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EIS Program Advisory Committee Meetings

15TH EIS Advisory Committee/Network Meeting 7-11 August 2000, United Nations Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya

Draft Programme

Monday, August 7
0900-1030
Opening remarks (Chairman)
EIS-Program business session:
Chairman’s report
Discussion

1030-1100
BREAK

1100-1230
EIS Program status
Update on EIS-AFRICA
Discussion

1230-1330
LUNCH

1330-1500
EIS-AFRICA business session
Articles of Association
Board of Directors
Discussion

1500-1530
BREAK

1530-1700
EIS-AFRICA business session
EIS-AFRICA Strategy
Discussion

1800-2000
Reception

Tueseday, August 8
0900-1030
EIS-AFRICA operation session
Presentation of the 3 year rolling work programme and Budget by the Coordinator
Discussion

1030-1100
BREAK

1100-1230
Recommendations to the General Meeting Session
Articles of Association
Board of Directors

1230-1330
LUNCH

1330-1500
Recommendations (cont'd):
EIS-Africa Strategy
Work programme
Funding mechanism
Appointment of Coordinator
1500-1530
BREAK

1530-1700
Official hand over of responsibilities to the Interim Board of Directors

Meeting of the Interim Board of Directors

1800-2000
"Soirée des surprises"

Wednesday, August 9
0900-1030
First EIS-AFRICA General Meeting Opening Ceremony

1030-1100
BREAK

1100-1230
Institutional session:
Adoption of the agenda
EIS-AFRICA's articles of association
Designation of the Board of Directors

1230-1330
LUNCH

1330-1500
Institutional session:
Adoption of EIS-AFRICA Strategy
Adoption of a 3 year work programme 2001-2003

1500-1530
BREAK

1530-1700
Institutional session:
Adoption of Budget
Adoption of Fund raising programme

1800-2000
Free evening

Thursday, August 10
0900-1030
State of Environment Reporting
Approaches to SOER
National/sub-regional SOER
Global perspectives
Data issues

1030-1100
BREAK

1100-1230
EIS in support of environmental assessment and reporting (cont’d)

1230-1330
LUNCH

1330-1500
EIS Applications:
Environmental Management Framework (EMF)
Le Système d'Information Hydrogéologique à Référence Spatiale (SIHRS)

1500-1530
BREAK 1530-1700
Presentations on programmes:
Namibia
REIMP
IGAD/RIIS
SADC/EIS

Friday, August 11
0900-1030
Presentations on programmes:
Environmental thesaurus initiative
Report on GSDI4/Update on SDI in Africa

1030-1100
BREAK

1100-1230
Closing plenary