| Title of Meeting |
Periodicity (If Applicable) |
Venue and Dates |
| Regional Office for Africa (ROA) |
| African Union Summit |
|
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 January - 2 February 2008 |
| UNECA Council of Ministers |
|
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , 26 - 29 March 2008 |
| TICAD IV |
|
Japan , May 2008 |
| 12th session of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment (AMCEN) |
|
Johannesburg, South Africa 7 – 12 June 2008 |
| Fifth African Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ARSCP-5) |
|
Nairobi, Kenya 09-11 June 2008 |
| African Union Summit |
|
venue not confirmed , July |
| African Union Special Summit on Water and Sanitation |
|
venue not confirmed July (tentatively) |
| Environment & Health meeting |
|
August 2008 |
| Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific (ROAP) |
| Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Environment Minister Meeting |
January |
29 Jan 2008
Vientiane, Lao PDR |
| Delhi Sustainable Development Summit |
January |
Jan
New Delhi, India |
| 3R Asia Conference 2008 |
February |
Week 18-22 February 2008
Tokyo, Japan |
| IGES 21st Informal Meeting |
|
28-29 Feb
Kanagawa, Japan |
| 14th Meeting of the IGES Board of Trustees |
|
1 Mar
Kanagawa, Japan |
| 3rd GMS Summit |
March |
30-31 March 2008
Vientiane, Lao PDR |
| Forty-First Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank |
|
3-6 May 2008
Madrid, Spain |
- ASEAN Working Group on Environmental Sustainable City Meeting
- Mayor Summit
|
May |
- 8 May 2008
-
9 May 2008
Bangkok, Thailand
|
| SACEP Governing Council |
|
|
| 14th GMS Working Group on Environment (WGE) Meeting |
May |
20-22 May 2008
Lao PDR |
| 2nd Governmental Meeting on urban air quality |
June |
23-24 June, Bangkok |
South Pacific Ministerial Meeting
(SPREP) |
September |
Micronesia |
| Eco Asia 2008 |
September |
Nagoya, Japan |
| ICIMOD Board Meeting |
|
|
| ASEAN Informal Ministerial Meeting on the Environment (AIMME) |
September |
Singapore |
| 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of the Malé Declaration |
September |
2-3 September |
| Annual General Meeting of China Council Meeting |
November |
China |
| Central Asia Ministerial Meeting |
|
|
| Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Environmental Policy Dialogue (SEPD) |
November |
Apia, Samoa |
| Better Air Quality (BAQ) 2008 |
November |
12-14 November 2008
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of EANET |
November |
20-21 November |
| Regional Office for Europe (ROE) |
| ROE-serviced Conventions |
|
|
| Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (Teheran Convention) |
Annual |
Islamic Republic of Iran (exact venue and date to be determined) |
| Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on the Protection and Sustainable Development of the Carpathians (Carpathian Convention) |
Every 3 years |
Bucharest, Romania, 17-20 June 2008 |
| ENVSEC |
|
|
| Launch in Ukraine of ENVSEC assessment and regional work programme for Eastern Europe (jointly with the launch of Environment Performance Review for Ukraine by UNECE) |
one-off |
Kyiv, 26 February 2008 (date tbc) |
| Launch of environment and security assessment for the Amu Darya river basin (jointly with UNDP, OSCE, NATO) |
one-off |
Dushanbe, August 2008 (exact date to be determined) |
| EU meetings under the Slovenian EU Presidency |
|
|
| EU Energy Council |
|
28/02/2008, Brussels, Belgium |
| EU Environment Council |
|
03/03/2008, Brussels, Belgium |
| European Council (possible discussion of the January 2008 Energy-Climate Change Package, discussion of Solana initiative on Climate Change and Security) |
|
13-14/03/2008, Brussels, Belgium |
| Informal Meeting of Environment Ministers |
|
11-12/04/2008, Brdo, Slovenia |
| EU Energy Council |
|
06/06/2008, Luxembourg |
| European Council (discussion of January Energy-Climate Change Package if not discussed at March Council) |
|
19-20/06/2008, Brussels |
| EU Environment Council |
|
26/06/2008, Luxembourg |
| EU meetings under the French EU Presidency (others meetings tbd) |
|
|
| Informal meeting of Environment & energy Ministers |
|
03-04-05/07/2008, France |
| EU Environment Council |
|
20-21/10/2008 |
| EU Environment Council |
|
04-05/12/2008 |
| Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean (ROLAC) |
| XVI Forum of Ministers of the Environment of LAC |
|
Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, 27 January-1 February 2008 |
| Developing a National Programme on SCP for Andean Community Countries |
|
Lima Peru – February 2008 |
| Central American, Cuba and Dominican Republic Sub regional Tunza workshop |
|
San Jose, Costa Rica. At the beginning of 2008 |
| Subregional (Andean countries) workshop on Access to Environmental Justice |
|
Lima, Peru, February 13-15 |
| Congress “The Construction of Sustainability from the view of the Indigenous People”. |
|
La Paz, Bolivia. February 19-21, 2008. |
| Centro de Saberes -Board of Directors Meeting. |
|
Reserva Ecológica Tati Yupi, Paraguay. March 3-7, 2008. |
| Fifth Latin American Training Programme on Environmental Law and Policy |
1 per year |
Asuncion del Paraguay, tentatively last ten days of March |
| Caribbean Sub-regional Meeting on SCP |
|
St. Lucia or Barbados (to be defined) March 2008 |
| Launching Columbia National SCP Policy |
|
Bogotá, Columbia, May 2008 |
| Art and Environment |
|
Panama City, June 2008 |
| Sustainable Public Procurement for MERCOSUR sub-region |
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2008 |
| Civil Society Forum 2008 |
|
Argentina, November 2008 (?) |
| Capacity Building for Journalists |
4 Workshops |
Colombia, Haití, Mexico and Central America |
| Environment Film Festival |
3 Festivals |
Colombia, Panama, Mexico |
| Regional Office for North America (RONA) |
| UNEP World Environment Day Celebrations |
Annual |
31 May – 5 June in Regional Hub City of Chicago and throughout other cities in North America (Washington D.C., Milwaukee, New York, etc.) |
| UNEP Earth Day Celebration |
Annual |
22 April in Washington D.C., Chicago and other cities throughout North America |
| Regional Global Civil Society Forum |
Annual |
November, Washington D.C. |
| Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) |
| 20th Session of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment |
Annual Meeting |
Cairo, Egypt, 21-22 December 2008 |
