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Workshopsin the Following Workshops During 2002 The WorldFish Center conducted or was involved Workshopsin the following workshops during 2002. Workshops 122 EVENT/TOPIC/DATE LOCATION NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES/ RESOURCES AND PARTICIPANTS INSTITUTIONS COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT DSAP Workshop of Year 2001 Dhaka, Bangladesh >40 local NGOs, USAID DSAP-USAID Stakeholders 21 January 2002 Stakeholders workshop Youndé, Cameroon 111 local farmers' organizations, NGOs, IAA Cameroon-DFID Project 4-9 February 2002 IRAD, MINEPIA Population Interdependencies in Research Institute for 18 Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Funding from International the South China Sea Ecosystem Aquaculture No. 3, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam Coral Reef Action Network (PISCES) Project, Phase II, Nha Trang, Vietnam and WorldFish Center core Inception Workshop funds 19-20 February 2002 Expert consultation on Biosafety Nairobi, Kenya 44 Belgium, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, CTA, FAO, IUCN, WorldFish and Environmental Impact of France, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Genetic Enhancement and Nigeria, the Philippines, South Introduction of Tilapia Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, strains/Alien Species in Africa Zambia, ACTS, CBD, CTA, FAO, ILRI, 20-23 February 2002 IUCN, WorldFish DSAP Selection Workshop for New Dhaka, Bangladesh >50 local NGOs DSAP-USAID NGOs 28 February 2002 National Project Mid-term Savannakhet, Lao PDR 22 Lao Working Group, Mukdahan and RDC Workshop (Wetlands Project) Savannakhet, DLF, LNMC, LARREC, 5-7 March 2002 AIT, SIDA Provincial Workshop on Wetlands Ben Tre Province and 18 Vietnam working group, Provincial Project to report results from Ho Chi Minh City, representatives, VAF, Sub-Fipi VAF provincial working groups and set Vietnam targets for the coming period 21-23 March 2002 Integrating Lesson on Institutional WorldFish Center 19 CNRS Bangladesh, WorldFish Center Analysis and Governance Across Headquarters, Penang, Malaysia, UPV Philippines, CORIN Projects Malaysia Thailand 11 March 2002 Provincial Workshop on Wetlands Strung Treng, 16 Local administration, local NGOs DOF, IUCN, WI, MRC Project to report results from Cambodia provincial working groups and set targets for the coming period 13-29 March 2002 Wetlands Inventory Workshop, Phnom Penh, 35 Various institutions involved in Wetlands International, MRC Phnom Penh, Cambodia Cambodia “Wetlands” in Cambodia 8-9 April 2002 CBFM-South and Southeast Asia Dhaka, Bangladesh 32 Bangladesh, Vietnam CBFM-SSEA (CBFM-SSEA) Inception Workshop for project partners 18-26 April 2002 123 EVENT/TOPIC/DATE LOCATION NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES/ RESOURCES AND PARTICIPANTS INSTITUTIONS COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT AARM Advisory Group Workshop Bangkok, Thailand 11 Advisors connected to AIT AARM AIT AARM 29-30 April 2002 Inception Workshop on Dhaka, Bangladesh 120 Bangladesh CBFM-2, DOF, DFID Community Based Fisheries Management Project Phase 2 12 May 2002 Basin Development Plan Inception Ho Chi Minh City, 100 Vietnam MRC Workshop Vietnam 13-15 May 2002 Planning workshop for the WorldFish Center 22 Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Funding from WorldFish Challenge Program: Increasing Headquarters, Penang, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Center unrestricted core Productivity in the Coastal Zone Malaysia Vietnam funds. Travel by collaborators. 3-4 June 2002 Expert Consultation on Bangkok, Thailand 43 Australia, Bangladesh, P.R.China, NORAD, WorldFish Development of Strategies and Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Fiji, Hungary, Plans for Dissemination of Indonesia, India, Malawi, Malaysia, Improved Breeds the Philippines, Thailand, UK, USA, 4-7 June 2002 Vietnam, AIT, EMBRAPA, FAO, NACA, SEAFDEC-AQD, WorldFish Workshop on Accelerating Poverty Bac Lieu, Vietnam 25 Vietnam MF-VN Elimination through Sustainable Resource Management in Coastal Lands Protected from Salinity Intrusion 25-28 June 2002 Biodiversity, Management and Accra, Ghana 42 14 African, European and Asian Supported by GTZ, Germany; Utilization of West African Fishes countries organized in collaboration Conference with WRI, Ghana 2-4 July 2002 ALARD workshop Vientiane, Lao PDR 10 Collaborating partners to DLF in the AIT, NACA, DLF 8-9 July 2002 Lao PDR WWF Workshop on Blue Vision for Pulau Langkawi, 60 DOF Malaysia, WWF Malaysia, LADA WWF International, DOF Pulau Langkawi Penang, Malaysia Malaysia, Malaysian Nature Society Malaysia, LADA Malaysia, 16-17 July 2002 WorldFish Center Workshop on Participatory Action Dhaka, Bangladesh 60 Local partners CBFM-SSEA-IFAD Plan Development, Livelihoods Assessment and Livelihoods PRA for CBFM – SSEA project July 2002 Learning Workshop and Partners Can Tho, Vietnam 40 Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Vietnam MLI-OXFAM Meeting on Mekong Learning Initiative Project 4-10 August 2002 124 EVENT/TOPIC/DATE LOCATION NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES/ RESOURCES AND PARTICIPANTS INSTITUTIONS COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT Cambodia National Project Siem Reap, Cambodia 16 Local administrations from three MRC, AIT, IUCN, WI Planning Workshop province and Phnom Penh 8-10 August 2002 Open day for farmers at the Domasi, Malawi 110 Local farmers Rockefeller Foundation research station to view African Career Awards; experiment results on nitrogen WorldFish Center retention in IAA (maize-next-to- pond) systems 19 September 2002 Reefs at Risk at the Caribbean Miami, USA 35 Local NGOs, Mexico, Washington International Coral Reef Threat Assessment Workshop DC, USA, WorldFish Malaysia, Action Network, World 22-24 October 2002 INVEMAR Colombia, United Resources Institute, NCORE Kingdom, Belize, Virginia, Jamaica, from Univ. of Miami Bermuda, St. Lucia, NRM CERMES Barbados, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico Fish to 2020: Implications of Global WorldFish Center 67 Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, ACIAR, CIDA, WorldFish Fish Outlook for Developing Headquarters, Penang, Canada, P.R.China, Fiji, India, Center, IFPRI, OXFAM Countries Workshop Malaysia Indonesia, the Lao PDR, Malaysia, America, FAO, INFOFISH, 2 November 2002 Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua SEAFDEC, NACA New Guinea, the Philippines, Scotland, Thailand, US, Vietnam Fish for All Summit WorldFish Center 350 Scientists, planners, administrators. WorldFish 3 November 2002 Headquarters, Penang, Malaysia Third Meeting of Asia-Pacific WorldFish Center 36 Cambodia, P.R.China, Fiji, India, AusAID, APAARI, WorldFish Group of Fisheries and Aquatic Headquarters, Penang, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, the Research (GoFAR) Malaysia Lao PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, 4 November 2002 Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, FAO, NACA, SEAFDEC, SIFR, WorldFish Understanding Livelihoods WorldFish Center 13 Bangladesh Center for Advanced DFID Dependent on Inland Fisheries in Headquarters, Penang, Studies (BCAS), DOF Cambodia, the Bangladesh and South East Asia Malaysia Lao PDR (LARREC), Durham Workshop University UK, Oxfam America, 11-14 November 2002 OXFAM UK, Aid Interns (at DOF), Imperial College UK, MRAG Ltd. UK, Can Tho University Vietnam, An Giang University Vietnam, Living Aquatic Resources Research Center, Mekong River Commission (MRC) Planning Workshop on Public- Pampanga, Philippines 16 The Philippines IDRC, NORAD Private Partnerships in Fish Genetic Research: Philippine Experience, 12-13 November 2002 DSAP Workshop of Year 2002 Dhaka, Bangladesh >70 local NGOs, BFRI DSAP-USAID, BFRI Stakeholders, 18-19 Dec 2002 125.
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