UNCCD - Events

Launch event for UNCCD Capcity Building Marketplace

15.04.2013

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat shall on 15th April 2013 launch the all new and exciting UNCCD Capacity Building Marketplace.

This event to take place under the auspices of Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, shall be held during the Eleventh Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC-11), in Bonn, Germany, and is opened to all delegates and participants at the CRIC.
See also: http://www.unccd.int/en/programmes/Capacity-building/CBW/Features/Pages/Marketplace-launch.aspx

CRIC 11

15.04.2013

Bonn, Germany

CST S-3 together with its UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference

09.04.2013

Bonn, Germany

International Day of Forest

21.03.2013

worldwide

National Action Programme (NAP) Alignment Workshop for the Northeast, Southeast and South Asia sub regions

12.03.2013

For more information, see: http://www.unccd.int/en/regional-access/Asia/Pages/asia.aspx

Tehran, Iran

Drynet National Strategy Meeting organized by the NGO TEMA

14.12.2012

Drynet National Strategy Meeting organized by the NGO TEMA

http://www.tema.org.tr

Ankara, Turkey

International Mountain Day

11.12.2012

Global

Sub-regional knowledge exchange and capacity-building workshop on the Economic Valuation of Land and ecosystem services

10.12.2012

Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda

The role of the UN in achieving Climate-Smart Agriculture

06.12.2012

Adapting agriculture to climate change is a necessity and Climate-Smart agriculture is promoted as THE way to achieve it. This event will host a dialogue on how an inclusive
Climate-Smart agriculture can sustainably increase productivity, foster food security and promote resilience of ecosystem

Side event room 1 Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, Qatar.

International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption (SusCon)

27.11.2012

International Conference on Sustainable Business and Consumption (SusCon):
SusCon will bring together decision-makers from businesses, NGOs, governments and UN organisations that strive for the concrete implementation of an “inclusive green economy”. It will consider which economic model we should adopt for the future and what, in practice, constitutes a “green economy”
http://www.suscon.net

Bonn, Germany

Global Soil Week

18.11.2012

The First Global Soil Week (GSW) offers a forum for interactive exchange and dialogue. Stakeholders from science, government, business and civil society are encouraged to share their land and soil related experience and expertise, and to develop plans of action for sustainable land/soil management and governance.

The UNCCD secretariat will actively participate by organising a dialogue session on Desertification and Land Degradation.

Berlin

COP Bureau Meeting

05.11.2012

Bonn, Germnay

United Nations Day

24.10.2012

Global

International Day for Disaster Reduction

17.10.2012

Famine, drought, floods and forest fires are not only now recurring disasters particuarly in the drylands regions of the world, they are increasing exponentially both in their extensity and intensity.

Mr Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, UNCCD, will issue a a message on these matters on this ocassion.

Global

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

17.10.2012

Poverty is concentrated in the drylands of the world. 74% of the poor are directly affected by land degradation globally. Specifically, 42% are the very poor and 32% of the moderately poor.

Mr Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD Executive Secretary, will issue a message on poverty in the drylands on this Day.

Global

World Food Day

16.10.2012

Global

Regional Workshop: Société civile et Grande Muraille Verte: s’approprier l’initiative et mobiliser l’opinion pour lutter contre la faim et la pauvreté

16.10.2012

Secrétariat Permanent des Organisations Non Gouvernementales

‘’SOCIETE CIVILE ET GRANDE MURAILLE VERTE POUR LE SAHARA ET LE SAHEL : S’APPROPRIER
L’INITIATIVE ET MOBILISER L’OPINION POUR LUTTER CONTRE LA FAIM ET LA PAUVRETE’’

http://www.gtdesertification.org/IMG/pdf/Agenda_Atelier_GMV.pdf

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Seventh Steering Committee meeting of the 2nd Scientific Conference

08.10.2012

GWP Regional Workshop on Integrated Drought Management in Bratislava, Slovakia

05.10.2012
The Global Water Partnership, in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), is organizing a regional workshop on Integrated Drought Management (IDM) to identify critical issues and explore cooperative strategies in enhancing capacities to address the water scarcity and droughts in the region of Central and Eastern Europe.
Bratislava, Slovakia