Second Regional Consultative Forum

The ICSU Regional Office for Africa invites your participation at its 2nd Consultative Forum which will be held in Pretoria, South Africa from 25 to 27 September 2006.

In keeping with the ICSU Strategic Plan of 2006 –11, and the needs of Africa, the ICSU Regional Committee for Africa identified four priority areas for its Regional Office. These are: (a) Health and Human Well-being; (b) Sustainable Energy; (c) Natural and Human-induced Hazards and Disasters; and (d) Global Change. Four Scoping Groups, composed of leading African scientists and engineers, are currently preparing science/work plans on each of these priority areas. Prior to the implementation stage; the drafts of these documents will have to be evaluated by a broad base of African science and engineering communities, the ICSU family and its partners (www.icsu.org; www.icsu-africa.org), and other key stakeholders. In this regard, the ICSU Regional Office for Africa invites you and your colleagues to participate in its forthcoming Regional Consultative Forum whose central theme is the evaluation of the workability of the four science/work plans (drafts) which will be mailed to you before the end of August 2006.
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The 31st INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS organized by the Tunisian Geographers Association and the International Geographical Union will take place in Tunis on 12-15 August 2008 (10/10/06)

The subsequent documention is available in either English or Française:

English:

• Brochure
• Statement of Intention to Participate

Française:

• Brochure
• Fiche d'intention de participation

Draft Science Plans for the ICSU ROA 2nd Regional Consultative Forum to be held in South Africa from 25-27 September 2006.

Please click on the links below to view the draft documents on:

• ICSU ROA Report 1: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
• ICSU ROA Report 2: HEALTH AND HUMAN WELL-BEING
• ICSU ROA Report 3: NATURAL AND HUMAN-INDUCED HAZARDS AND DISASTERS
• ICSU ROA Report 4: GLOBAL CHANGE

Please, kindly send in your comments to the appropriate address (see page iii: SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS).(28/08/06)

Second Circular on the details of the Second Regional Consultative forum to be held in South Africa from 25 – 27 September 2006 (01/08/06)

Science Planning Meetings ROA (07/04/06)

International Soil Conservation Conference

ISCO 2006 will be held in Marrakech, Morrocco from 14 to 19 May 2006. The theme of the 14th Conference of ISCO is “Water Management and Soil Conservation in Semi-Arid Environments” This Conference will gather scientists, experts, policy makers, and stakeholders representing public and private institutions and non governmental organisations throughout the world, to discuss water management and soil conservation problems in semi-arid environments.
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