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Calendar of Events Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec   February 2003 February 18-21, 2003, Lusaka, Zambia http://www.melissa.org/english/about%20us/main2.htm http://www.melissa.org/english/about%20us/AgendaLusaka.htm (provisional agenda) The MELISSA Program Regional Workshop on "Managing Sustainable Development Locally: Fighting Poverty and Environmental Degradation" The Workshop,hosted by PAES (Partnership for African Environmental Sustainability), aims to advance the participants' knowledge of the broad range of poverty reduction and sustainable development issues confronting local governments. The meeting is an interactive platform to share experiences and knowledge. Recognizing that the success of this event depends on the participants' contribution, the MELISSA Program has set aside a very limited amount of grant funds to facilitate participation of African stakeholders from the public and the private sectors, as well as from the civil society. If you would like to be considered for a grant, please indicate this clearly when registering. However, bear in mind that it is unlikely that the MELISSA Program will be able to meet all grant requests; only those who meet the selection criteria will be eligible for consideration. February 17-21, Abuja, Nigeria http://www.paris21.org/htm/regional.htm#africa West Africa Regional Workshop(s) -- Statistics. See (January 2003) February 3-7, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.unep.org/GoverningBodies/GC22/ Twenty-Second Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum http://www.unep.org/GoverningBodies/GC22/Document/19Dec-RevStru.doc (proposed organization and structure of the meeting) http://www.urisa.org/PPGIS/callforppgis.htm Call for presentations: PPGIS Conference (see July 20-22, 2003). Abstracts due by February 7, 2003. February 13-14, 2003, Sierra Leone. http://www.aitecafrica.com/events/Sierra/sierra.html Computing, Telecommunications and the Internet for Africa's Digital Transformation (AITEC) is organising a Sierra Leone IT Education Forum on 13-14 February 2003 - Mobilising information technology for National recovery. The main aim of the event is to bring together private sector, government and civil society groups interested in mobilising ICTs as a tool for development and mapping out a vision and strategy to stimulate growth and development in Sierra Leone. Organisations and individuals wanting to propose presentations for the conference should e-mail proposals to Kwami Ahiabenu, with a brief presentation outline and biographical note on the presenter (kwami@aitecafrica.com), admin@aitecafrica.com February 17-21, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand http://www.iucn.org/themes/fcp/activities/transboundary1.htm Increasing effectiveness of Transboundary Conservation Areas in tropical forests. Upcoming workshop organized jointly by ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization) and IUCN. The workshop will bring together practioners involved in the implementation of ITTO's transboundary conservation areas (TBCA) programme, and experts from IUCN and other interested organizations. TBCA Meeting Secretariat: transboundary@iucn.org February 19-21, 2003, Accra, Ghana http://www.cto.int/ http://www.cto.int/frame.php?dir=02&sd=10#Ghana Commonwealth Telecommunications Network (CTO) Digital Africa Summit: Building Digital Opportunities through Public-Private Partnerships. For more information, contact Rowan Waddelow, Conference Director, rw@worldsummits.com February 28, 2003. Deadline for submissions for AfricaGIS '03 (to be held November 4-8, 2003) http://www.gsdi.org/docs/SDIA/First_announcement_def.pdf Anyone interested in making a presentation in the form of a paper, poster, workshop, or demonstration should send an abstract or synopsis (no more than three paragraphs of 50-100 words) in electronic format to the Program Committee by 28 February. Les parties intéressées par une présentation sous l'une des formes suivantes : document imprimé, poster, atelier ou démonstration , sont invitées à en envoyer un résumé ou un condensé (pas plus de 3 paragraphes de 50 à 100 mots) en version électronique au Comité chargé du Programme de la Conférence, vers le 28 Février. * Dates and events are subject to change