A collection of travel news about Ramsar Secretariat staff, in reverse chronological order, drawn from the Who's Where? feature of the Ramsar Bulletin Board.

For more old Ramsar Secretariat travel news, see also 'Who Was Where', 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

SG Anada Tiéga is in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 26 January 2013 to represent the Ramsar Secretariat in the First meeting of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-1). [21/01/2013]

Deputy Secretary General Nick Davidson is in Montreal 14-18 January working with the CBD Secretariat to follow-up joint actions arising from decisions taken by Ramsar and CBD COP11s. [14/01/13]

SG Anada Tiéga is in China from 13 to 16 December to attend the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of China’s accession to the Ramsar Convention. [12/12/2012]

DSG Nick Davidson is in Cambridge, UK, 10-13 December participating in the Biodiversity Indicator Partnership (BIP) Technical Partner meeting, hosted by UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.” [10/12/2012]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will attend the High Level Forum on Water and Sanitation from 12 to 14 December in Dakar, Senegal. [06/12/12]

The Americas team Maria Rivera and Nury Furlan, are attending the IX meeting of the High Andean Regional Initiative, hosted by the Chilean Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs in Santiago de Chile and San Pedro de Atacama from 18-24 November. Then Maria Rivera will attend a meeting on coastal wetlands with the Ministry of the Environment and the private sector in Valparaiso from 25 to 26 November. She will then attend the 3rd meeting of La Plata River Basin Regional Initiative organised by the Uruguayan Ministry of the Environment in Montevideo from 3 to 6 December. [19/11/12]

SG Tiéga Anada is in Doha, Qatar, from 25 to 28 November to attend the 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He will be back on 29 November. [26/11/12]

Tobias Salathé, Senior Regional Advisor for Europe is attending a meeting on protected areas in the Dinaric Arc region, organised by WWF Mediterranean Programme, in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina from 20-23 November. From 28 to 30 November he will be in Rome to attend the MOP of the UNECE Water Convention. [20/11/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will be preparing and facilitating the planning workshop of wetlands and urbanisation project in West Africa from 14 to 23 November in Dakar, Senegal. This workshop will bring together 10 West African countries (Benin, Burkina, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo); ECOWAS; UN-Habitat; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to develop the logical framework of the project initiated by the African Team of the Ramsar Secretariat. [14/11/12]

Alexia Dufour, Regional Affairs Officer will give a training at the “Planning workshop and urbanization project in West Africa”, Dakar, Senegal, from 17-21 November. She will also give a course to students in nature and landscape management at HEPIA, engineering school of Geneva on 27 November. [14/11/12]

Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania will be in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic from 18 - 24 November 15, 2012 to attend ‘The Conference on Wetlands and the Ramsar Convention in Central Asia: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Accession to the Ramsar Convention.’ [15/11/2012]

On 21 November DSG Nick Davidson is in Brussels for a writing team meeting of the TEEB “Economics of Water and Wetlands” report.[20/11/2012]

Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia – Oceania will be on a Ramsar Advisory Mission to visit the Taunsa Barrage and the Indus Dolphin Reserve Ramsar Sites in Pakistan from 29 October to 6 November. He will then be in Pokhara, Nepal from 7 to 13 November to attend the International Wetland Symposium as well as meetings with the Administrative Authority and other stakeholders. [29/10/12]

Tobias Salathé, Senior Regional Advisor for Europe is currently attending the 3rd meeting of the management board of the BlackSeaWet regional initiative, hosted by the Turkish Ramsar AA, Ministry of Environment and Forests in Istanbul, from 6-9 November. He will then attend the annual meeting of the Association Ramsar France, in the Brenne Ramsar Site in France (Région Centre) from 14-18 November. [07/11/2012]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will be attending the Second meeting of Council meeting of the Great Apes Survival Partnership from 6-8 November in Paris, France. [06/11/12]

Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer will be attending a CMS/AEWA workshop on the development of capacity building tools for National Focal Points from 1-2 November in Bonn, Germany. [29/10/12]

SG Anada Tiéga and Monica Zavagli, Scientific & Technical Support Officer, are attending the "International Conference on hydro-diplomacy - A Tool for Sharing Water Across Borders" in Chiang Rai, Thailand, from 31 October to 1 November. [29/10/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa is in Harare, Zimbabwe from 21 to 29 October to follow on the selection of Zimbabwe's first Ramsar Sites in order to complete the accession process. [22/10/12]

Maria Rivera, Senior Regional Advisor for the Americas is attending the Fifteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the UNEP Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme, and the Twelfth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from 22-27 October. [22/10/12]

DG Anada Tiéga is currently meeting with the Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization to discuss Ramsar/UNWTO partnership, taking into account Resolution XI.7 on Tourism, Recreation and Wetlands. He will then attend CBD COP11 from 12 to 19 October, followed by a visit to Chilika Lake Ramsar Site. He will be back in the office on 25 October. [10/10/12]

DSG Nick Davidson is at CBD COP11 in Hyderabad, India, back in on 22 October. [08/10/12]

DG Anada Tiéga, Virginie Pirens, Project Management Officer, and Oana Barsin, Communications Officer are attending the Global Conference in Evian, France from 24 to 26 September. [24/09/12]

Ako Charlotte Eyong, Assistant to the Regional Advisor for Africa is attending a workshop on the "implementation of the Ramsar Convention in Tunisia: celebration of two new Ramsar Sites and assessing the removal process of Ichkeul from the Montreux Record" on 20-21 September in Tunis. [24/09/12][24/09/12]

Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer is assisting at a workshop for site managers at the Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia which is taking place in Changwon, Republic of Korea, 24-28 September. [24/09/12]

DG Anada Tiéga, Virginie Pirens, Project Management Officer, and Oana Barsin, Communications Officer are attending the Global Conference in Evian, France from 24 to 26 September. [24/09/12]

Ako Charlotte Eyong, Assistant to the Regional Advisor for Africa is attending a workshop on the "implementation of the Ramsar Convention in Tunisia: celebration of two new Ramsar Sites and assessing the removal process of Ichkeul from the Montreux Record" on 20-21 September in Tunis. [24/09/12][24/09/12]

Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer is assisting at a workshop for site managers at the Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia which is taking place in Changwon, Republic of Korea, 24-28 September. [24/09/12]

Kati Wenzel, Assistant to the Regional Advisor for Europe is in Georgia for a Small Grant Fund project and a workshop organised on the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of the two Georgian Ramsar Sites in the Kolkheti Lowland until 16 September. [11/09/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Advisor for Africa is attending the validation workshop for the guidelines on the Inland Wetlands Development in Sub Saharan Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa from 12-16 September. [11/09/12]

From 7 to 23 September Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania will be working away from the Secretariat, attending various meetings in the R.O. Korea and a meeting of National Wetland Steering Committee in Fiji. [07/09/12]

From 6-12 September DSG Nick Davidson is representing the Secretariat at the IUCN World Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea. [04/09/12]

Secretary General Anada Tiéga will be away from 4 to 10 September to attend the first part of IUCN's World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea. [03/09/12]

DSG Nick Davidson is participating in the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) 11th Technical Committee meeting, in Accra, Ghana from 27-30 August. From 6-12 September he will be representing the Secretariat at the IUCN World Congress in Jeju, Republic of Korea.

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will attend the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) from 26-30 August 2012 in Davos, Switzerland.

Nessrine Alzahlawi, Assistant to the Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania takes part in a Regional Workshop for the Middle East and North Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans from 27-30 August in Muscat, Oman. [25/06/12]

Senior Regional Advisor María Rivera is in Uruguay from 13-17 of August discussing with the Administrative Authorities the removal of Bañados del Este from the Montreux Record and visiting the three new sites that will be designated soon. [13/08/12]

Claudia Fenerol, Partnership Coordinator, is attending the RIO+20 meetings from 11 to 15 June. The Ramsar Convention Secretariat has a Side Event planned on Friday, 15 June 2012. [11/06/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Advisor for Africa is in Orlando, Florida, USA, from 2 - 8 June 2012 to attend the 9th Intecol International Wetlands Conference, coordinated by University of Florida/IFAS. He will be presenting a PPT on “Wetland policy development in Rwanda: from wetland inventory to legislation of sustainable use”. [31/05/12]

Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania will be based in Hong Kong from 14 – 18 May and then in Vietnam from 19 – 24 May. In Vietnam, he will be attending a forum on “Nature and culture conservation for the sustainable development of Mekong Delta” as well as visiting the Tram Chim National Park to attend the ceremony to celebrate its recent designation as a Ramsar Site. [15/05/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa is in Khartoum, Sudan from 12 to 18 May for a joint Desk Study with UNEP/DPCM/DEPI. He will facilitate a Planning Workshop for Wetlands Inventory and Assessment in Sudan on 15 May 2012. [14/05/12]

DSG Nick Davidson is attending AEWA COP/MOP5 in La Rochelle, France all of this week. [14/05/12]

DSG Nick Davidson is in Montreal, Canada from 30 April - 6 May for CBD SBSTTA16. [03/05/12]

Claudia Fenerol, Partnership Coordinator, will attend the Global Oceans Partnership meeting held by the World Bank in Washington DC. She will then attend the Rio+20 meeting of the 2nd reading of the Conference outcome document titled “the Future we want’ in NYC. [19/04/12]

Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer, is delivering a welcome speech on behalf of the Secretariat at the opening of the Liminganlahti Visitor Centre, at the Liminganlahti Ramsar Site, near Oulu, Finland (26-27 April).

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa, will be in Dakar (Senegal) from 24-29 April to consult several potential stakeholders of the Integrated Critical Mangroves Conservation and Sustainable Use Programme. [23/04/2012]

DSG Nick Davidson is attending meetings in Italy (Rome: FAO & Frascati: ESA GlobWetland-III planning) and will be back in the office on 25 April. [23/04/12]

Tobias Salathé, Senior Advisor for Europe is attending a Workshop on "Current Issues of Biodiversity Protection and Participatory Development" from 19 – 20 April in Vallée du Drugeon, Haut Doubs, France. [19/04/12]

From 17-20 April Maria Rivera, Senior Advisor for the Americas is in Punta Arenas, Chile for the presentation of the management plan of Bahia Lomas Ramsar Site and the inauguration of its interpretative centre. [16/04/12]

SG Anada Tiéga will attend the second session of the plenary meeting that will determine the modalities and institutional arrangements for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This meeting will take place in Panama from 16-21 April 2012. Prior to the Plenary meeting he will take part in the second IPBES Stakeholder Day that will be held on 15 April 2012 in Panama. [16/04/12]

Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania, will be in Dubai (UAE) from 16-20 April 2012 to attend a CBD workshop on their programme of work on protected areas in the Arab region. [11/04/2012]

Wednesday 18 April DSG Nick Davidson is in Copenhagen meeting with the Danish EU Presidency team on COP11 issues and draft Resolutions. [16/04/12]

Alexia Dufour, Regional Affairs Officer will attend the conference “GIS for the United Nations and the International Community”, 3-5 April at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva. [03/04/12]

2-4 April DSG Nick Davidson is in Queensland, Australia participating in a workshop on “Thresholds and regime shifts in Australian freshwater systems” organised by the Australian Centre for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (ACEAS). [02/04/12]

Tobias Salathé, Senior Advisor for Europe, will take part in the 10th meeting of MedWet Steering Committee in Paris, from 28 to 30 March. [27/03/2012]

Lew Young (Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania), Monica Zavagli (Scientific & Technical Support Officer) and DSG Nick Davidson will be travelling to attend the Oceania Regional Meeting in Koror, Palau and will be away from 22 to 30 March. [21/03/12]

Claudia Fenerol, Partnership Programme Coordinator is attending the Wetlands Forests Conference organised by Wetlands International, in Brunei Darussalam. She will then attend the Rio+20 Intersessional meeting in New York, USA, from 26-27 March. [21/03/12]

Maria Rivera, Senior Advisor for the Americas is visiting Non-Contracting Parties in the Caribbean (Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) from 19 to 23 March. She will also visit Barbados from 21 to 22 March to discuss the implementation of the Convention with the local Administrative Authority. [20/03/12]

SGAnada Tiéga is in Agadir, Morocco from 21 to 24 March to attend a seminar on "Water/Waste/Sustainable Development". [20/03/12]

SG Anada Tiega is in Marseille, France, from 12 to 14 March to attend the first three days of the World Water Forum. [12/03/12]

Monica Zavagli, Scientific & Technical Support Officer, will attend the First Regional BCR Coastal Forum at Burapha University, Chanthaburi, Thailand, from 29 February to 2 March. [27/02/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will be participating in a Regional Workshop for Africa on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 27 February to 1 March. He will then facilitate a Training Workshop for 28 Ramsar National Focal Points on Multilateral Environmental Negotiations and Ramsar COP11-related issues from 2 to 3 March. [27/02/12]

SG Anada Tiéga, Tobias Salathé (Senior Regional Advisor for Europe) and Claudia Fenerol (Partnerships Coordinator) are in Paris, France, to meet with UNESCO and Danone Group representatives from 27 to 29 February. [27/02/12] 

SG Anada Tiéga will attend the 12th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Nairobi, from 20 to 22 February. [20/02/12] 

Tobias Salathé, Senior Regional Advisor for Europe is attending the “strategic workshop on the future work under the UNECE Water Convention” at UNOG, Geneva, from 14 to 15 February. [14/02/12]

Tobias Salathé, Senior Regional Advisor for Europe, is attending the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean ‘From Grado to Agadir: The next twenty years’ in Agadir, Morocco from 6 to 8 February 2012. [06/02/12]

SG Anada Tiéga will be in New York, USA from 31 January to 3 February 2012. He will sign an MOC with Ducks Unlimited on 2 February, celebrating at the same time World Wetlands Day and the 75th Anniversary of Ducks Unlimited. From 4 to 8 February, he will attend the International Symposium on Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean “From Grado to Agadir: The Next 20 Years” in Morocco. [31/01/12]

Paul Ouédraogo, Senior Regional Advisor for Africa will be in Niger, from 27 January to 3 February 2012. He will follow up a Ramsar Project with UNWTO and attend the World Wetlands Day celebrations. From 5 to 10 February he will be attending the Francophone Preparatory Forum for Rio+20 in Lyon (France). [30/01/12]

Lew Young, Senior Regional Advisor for Asia-Oceania will be in Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh from 30 January to 11 February. In Myanmar, he will be attending the World Wetlands Day celebrations and a workshop to prepare for the designation of the country’s second Ramsar Site. In Bangladesh and Thailand, he will be meeting with the Ramsar Administrative Authority and other partners to update them on the preparations for COP11 and other national implementation issues. [26/01/12]

Maria Rivera, Senior Regional Advisor for the Americas will be in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche, Mexico on 31 January and 1 February, taking part in a course on Tourism and Wetlands organised by CONANP and the Carmen University for protected area managers, government officials and the academia. On 2 February, she will participate in the WWD celebrations on the the University Campus (organized by CONANP, Semarnat and the Government of Campeche). [30/01/12] 

SG Anada Tiéga is in Manila, Philippines, to attend the Global Conference on Land-Oceans Connections Interactions from 22 to 25 January. [23/01/12]

Sandra Hails, CEPA Programme Officer, will be attending a workshop for CEPA Focal Points for the NorBalWet Ramsar Regional Initiative from 23-26 January, in Helsinki, Finland. [23/01/12]