OAS :: SEDI : Department of Sustainable Development (DSD)

Past Events 2005

DECEMBER

December 16, 2005. Buenos Aires, Argentina. IABIN Data Providers Workshop. Available in Spanish. Agenda
December 22, 2005. Montevideo, Uruguay. IABIN Data Providers Workshop. Available in Spanish: Agenda | Ámbito Propuesto de Participación | Estándares de IABIN | Criterio para Donaciones
December 19-21, 2005. Montevideo, Uruguay. Training Workshop on Invasive Species (I3N). More...

NOVEMBER

November 30 - December 2, 2005. Sao Paulo, Brasil. 3rd Coordination Workshop UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas. Agenda
November 22-24, 2005. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Training Workshop on Invasive Species (I3N). More...
November 18, 2005 Quito, Ecuador. Joint OAS-UNEP informal discussion regarding the possible establishment of working group on trade and environment. More coming soon.
November 17, 2005. Quito, Ecuador. Workshop on Trade and Environment: Environmental and Institutional Capacity of the Andean Region in the context of Free Trade. More...
November 3-4, 2005. San Jose, Costa Rica. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and OAS-OSDE Global Forum on Trade on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Trade and the Environment. More...
November 2, 2005. San Jose, Costa Rica. OSDE and Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) technical workshop on "Supporting Sustainable Development through Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism" in preparation for First Inter-American Ministerial Meeting on Sustainable Development to be held in Bolivia in August 2006. More...

OCTOBER

October 9-14, 2005. Montego Bay, Jamaica. 5th Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management- Meeting Minutes (available in Spanish) | Preliminary Program | Field Tours | More...

AUGUST

August 3-5, 2005. Managua, Nicaragua. 3rd Meeting of Government's experts on Sustainable Production and Consumption of Latin America and the Caribbean. More...

JULY

July 29, 2005. Washington DC. DSD hosted a briefing on Fourth World Water Forum Preparations preparatory process to be held at OAS building. More...
July 19-21, 2005. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Workshop "UNEP-UNCTAD Trade-related Capacity-Building on Post-Doha Trade and Environment." More...
July 12-15, 2005. Caracas, Venezuela. Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction in University Campuses. More...
July 12-16, 2005. Caracas, Venezuela. The DSD is organizing a conference for participants from universities and colleges that are interested on natural disaster risk reduction to campus facilities- (DRUCA). More...

JUNE

June 22-25, 2005. Panama City, Panama. The Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation hosted the Workshop for Managers in Protected Areas in the Amazon Basin.
For more information, contact Richard Huber (202) 458-3227. More...
June 20-24, 2005. Salvador Bahia, Brazil. 3rd Biennial International Waters Conference. More...
June 16-17, 2005. Mar del Plata, Argentina. Meeting of Ministers of Health and Environment of the Americas. Photos | Declaration of Mar del Plata | More...

MAY

May 30-31, 2005. Corumba/Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The Pantanal/Upper Paraguay Project will host the International Seminar on the Pantanal Aquifer. At the seminar, representatives and stakeholders from Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay will discuss initiatives for the management and preservation of this transboundary groundwater resource. More..
May 24, 2005. Washington, DC. OSDE will host a Panel of Experts on Trade and Sustainability in the Americas from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at the OAS Padilha Vidal Conference Room. Case studies from Central America and the MERCOSUR Region will be presented. More..
May 18 - 20, 2005. Lima, Peru. The National Institute for Natural Resources of Peru (INRENA) with support from the OSDE will hold the International Symposium on "Integrated Water Management in Transboundary River Basins", a regional preparatory event of the IV World Water Forum. More...
May 6 - June 10, 2005 Virtual Consultation Forum with Civil Society. More...

APRIL

April 28 - 29, 2005. Buenos Aires, Argentina. European Comission Regional Workshops on Sustainable Development and Regional Trade Agrements. More..
April 25 - 26, 2005. San Jose, Costa Rica. European Comission Regional Workshops on Sustainable Development and Regional Trade Agreements. More..
April 6 - 8, 2005. Panama, City, Panama. 4^th IABIN Council Meeting. For more information, contact Richard Huber (202) 458-3227 or Ivan Valdespino (507) 317-1994
April 5 - 6, 2005. Paramaribo, Suriname. OSDE will be hosting stakeholder consultation with Village Leaders from the Trio and Wayana communities of Southern Suriname regarding a potential sustainable development project in their traditional territories. For more information, contact Sasha Beth Gottlieb (202) 458-3964.

MARCH

March 29 - 31, 2005. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3^rd Health and Environment Ministers of the Americas (HEMA) Working Group Meeting. More...

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