 Presentation of the 12 items described in the Discussion Document prepared by the Ramsar Bureau
11.00-12.30 Discussion of the following items:
· Identify critical issues on watersheds, wetlands, water, food security, and poverty alleviation that could undermine the NEPAD process if not properly addressed
· Make suggestions about a vision of African wetlands that can support the core objectives of the NEPAD as a whole
· Make suggestions about major objectives of the Strategy
· Identify approaches that can enhance the NEPAD process and promote successful achievements of the Wetland Action Plan
· Identify priority options for wetland and water management
· Select the priority actions that are expected to initiate the implementation of these options
· Identify some of the critical issues that require trade-offs as a way to build consensus among major players
12.30-14.00 Lunch break
1400-15.00 Review of the Proposed Strategy for Managing Africa's Wetlands (see UNEP's document "Thematic Paper on Management of Africa's Wetlands")
15.00-16.00 Suggest some key building blocks of a funding strategy
16.00-17.00 Identify the major players and suggest roles and responsibilities to be collectively assumed
17.00-17.45 Suggest key players to be considered for building partnerships at all levels:
· At local /provincial/state level
· At national level
· At sub-regional level
· At international level
17.45-18.00 Suggest members of the NEPAD thematic Working Group Core Team on Wetlands
18.00 Closure of the Meeting
