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UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000
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Workshops, Seminars and Conferences
Environmental information
Workshops / Seminars
Strengthening Information Management and Reporting on
the Environment and Sustainable Development for North
West Russia and Belarus. A workshop on strengthening the
production, dissemination and use of environmental informa-
tion in the oblasts of North-West Russia and Belarus was held
in Moscow. The aim of this workshop was to build environ-
mental information capacities in the Russian oblasts. Moscow,
Russia, 12-14/4.
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Multicasting over Mercure. UIC hosted a seminar on Multi-
casting. Lectures were given by six experts from The Nether-
lands and Belgium (ESA, University of Salzburg and National
Space Laboratory). Representatives from the Arendal IT com-
munity attended the seminar. GRID-Arendal 27/9.
Global Environmental Information Network. GRID-Arendal
participated in the UNEP/DEWA workshop to establish a pro-
totype of UNEP's Global Environmental Informa-
tion Network. Redlands, California, 25/9 - 4/10.
EuroGRID. The 4th EuroGRID meeting was held in conjunc-
tion with this workshop and arranged by GRID-Arendal.
DEWA's director met with the directors of GRID centres from
Arendal, Geneva, Poland and Tbilisi.
Environment and Industry Seminar. GRID-Arendal hosted a
seminar on global challenges in climate change, environmental
reporting and ethics. Among the participants were the Director
of UNEP/Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
(DTIE), Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel, and the Managing Direc-
tor of NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Business and Indus-
try), Finn Bergesen. GRID-Arendal, 8/11.
The sixth Conference of the Parties under the UN Climate
Change Convention (COP6). GRID-Arendal presented the
Vital Climate Graphics package at a side event on Training,
Education and Public Awareness during the COP6 conference.
The Hague, Netherlands, 15-19/11.
An integrated ecosystem approach to conserve biodiversity
and minimize habitat fragmentation in the Russian Arctic.
A workshop and Steering Committee Meeting for the UNEP/
GEF/ CAFF PDF-B Project. Representatives from Russia, Can-
ada, Finland, Iceland, USA and Norway participated. GRID-
Arendal, 11-13/12.