Calendar of Events 2008 - UN/ISDR the Americas
From HFA-PEDIA
- 2008 declared by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of Sanitation
- 2008-2009 World Disaster Risk Reduction Campaign: Hospitals Safe from Disasters
- The current list may not reflect all events and is not intended to replace other more official events calendars.
- For a full list of events in the Americas, please see the UN/ISDR - the Americas Calendar of Events - The Americas
- For a list of international DRR-related events, see PreventionWeb's Events Calendar
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FEBRUARY
HFA Reporting Framework 2007-2009 Meeting with Regional/Subregional Partners
Panama City, Panama
February 5-6
Urban Risk Think Tank
Panama City, Panama
February 7-8
Summary document in Spanish (254 kb) / List of participants
Workshop: HFA and Local Authorities
Panama City, Panama
February 12-13
Meeting Presentations / Summary of Event
Central American Probabilistic Risk Assessment (CAPRA) & Risk Financing Workshop
Managua, Nicaragua
February 20-21
Participants: Ministries of Finance and Planning from Central America and the Caribbean
CEPREDENAC Meeting and Launching of 2008-09 Global DRR Campaign in El Salvador
San Salvador, El Salvador
February 26-27
National Platform - Panama: Test Pilot for National Reporting using the 2007-09 Reporting Framework
Panama City, Panama
February 29
List of Participants (Spanish) / Panama Guide to Reporting 2007-09 (Spanish) (163 kb)
MARCH
Climate Change Adaptation - Nairobi Work Programme
Mexico
March 3-6
CAPRADE meeting
Bogota, Colombia
March 4-5
Panama National Launching of 2008-09 Disaster Reduction Campaign - Safe Hospitals
Panama City, Panama - Hospital Santo Tomas
March 11 / 11 de marzo
Socioeconomic Scenarios Surrounding Climate Change Adaptation
Trinidad and Tobago
March 11-12
National Platform Meeting - Venezuela
Venezuela
Interoceanic Commission
Third Intergovernmental Group Meeting on Coordination of the Early Warning System (EWS) for tsunamis and other Coastal Hazards in the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions
Panama City, Panama (Centro de Capacitacion Arosemana)
March 12-14
Andean Community Secretary General
Workshop on Testing of Disaster Reduction Indicators of Progress /Taller prueba indicadores MAH y Sistema de Indicadores de la EAPAD (SMOI)
Lima, Peru
March 25
5th International Conference on Civil Protection and Disaster Administration
March 25-28
Caracas, Venezuela
Objective: to establish a framework for action among international organizations and attending countries
Inaugural Meeting of the Technical Committee for Prevention, Mitigation and Response - the Dominican Republic
March 26
Participants: Representatives of the media and State institutions
APRIL
Peru National Meeting on the Socialization of Significant Experiences
(Encuentro Nacional de Socialización de Experiencias Significativas)
April 3-4
Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina, Salón Bolívar Piso 1, San Isidro
Lima, Peru
Further information: Event Document (Spanish - 309 kb)
Global Risk Identification Program (GRIP)- Program Steering Committee Meeting
April 7, 2008
Panama City, Panama
Meeting objectives:
1- To report on the program’s activities in 2007,
2- To discuss specific GRIP areas of work in 2008, your organization’s particular interest in them, and strategies for implementation, including financing, and
3- To discuss an expansion of the Program Steering Committee to enlarge the stakeholder basis of the program with local and regional organizations
Participants: Program Steering Committee (PSC) members
Further information: Mr. Jogchum Finnema - JogchumF@unops.org
IFRC ProVention’s ProVention Consortium Forum / Advisory Board Meeting
“From Grassroots to Global: People-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction”
Panama City, Panama
April 8-10
Forum objectives include: to explore key DRR issues with partners; to catalyze partnerships between local and regional organizations and international entities; and to contribute to other ongoing DRR processes/dialogues and identify areas and forums for further follow-up
Participation in the Forum is by invitation only
Further information: IFRC Panama
Second Meeting of Argentina's National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Buenos Aires, Argentina
22 April / Abril (10:00 a.m.)
Palacio San Martín de la Cancillería
10th Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-10)
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO); Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands
28 Apr - 01 May 2008
MAY
4th International Symposium on Flood Defence
Toronto, Canada (Westin Harbour Castle)
May 6-8
Hosted by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
Central American Summit on Climate Change / Cumbre Centroamericana sobre Cambio Climático
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
May 27-29
Second Regional Meeting of the United Nations Technical Teams (UNETT) Coordinators of Latin America and the Caribbean
May 27-29
Panama City, Panama
JUNE
II Seminar “Risk Management and Adaptation to Climate Change… a Challenge Against Time”
Trujillo, Peru (Universidad Nacional de Trujillo)
June 4-5
ACS' 16th Meeting of the Special Committee on Natural Disasters
Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
12 – 13 June
Participants: Conference Bodies of the ACS High-Level Conference on Disaster Reduction
18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM)
This year's conference theme: Resiliency - Individual, Community and Business
Sponsors: Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) in partnership with Diversified Business Communications Canada
Toronto, Canada: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
June 15-18
More information: Conference website / 1-888-443-6786 ext. 241 or cwright@divcomevents.com
First Meeting of High-Level National Authorities on Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management
OAS Hemispheric Meeting - launching of Venezuelan National Platform
Organization of American States (OAS)
Caracas, Venezuela
Tentative dates: 25-26 June
Seminar on Integral Risk Management from an Iberamerican Perspective
(Seminario sobre Gestión Integral de Riesgos desde una Perspectiva Iberoamericana)
AECID Training Center, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
30 June - 4 July
Spanish Cooperation Agency - AECID / Spanish Civil Protection
JULY
Workshop on Disaster Risk Analysis and Evacuation Protocol in Public Investment Projects
(Seminario Taller Análisis de Riesgo de Desastres y Protocolo de Evaluación en Proyectos de Inversión Publica)
Auditorio del Colegio de Ingenieros del Perú, La Libertad, Trujillo, Perú
15-16 July
Aporte académico de la Cooperación Técnica Alemana (GTZ), MEF y S.O.S Vidas Perú
Mayor información: Workshop document (Spanish only)
Launching of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in El Salvador
San Salvador, El Salvador
16 July
AUGUST-DECEMBER
Meeting of the Technical Group of the Special Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction
September 26
Port of Spain, Trinidad y Tobago
II Consultative Meeting of National Platforms and HFA Focal Points - LAC
Panama City, Panama
October 21-23
Kyoto Protocol Sixth Meeting of the Designated National Authorities (DNA)
27-28 October 2008
Santiago, Chile
For more information, contact UN ECLAC:
Tel: +56-2-210-2000, +56-2-471-2000; fax: +56-2-208-0252, +56-2-208-1946
E-mail: secepal@cepal.org
URL: http://cdm.unfccc.int/DNA/DNAForum/index.html
24th Conference on severe local storms
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
October 27-31
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3203
Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Ecosystem Services
CATIE´s Climate Change Group
November 3-5
CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
UNESCO International Conference on Education - 48th session
Geneva, Switzerland
November 24-28
2008 Americas Megacities Forum / International Earthquake Conference
Los Angeles, United States
November 12 - 14
More information: Conference webpage
The Virginia Tech symposium on enhancing resilience to catastrophic events through communicative planning
Virginia Tech (VT)
November 16-18, 2008
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3221
2009
First Session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - The Americas
February or March 2009
Panama City, Panama
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction - Second Session
June 15 - 19, 2009
Geneva, Switzerland
More information: http://www.preventionweb.net/globalplatform
OTHER INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
- For the complete listing of International Events or those taking place in regions other than the Americas, please consult the Calendar of Events at PreventionWeb
Bangkok Climate Change Talks 2008
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP); United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
March 31 - April 04
Twenty-eighth session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Bonn, Germany
June 02-13
International Conference on Water Related Disaster Reduction
A collaborative effort of UN/DESA, UNDP, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), and UN/ISDR
Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
June 27-29
International Disaster and Risk Conference - IDRC Davos 2008
Davos, Switzerland
August 25-29
3rd International Workshop on Gender and Disasters: Constructing the future in relief work, learning from womens' experiences in culturally diverse conditions
Kocaeli University (KOU)
Kocaeli, Turkey - Derbent Hotel
October 08-11, 2008
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3147
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Chinese Association of Earthquake Engineering (CAEE); International Association of Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)
Beijing, China - Beijing Jiuhua International Conference and Exhibition Center
October 12-17, 2008
Conference language: English
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3097
International disaster and emergency resilience conference 2008
International Disaster and Emergency Resilience (IDER)
October 14-15
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3225
Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines (Dusit Hotel)
October 19-22
Theme: Gender in Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction
The Importance of Military Organizations in Protecting the Climate: 2008
Paris, France (Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel and Conference Center)
November 3-5
Contact Veronique Millon, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development: vmillon@inece.org
EU Member States Defence Environmental Network (DEFNET) meeting
Paris, France
November 6-7
Australian Earthquake Engineering Conference AEES 2008
Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, The (AEES)
November 21-23
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3223
38th Session of the IPCC Bureau
24-25 November 2008
Geneva, Switzerland
For more information, contact the IPCC Secretariat:
Tel: +41-22-730-8208/84; fax: +41-22-730-8025/13
E-mail: IPCC-Sec@wmo.int
URL: http://www.ipcc.ch/
14th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC (COP 14) and 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 4)
1-12 December, 2008
Poznan, Poland
These meetings will coincide with the 29th meetings of the UNFCCs subsidiary bodies and the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) and the resumed sixth session of the AWG on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Protocol (AWG-KP).
For more information, contact the UNFCCC Secretariat:
Tel: +49-228-815-1000; fax: +49-228-815-1999; e-mail: secretariat@unfccc.int
URL: http://unfccc.int
International Events - 2009
Australian disasters conference 2009: surviving future risks
Emergency Management Australia (EMA)
February 10-13, 2009
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3234
16th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM)
May 12-15, 2009
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Victoria Conference Centre
Conference language: English
URL: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/myprofile/entry.php?eid=3128
30th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-30)
April 2009
Istanbul, Turkey
For more information, contact the IPCC Secretariat:
Tel: +41-22-730-8208; fax: +41-22-730-8025/13
E-mail: IPCC-Sec@wmo.int
URL: http://www.ipcc.ch/
5th World Bank Urban Research Symposium: Cities and Climate Change
World Bank
June 28-30, 2009
Marseille, France
The 5th World Bank Urban Research Symposium will be held June 28-30, 2009 in Marseille, France on the topic of "Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Agenda".
