ACTIVITY |
CTG |
UNIT/
Project |
DATES |
VENUE |
FEBRUARY |
Development of bio-fuels policy |
A |
ESD |
2 February 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Implementation and Coordination of Agricultural Research and Training (ICART) 6th Steering Committee meeting |
A |
AR&D/ICART |
02-04 Feb 2009 |
Windhoek, Namibia |
Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC) Meeting |
A |
AIMS/RVAA |
3 – 4 February |
Pretoria, South Africa |
Planning the implementation of Climate Change project activities |
B |
ESD |
4 February 2009 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
Signing Ceremony of Trans-frontier Conservation Areas (TFCA) Funding Agreement |
A |
NRM/TFCA |
9 February 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Farmer Participatory Research for development training workshop |
A |
AR&D/SCARDA |
9-13 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Farmer Participatory Research for development training workshop |
A |
AR&D/SCARDA |
16-29 |
LESOTHO |
Livestock Information Management System (LIMS) Regional Training for 28 Champions |
A |
Livestock/PRINT |
10-12 February |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Fisheries Stakeholders Workshop |
A |
NRM/FISHERIES |
12 - 13 February 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development ( AMESD) consultative workshop and programme steering committee meeting |
B |
AIMS/RRSU |
12 - 18 February 2009 |
Addis Ababa |
Technical Committee on Fisheries Meeting |
A |
NRM/FISHERIES |
16 - 17 February 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
World Animal Health Organization (OIE) Regional Seminar: Re-emergence of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) |
B |
Livestock/TADs |
16-18 February 2009 |
Bloemfontein, RSA |
National Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
16-20 February 2009 |
DRC, South Africa |
Results of the Promotion of Regional Integration (PRINT) in the SADC Livestock Sector Project Studies of Livestock Marketing and Trade |
A |
Livestock |
18-20 February, 2009 |
University of Bloemfontein, RSA |
Combined workshop with 4 sub committees on Value Added Information Management System (VAIMS) and Zoning Animal Identification and Traceability Study (ZAITS)studies |
A |
Livestock/PRINT |
20-24 February |
Bloemfontein, RSA |
LIMS Data transmission digital Pen Technology |
A |
Livestock/PRINT |
23-25 February |
Durban, RSA |
Development of an M&E Communication for SCARDA Workshop |
|
AAR&D/SCARDA |
24Feb-1 March |
Lusaka |
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD) |
B |
ESD |
23-27 February 2009 |
New York |
18th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Africa |
B |
Livestock |
23-27 February, 2009 |
N’Djamena, Chad |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
23-27 February 2009 |
Namibia |
Conference on Higher Education in Africa (Deans of Faculties of Agriculture) |
B |
AR&D/ICART |
TBA |
Lusaka, Zambia |
MARCH |
Food Safety – Capacity Building on Residue Control (FSCBRC) Project Technical Committee meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
2nd March 2009 – tentative |
Gaborone, Botswana |
28th Session of FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) |
B |
NRM/FISHERIES |
2 - 6 March 2009 |
Rome, Italy. |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
2-6 March 2009 |
Malawi, Mozambique |
Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC) Meeting |
A |
AIMS |
3 – 4 March |
Pretoria, RSA |
Round table on standards for livestock products |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
4 Mar/09 |
Pretoria, South Africa |
FANR Directorate Retreat |
C |
FANR |
5 - 6 March |
Rustenburg |
Preparatory Workshop for the CPM 4 |
B |
Crops |
9-11 March 2009 |
Rome |
Working Group meeting on the Environment Protocol |
A |
ESD |
10-11 March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Laboratory FMD Post-vaccination monitoring |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
11-13/Mar/09 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Preparations by SADC Member States for 19th Session of Committee on Forestry (COFO ) |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
16 March 2009 |
Rome, Italy |
19th Session of the COFO /World Forest Week |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
16-20 March, 2009 |
Rome, Italy |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
16-20 March 2009 |
Lesotho |
Post-AMESD workshop |
|
AIMS/RRSU |
18 - 20 March 2009 |
Darmstadt, Germany |
Banguela Current Commission (BCC) Joint Working Group |
B |
NRM/FISHERIES |
23-25 March 2009 |
Swakopmund, Namibia |
OIE Conference on animal identification and traceability |
B |
Livestock/TADs |
23- 27 March 2009 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
23-27 March 2009 |
Swaziland |
FARA Annual Program Planning and 4th Executive Board meeting |
B |
AR&D |
23-28 March 2009 |
Accra, Ghana |
CAADP Review and Partnership Platform meeting |
B |
AR&D |
23-28 March 2009 |
Pretoria, South Africa |
Second SPS Inter-regional Consultative Meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
25 March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Wildlife Working Group meeting |
A |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
25 - 26 March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Steering Committee meeting
SADC Multi-country Country Agricultural Productivity Programme (MAPP) |
A |
AR&D/MAPP |
26 March |
Gaborone, Botswana |
BCC Ecosystem Advisory Committee |
B |
NRM/FISHERIES |
26-27 March 2009 |
Swakopmund, Namibia |
BCC Management Board meeting |
B |
NRM/FISHERIES |
27-28 March 2009 |
Cape Town South Africa |
FIRCOP Review Mission to Harare and Zambia |
A |
AAR&D/FIRCOP |
31 March-2 April 2009 |
Harare |
SADC Member States Preparatory Meeting of the CSD |
B |
ESD |
30-31 March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
30 March -3 April 2009 |
Seychelles |
International Cooperating Partners (ICP) meeting |
A |
ESD |
31 March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Workshop on Regional Agricultural Information and Learning System ( RAILS) Platform Development |
B |
AR&D/ICART |
March 2009 |
Bonn, Germany or Accra, Ghana |
Inception meeting with selected partners for networking activities |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
March 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Regional Agricultural Policy: National validation workshop |
A |
AIMS |
March 2009 |
At least two countries TBA |
IFPRI-sponsored conference on biotechnology research in Africa |
|
AR&D |
31 March 2008 |
Entebbe, Uganda |
ARM Workshop for Senior Managers |
A |
AR&D/SCARDA |
End of March 2008 |
Gaborone, Lesotho, Zambia |
4th Session of the Commission for Phytosanitary measures |
B |
Crop Development |
30 March – 3 April |
Rome |
Institutional Analysis |
A |
AR&D/SCARDA |
March |
Botswana, Lesotho, Zambia |
APRIL |
Working Group on Forestry Strategy |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
1 - 3 April 2009 |
Gaborone/ Johannesburg |
The 2nd SADC TADs Project Regional Steering Committee meeting |
A |
Livestock/TADs |
1 week April 2009 |
Maputo, Mozambique (Tentative) |
Training in Web 2.0 Technologies |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
Wk1 April 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana or South Africa |
Workshop on FMD coordinating body |
A |
Livestock/ |
1st week of April 2009 |
Pretoria, South Africa |
Development of African position on UNFF8 |
A/B |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
6 - 8 April 2009 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
1st SADC SPS Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
6th to 8th April 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Review progress on the development of TFCAs in the region |
A |
NRM/TFCA |
8 April 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Regional Agricultural Information and Learning System Taskforce Meeting |
B |
AR&D/ICART |
Wk 2 April 2009 |
FARA, Accra, Ghana |
GTZ-SADC Forestry Project Planning Workshop |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
8 - 9 April 2009 |
Maputo, Mozambique |
SADC MAPP Donors consultation meeting |
A |
AR&D/MAPP |
14 April (tentative) |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Eighth Session Of The UN Forum on Forests (Unff8) |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
20 April - 1 May 2009 |
New York, USA |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
20-24 April 2009 |
Angola, Mauritius |
Livestock Technical Committee Meeting |
A |
Livestock |
22-24 April, 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Regional Simulation Exercise for Avian Influenza |
A |
Livestock |
28-30 April, 2009 |
Malawi |
Training for M&E practitioners |
C |
ICART |
April 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Tracer studies for SCARDA |
B |
AR&D/SCARDA |
April-May |
Target Countries |
MAY |
Working Group on Wildlife |
A |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
4 – 5 May 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
4 - 8 May 2009 |
Zimbabwe |
Technical Committee on Wildlife |
A |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
7 – 8 May 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting of the CSD |
B |
ESD |
4 - 15 May 2009 |
New York |
High level Committee on Fisheries |
B |
NRM/FISHERIES |
21- 22 May 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
11-15 May 2009 |
Zambia |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
11-15 May 2009 |
Madagascar |
BCC Management Board meeting |
A |
Director |
16 – 17 April 2009 |
Cape Town, RSA |
Forestry Stakeholder Forum Workshop on Climate Change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
18-20 May 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
National SPS/Food Safety Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
18-22 May 2009 |
Botswana |
International Marine Conservation Congress |
|
NRM/Fisheries |
20 - 24 May 2009. |
Washington DC, US |
77th OIE General Session |
B |
Livestock/ FMD |
24-28/May/09 |
Paris, France |
Food, Agriculture and Food Security Ministers meeting |
A |
Director’s office |
25 – 28 May 2009 |
South Africa |
Global Forum -TADs Global meeting on Transboundary Animal Diseases |
B |
Livestock/TADs |
May 2009 |
Uruguay |
Training on FMD surveillance |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
May 09 |
Chiredzi, Zimbabwe |
Training in Proposal Writing |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
May 2009 |
TBA |
Training for Community Based Armyworm Forecasting project partners |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
May 2009 |
Tanzania/Malawi |
JUNE |
UN FAO Meeting on Food Security |
B |
AIMS |
May/June 2009 |
Rome, Italy |
Accreditation training for selected laboratories |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
1-3 June 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
SADC Fire Workshop |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
Tentatively 3 - 5 June 2009 |
Gaborone / Johannesburg |
Training in AR&D information management and Open Archives approaches |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
Wk1 June 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Good Production Practices Training Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
15-17 June 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Environment and Natural Resources Ministers Meeting |
A |
ESD/NRM |
15-19 June 2009 |
South Africa |
10th Meeting of the UN Open Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and Law of the Sea |
B |
NRM |
17 - 19 June 2009 |
UN headquarters, New York, US |
Conduct Study Tours for National Coordination Committees (NCCs) to the EU headquarters in Brussels |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
22-26 June 2009 |
Brussels, Belgium |
Meeting with Epidemiology sub committee |
A |
Livestock/TADs |
June 2009 |
TBA |
Meeting with Diagnostic sub committee |
A |
Livestock/TADs |
June 2009 |
TBA |
Launch of New Assessment Tools for the Malawi VAC |
A |
AIMS/RVAA |
June 2009 |
Malawi |
Kavango – Zambezi (KAZA) TFCA Ministerial Meeting |
A |
NRM/TFCA |
June 2009 |
Luanda, Angola |
Food and Vulnerability Assessment Dissemination Meeting |
A |
AIMS |
June 2009 |
Johannesburg, South Africa |
RAP National Validation Workshops |
A/B |
AIMS/RAP |
June to July 2009 |
One workshop in each Member State (TBA) |
Short term training for in-service professional development |
A/B |
AR&D |
June-July 2009 |
Target Countries |
JULY |
Project Technical Committee meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
13th July 2009 |
Gaborone,
Botswana |
Project Steering Committee meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
14th July 2009 |
Gaborone,
Botswana |
Regional Stakeholders Meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
15-17July 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Training on wildlife management |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
July 09 |
Pretoria/Kruger NP, SA |
International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) Conference – Africa Chapter |
A/B |
AR&D/ICART |
13-17 July 2009 |
Accra, Ghana |
SADC MAPP
Steering Committee meeting |
A |
AR&D/MAPP |
30 July (tentative) |
Gaborone, Botswana |
Training in networking and network management |
C |
AR&D/ICART |
July 2009 |
Gaborone (tentative) |
Short term training for Technicians of specialized fields |
A/B |
AR&D |
July-August 2009 |
Target Countries. |
AUGUST |
10th International Conference on Ecology & Alien Plants |
B |
NRM |
23-27 August 2009 |
Stellenbosch, South Africa |
Second World Congress on Agro forestry |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
23 - 29 August 2009 |
Nairobi, Kenya. |
African Ministers of Fisheries Meeting |
B |
NRM/Fisheries |
25 -28 August |
Mozambique/Gambia |
Regional discussion of the first RAP draft document |
A |
AIMS |
August |
TBA |
Third SPS Inter-regional Consultative Meeting |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
26th August 2009 |
Gaborone |
Second SADC SPS Workshop |
A |
Crops/ FSCBRC |
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2009 |
Gaborone |
FIRCOP Steering Committee meeting |
A |
AR&D/FIRCOP |
August |
Gaborone |
SADC Council and Summit |
A |
SADC Secretariat |
TBA |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
FIRCOP Final Review Missions |
A |
AR&D/FIRCOP |
August-September |
MS |
SEPTEMBER |
World Climate Conference 3 |
B |
.NRM |
August 31 - September 4, 2009. |
Geneva, Switzerland |
Management of FMD outbreaks (with FAO) |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
1st week of September 2009 |
Blantyre, Malawi |
UNCCD COP 9 |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
September 2009 |
TBA |
FMD Focal Points meeting |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
3rd week of September 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
OCTOBER |
FIRCOP Final Regional Review Workshop |
A |
AR&D/FIRCOP |
TBA |
United Republic of Tanzania |
FIRCOP Final Regional Review Workshop |
A |
AR&D/FIRCOP |
TBA |
South Africa |
13th World Forestry Congress (WFC) |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
18 -25 Oct 2009 |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Technical Committee for AR&D |
A |
AR&D/ICART |
October 2009 |
Gaborone |
NOVEMBER |
SADC Plant Protection Committee Meeting |
A |
Crop Dev |
2-3 November |
Gaborone |
Forestry Stakeholder Forum |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
Nov 2009 |
TBA |
Training on wildlife management (3rd session) |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
2nd week of November 2009 |
Pretoria/Kruger NP, SA |
CBD working group on access and benefit-sharing (ABS WG 8) |
B |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
9 - 15 Nov 2009 |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
Technical Committee on Forestry |
A |
NRM/FORESTRY |
16-17 Nov 2009 |
Gaborone, Botswana |
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Workshop on commodity based trade and meat export standards |
A |
Livestock/ FMD |
4th week of November 2009 |
Swakopmund, Namibia |
DECEMBER |
UNCCD COP 9 |
B |
NRM/FORESTRY |
Oct-Dec 2009) |
TBA |
Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC AND Fifth Meeting of the Parties to the KYOTO Protocol |
B |
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7-18 Dec 2009 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
CITES COP 15 |
B |
NRM/WILDLIFE |
16-28 Jan 2010 |
Dohar, Qatar |
Southern
African Development Community
