SPREP OFFICIAL CALENDAR of EVENTS for: 2009 Issue No: 12 as of: 10-Nov-2009 Approved: 10-Nov-2009 Sprep/Proe SPREP Members Circulation [ Includes Events that start within the period:01-Jan-2009 to 31-Dec-2009 ] Dates Event Location Contact Staff January 12/1 - 16/1 89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting - United States of America, PHX, 1/12/2009 - Dean Solofa, PI-GCOS Officer 11-15 January. 14/01/2009 NOAA National Climatic Data Center PI-GCOS Server handover. 12/1 - 16/1 89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting - United States of America, Asheville, 14/01/2009 - Dean Solofa, PI-GCOS Officer 11-15 January. 16/01/2009 NOAA National Climatic Data Center PI-GCOS Server handover. 13/1 - 2/2 An Assessment of Leatherback Turtle Nesting and Papua New Guinea, Buka Paul Anderson, Marine Conservation Community Issues in the Autonomous Region of Analyst Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 13/1 - 1/2 An Assessment of Leatherback Turtle Nesting and Papua New Guinea, Jeffrey Kinch, Coastal Management Community Issues in the Autonomous Region of Adviser Bougainville, Papua New Guinea 19/1 - 23/1 Project Activity Summary / Project Proposal Writing New Zealand, Auckland Solomone Fifita, PM-PIGGAREP Workshop 19/1 - 23/1 Project Activity Summary/Project Proposal Writing New Zealand, Auckland Joyce Tulua, Programme Assistant - Workshop Pacific Futures 19/1 - 23/1 PIGGAREP Project Activity Summary (PAS)/Project New Zealand, Auckland Joseph Stanley, GEF Support Advisor Proposal Wtiting Workshop 26/1 - 30/1 Meeting of Lead Authors for the IPCC Special Report on Brazil, Sao Paulo, 26/01/2009 - 30/01/2009 Solomone Fifita, PM-PIGGAREP Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation 26/1 - 30/1 Naviti Leucaena control and forest restoration project. Fiji, Naviti (Nadi) Alan Tye, Invasive Species Officer 27/1 - 2/2 National Capacity Self Assessment Retreat and Inception Kiribati, Tarawa, 27/01/2009 - 2/02/2009 Frank Wickham, Capacity of the Sustainable Land Management Project Development Advisor February 2/2 - 6/2 Capacity Development Workshop for the Pacific Region Fiji, Nadi Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change on national Biodiversity Strategies and Aciton Plans, Adviser Mainstreaming of Biodiversity and the Integration of Climate Change 2/2 - 6/2 Capacity Development Workshop for the Pacific Region Fiji, Nadi, 2/02/2009 - 2/06/2009 Seve Paeniu, Sustainable Development on NBSAPs, Mainstreaming of Biodiversity and the Advisor Integration of Climate Change 5/2 - 11/2 SPC/GTZ Regional Climate Change Project Planning Fiji, Suva Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change Workshop Adviser 7/2 - 14/2 Sixth SPC Heads of Fisheries Meeting and Sixth New Caledonia, Noumea Jeffrey Kinch, Coastal Management PROCFIsh/C Advisory Committee Meeting Adviser 9/2 - 12/2 PACIFIC PROGRAMME OF WORK ON PROTECTED Fiji, nadi, 2/09/2009 - 13/02/2009 Paul Anderson, Marine Conservation AREAS WORKSHOP Analyst 9/2 - 12/2 Capacity Development Workshop for the Pacific on the Stuart Chape, Manager, Island CBD Programme of Work on protected Areas Ecosystems Programme 9/2 - 13/2 National EIA Training, 9-13 February, 2009, Funafuti Tuvalu, Funafuti, 2/09/2009 - 13/02/2009 Tepa Suaesi, Envrionmental Officer Tuvalu 9/2 - 13/2 Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Climate Tonga, Nuku'alofa Nanette Woonton, Associate Media Change Workshop and Publications Officer 9/2 - 13/2 Meeting of the CROP Energy Working Group Fiji, Suva Solomone Fifita, PM-PIGGAREP 14/2 - 20/2 Pacific turtle Meeting and 29th Symposium on Sea Turtle Australia, Brisbane, 14/02/2009 - 20/02/2009 Anne Trevor, Assistant Turtle Biology and Conservation Database Officer Printed: 10-Nov-09 14:24 SPREP CDM - Events Database Application (EDA) Page 1 of 9 Dates Event Location Contact Staff 14/2 - 19/2 Pacific Islands region turtle meeting and 29th Australia, Brisbane Lui Bell, Marine Species Officer International Sea Turtle Symposium 23/2 - 27/2 National workshop to develop draft NAP and conduct Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk, 23/02/2009 - Frank Wickham, Capacity inception activities for the SLM Project 27/02/2009 Development Advisor 23/2 - 5/3 SEM-Pasifika training workshop American Samoa, Caroline Vieux, Coral Reef Management Officer 24/2 - 27/2 Secretariat of the Pacific Community Joint Country Tonga, Nukualofa Solomone Fifita, PM-PIGGAREP Strategy Visit to Tonga 24/2 - 26/2 Special Meeting of the UNFCCC Expert Group on Germany, Bonn Taito Nakalevu, Project Manager Technology Transfe.r Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change 24/2 - 26/2 Special Meeting of the UNFCCC Expert Group on Belgium, Brussels Taito Nakalevu, Project Manager Technology Transfe.r Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change 26/2 - 27/2 Meeting of CEOs of SOPAC and SPC and SPREP Fiji, Suva Kosimiki Latu, Deputy Director 28/2 - 11/3 Enhancing coastal and marine ecosystems resilience to Vanuatu, Port Vila Jeffrey Kinch, Coastal Management climate change impacts through strengthened coastal Adviser governance and conservation measures March 2/3 - 6/3 Pacific Science Intercongress French Polynesia, Alan Tye, Invasive Species Officer 4/3 - 6/3 Regional London Convention\London Dumping Fiji, Suva, 4/03/2009 - 6/03/2009 Anthony Talouli, Marine Pollution Workshop for the Pacific Region. Adviser 5/3 - 6/3 WIPO-PIFS Briefing Meeting for Experts on the Fiji, Nadi, 3/05/2009 - 3/06/2009 Clark Peteru, Environmental Legal Implementation of the TK Action Plan Advisor 5/3 - 6/3 Regional Economics of Climate Change Studies United States of America, Washington DC Seve Paeniu, Sustainable Development (RECCS) Workshop Advisor 9/3 - 13/3 French Polynesia invasive species planning workshop. French Polynesia, Alan Tye, Invasive Species Officer 9/3 - 13/3 Regional Capacity Development Workshop on Wetlands Fiji, Nadi, 3/09/2009 - 13/03/2009 Vainuupo Jungblut, Assistant Ramsar Management with Focus on the Ramsar Convention in Officer Pacific Island Countries 9/3 - 17/3 Introductory Training on Ballast Water Mangement using Fiji, Suva Anthony Talouli, Marine Pollution X-Train Methodology & Port Biological Baseline Survey Adviser Workshop 9/3 - 13/3 CROP Organisations Joint Country Strategy Visit to Palau, Koror Tepa Suaesi, Envrionmental Officer Palau, 9-13, March, 2009 16/3 - 17/3 Pacific Weeds Planning and Management Course New Zealand, Auckland Alan Tye, Invasive Species Officer 16/3 - 25/3 ODIN-PIMRIS Pacific Marine Portal Development Belgium, Oostende, 16/03/2009 - 25/03/2009 Peter Murgatroyd, Information Resource Centre Manager 16/3 - 18/3 Reefs at Risk Regional Workshop Fiji, Suva Caroline Vieux, Coral Reef Management Officer 16/3 - 20/3 International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative Australia, Brisbane Stuart Chape, Manager, Island workshop Ecosystems Programme 17/3 - 8/4 International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative Australia, Brisbane, 17/03/2009 - 20/03/2009 Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change Workshop in Brisbane & FCCC Ad Hoc Working Group Adviser & Pre-Session Meetings in Bonn 17/3 - 8/4 International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative Germany, Bonn, 24/03/2009 - 4/08/2009 Espen Ronneberg, Climate Change Workshop in Brisbane & FCCC Ad Hoc Working Group Adviser & Pre-Session Meetings in Bonn 17/3 - 19/3 Workshop to finalize the Solomon Islands National Solid Solomon Islands, Honiara, 17/03/2009 - 19/03/2009 Esther Richards, Solid Waste Officer Waste Management Strategy 17/3 - 19/3 Workshop to finalize the Solomon Islands National Solid Fiji, Suva, 20/03/2009 - 24/03/2009 Esther Richards, Solid Waste Officer Waste Management Strategy 18/3 - 19/3 Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Jeffrey Kinch, Coastal Management Council’s 100th Special Scientific Committee Adviser 23/3 - 26/3 Oceania Regional CITES Capacity Building Workhop on Australia, Brisbane, 23/03/2009 - 26/03/2009 Clark Peteru, Environmental Legal Enforcement Advisor Printed: 10-Nov-09 14:24 SPREP CDM - Events Database Application (EDA) Page 2 of 9 Dates Event Location Contact Staff 23/3 - 26/3 EIA Training for Provincial Administrators in Vanuatu, Vanuatu, Port Vila, 23/03/2009 - 26/03/2009 Tepa Suaesi, Envrionmental Officer Port Vila, 23-26, March 2009 23/3 - 27/3 1. Planning workshop of Southern Ocean Non-lethal Australia, Sydney, 23/03/2009 - 27/03/2009 Lui Bell, Marine Species Officer Research Partnership (SORP) 2. Meeting of subgroup to develop the Oceania Humpback Whale Recovery Plan 30/3 - 3/4 First International Conference on Marine Mammal United States of America, Honolulu, 29/03/2009 - Lui Bell, Marine Species Officer Protected Areas 3/04/2009 31/3 - 1/4 Pacific Plan Action Committee Fiji, Suva, 31/03/2009 - 1/04/2009 Seve Paeniu, Sustainable Development Advisor 31/3 - 1/4 Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC) Meeting Fiji, Suva Kosimiki Latu, Deputy Director April 1/4 - 1/4 CROP Heads Meeting Fiji, suva Kosimiki Latu, Deputy Director 2/4 - 8/4 Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on access and France, Paris, 4/02/2009 - 4/08/2009 Clark Peteru, Environmental Legal Benefit Sharing, Seventh Meeting Advisor 2/4 - 6/4 Trilateral Meeting of SPREP/SPC/SOPAC Fiji, suva Kosimiki Latu, Deputy Director 2/4 - 3/4 Trilateral Meeting between SPREP, SPC and SOPAC Stuart Chape, Manager, Island Ecosystems Programme 2/4 - 6/4 Trilateral Talks Fiji, Suva Kapeni Matatia, IT Manager 2/4 - 6/4 Trilateral Meeting between SPREP/SPC/SOPAC Fiji, Suva Alofa Tu'uau, 2/4 - 6/4 Trilateral Meeting between SPREP/SPC/SOPAC Fiji, Suva Simeamativa Leota-Vaai, Senior Administation Officer 4/4 - 18/4 Extinction resistance project Fiji, suva Paul Anderson, Marine Conservation Analyst 14/4 - 15/4 GEF Asia/Pacific