WORLD MOUNTAIN PEOPLE ASSOCIATION
WMPA 2008 AGENDA (updated MAY 2008)
 

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May 2008

  • 6th May, : T2D2 Network (Tourism, Territory and Sustainable Development)
  • 7th May : Preparation of Bamako FITS
  • 5th-16th May, New-York (UNO) : 16th CSD (Partnership Fair : Agriculture, Sustainable development, land, desertification, Africa)
  • 11th-12th May, Errachidia, Morocco : range meeting (Anti-Atlas)- programme
  • 15th May 2008, 09.30 : 1ST WMPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (Palais Bourbon, 126, rue de l'Université Paris 7th - Office n° 2, 1st floor)
  • 27th-29th May 2008, Strasbourg : 15th Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLREA)
  • 4th WMPA Monitoring Committee
  • Meeting AVSF-GRET-APMM on the Southern and Eastern African Project

June 2008

  • June, Barcelona (Spain) : CIP meeting (FMPCI)
  • Saturday 7th June 2008, Lourdios-Ichere (Atlantic Pyrenees) : Invitation of Jean Lassalle to the Celebration of the Transhumance
  •  (Date tbc in June) 2ND WMPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
  • 18th-27th June : Reception in Gap (F) of a delegation from Riobamba (Ecuador)
  • 21st-24th June, Cusco (Peu)  : 1ro Encuentro Internacional “Saberes y Haceres de los Pobladores Rurales Andinos”
  • Other ranges'meetings in Morocco (High-Atlas and Rif)

July 2008

September-December 2008

  • (Date tbc in September-October) : 4TH WMPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
  • 11-12 october 2008, Le Mans (F) :  30ème salon du livre « la 25ème heure » sur le thème « Peuples des hauteurs »
  • 15th-18th October, Parpoutel, Les 7 laux : 8th Film festival « Pastoralismes et Grands Espaces »
  • 23rd-27th October, Turin (Region Piedmont, Italy) : 3rd Edition of TERRA MADRE
  • 23rd-27th October, Turin (Region Piedmont, Italy) : Salone Internazionale del Gusto
  • 1ST CENTRAL ASIAN REGIONAL MEETING :  Karimabad, Hunza Valley (Pakistan) - October 2008 (date tbc)
  • 24th Annual Congress of ANEM, Saint-Flour (Cantal)
  • (Date tbc in October-November) : 5TH WMPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
  • 26th-30th November, Autrans (F) : 25th Mountain Film Festival
  • (Date tbc in December), Barcelona (Spain) : 1st World Forum of Producers of Classified Illicit Crops (FMPCI), organised by CERAI, WMPA and Transnational Institute
  • (Date tbc in November-December) : 6th WMPA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
  • National meeting in Morocco (synthesis of local encounters held in the different ranges)
  • 3RD WORLD ENCOUNTER OF MOUNTAIN PEOPLE (date and place tbc)
  • 2ND WMPA GENERAL ASSEMBLY (date and place tbc)
  • 1ST INTERNATIONAL INTERMINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON MOUNTAIN (date and place tbc end 2008, 2009)

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January 2008

  • 9th January: Meeting with the Bolivian Minister for Foreign Affairs, David Choquehuanca, and the Ambassador of Bolivia in Paris, Luzmila Carpio Sangueza
    • 19h00 : Press Confenrence at La Maison de l’Amérique Latine
    • 21h00 : Working dinner with WMPA's President and Board members
  • 9th January: Suez Environment partners'meeting
  • 17th-18th January, Marseille : participation of the president of WMPA-Morocco to the International Forum for Mediterranean sustainable development
  • 17th January, Paris : 1st WMPA Monitoring committee
  • 20th, Fez : Celebration of the Amazigh new year (organised by the WMPA-Morocco)
  • 21st January Strasbourg : WMPA audition by the Board of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE)
  • 24th January : 1st local meeting in Meghalaya (India) on the project of himalayan center

February 2008

March 2008

  • 2nd-4th March : Kuringhat, Dhading in Nepal : Local meeting of the Himalayan Center project
  • 6th March, WMPA-Paris : Meeting Illicit crops (FMPCI)
  • 9th March, Amghas, Azrou (Morocco) : Range meeting (Middle Atlas)
  • 9th March : General Elections in Spain
  • 9th-16th March : Local elections in France
  • 14th March, Malaga (Spain) : Permanent Committee of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRAE)
  • 19th-21st March , Kurintar (Nepal) : Seminar on organic Farming and Market Development (Himalayan Project)
  • 20th March, 18.00 : Celebration of the National Day of Pakistan, at the invitation of the Ambassador of Pakistan in France, Mrs. Asma Anisa
  • 25th-30th March, Saluzzo (Italy) : Encounter of the Citizens'Earth Network (FPH  ALMEDIO)

April 2008

  • 31st March - 1st April 2008 : Kupondole height, Lalitpur (Nepal) : Regional Meeting on Mountain Development Issues and Challenges
  • 5 Avril,  Khénifra, Morocco  : Local encounter
  • 7th-8th April, Turquey : Presentation of WMPA's action to local authorities
  • 6th-15th April, Shandong Province (Zhucheng) Beijing (Chine) : International Laboratory for better food, farming and fishing in a sustainable way (Sustainable Food Laboratory, FPH, Risteco, Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences & Rural Development Institute-CASS, China)
  • 8th April, 14.00, WMPA-Paris : 3rd Monitoring Committee meeting
  • 8th APril, 20.45, Paris : Reception of the Ambassador of Bolivia in Paris, Mrs. Luzmila Carpio Sangueza
  • 9th April, 18.00-20.00 : Presidency meeting
  • 9th-10th April, Tours (F) : AFDI International meeting
  • 12th April : Parliamentary elections in Italy
  • 15th April, Paris : Unesco meeting
  • 17th April, Grenoble : General Assembly of the Fédération des Alpages de l'Isère
  • 18th April, Nogent-sur-Marne : WMPA, AVSF-FPH meeting
  • 23rd-25th April, Grenoble : 23rd Mondial of Mountain Equipment
  • 24 April, FPH : Lux’09 Forum on Globalisation and Solidarity- European Institute for Solidarity based Economy (INEES)
  • 30th April, Kathmandu : REGIONAL MEETING on the Himalayan Center Project

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