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Friday, 10 August 2018 14:36

CLME+ CALENDAR

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Preliminary List of Meetings 2018

Written by Sherlene Audinett

DATE	EVENT	LOCATION
17 - 19 January	Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean: the Role of the Ocean	St. Vincent and the Grenadies
30 – 31 January	CLME+ SAP Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators Workshop	Cartagena, Colombia
1 – 2 February	CLME+ State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies (SOMEE) Reporting Mechanism Workshop	Cartagena, Colombia
January	Civil Society Action Programme (CSAP)	Trinidad and Tobago
February	30th Executive Committee of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum	TBD
26 February - 1 March	Planning Meeting – Training Workshop on Value Chain Approach in Fisheries	Iceland
5 - 8 March	Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC)	Montego Bay, Jamaica
5 - 23 March	International Seabed Authority, Legal and Technical Committee	Jamaica
12 - 14 March	BBNJ Workshop - Marine Genetic Resources and Regional Ocean Management	Jamaica
13 – 15 March	Small Grants Coordination Mechanism (SGCM)	Barbados
13-14 March	Billfish Project Steering Committee (13 March) & 5th CBMC Meeting (14 March)	Miami
14 March	5th Meeting of CBMC
19 - 20 March	2nd Meeting of the "Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector Project" (CC4FISH)	Grenada
21 - 23 March	Joint CRFM-OSPESCA-WECAFC FAC Spiny Lobster Working Group Meeting & Fisheries ICM Meeting	Dominican Republic
27-29 March	2nd Meeting of the CFMC / WECAFC / OSPESCA / CRFM Working Group on Spawning Aggregations	Miami
March	Regional training on application of the EAF	TBD
April	2nd Meeting of the WECAFC / CRFM / IFREMER Working Group on Shrimp and Groundfish	TBD
10-13 April	2nd meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fisheries Bodies on Progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets	Seoul, Republic of Korea
16 – 17 April	16th Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum	Montserrat
18 April	CRFM Protocol on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture	Montserrat
16 - 18 April	Intergovernmental Conference on an International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, Organizational Session	New York
2 - 4 May	Sargassum and Oil Spills Monitoring Pilot Project for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions Workshop	Mexico City
May	5th Meeting of the WECAFC / OSPESCA / CRFM / CFMC Working Group on FAD fisheries	Miami
14 May	Meeting of SG and Heads of Institutions	Guyana
15 - 17 May	1st Meeting of the WECAFC Fisheries Data and Statistics Working Group	Barbados
18 May	12th Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council	Montserrat
20 - 30 May	CRFM/FAO Fisheries Study Tour	Barbados, Grenada and Dominica
22 - 24 May	2nd Fisheries Value Chain Workshop	Trinidad and Tobago
23 May - 20 July	IOI Training Programme on Ocean Governance: Policy, Law and Management	Canada
Mid-May	Aquaculture Value Chain Development Workshop	Barbados
11 - 14 June	Workshop on Subsidies to fishing on overfished stocks	Geneva
11 - 14 June	States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Twenty-eighth meeting	New York
14 - 15 June	CARICOM Workshop for the Development of a Regional Biodiversity Strategy for the Caribbean Community	Georgetown, Guyana
18 - 20 June	2nd UNDP-GEF CLME+ Project Steering Committee Meeting1st CLME+ Partnership Forum	Panama
18 - 22 June	Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, Nineteenth Meeting	New York
27 June	Regional Consultation on WTO Subsidies negotiations	Virtual
2 - 20 July	Lecture at and serve as Chief Facilitator for RSS Fisheries Prosecution and Interdiction Course	Barbados
2 - 27 July	International Seabed Authority, Assembly, Twenty-fourth session	Kingston, Jamaica
2 - 3 July	Regional Implementation of the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries	Barbados
4 - 6 July	Meeting of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries	Barbados
4 - 6 July	39th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM	Montego Bay, Jamaica
5 - 6 July	IAEA Meeting and preparatory meeting	Antigua and Barbuda
7 - 8 July	Meeting of Heads of RFB	Rome
9 - 13 July	FAO COFI Meeting	Rome
11 - 12 July	PPCR Project Steering Committee Meeting	Grenada
16 - 17 July	Pre-Technical Workshops (16-17 July 2018) & Fourth Technical Meeting to the Pollution Protocol-4th LBS STAC	Panama
24 July	31st Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Forum	Virtual
3 August	4th Meeting of the Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Cluster	Electronic Meeting
6 - 10 August	CARICOM / IAEA Workshop: ‘Contribution of Nuclear Science and Technology to Building Climate Resilience in the Caribbean	Vienna
6 August	Regional Partnership Dialogue for the Caribbean	San Pedro, Belize
7 - 9 August	Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Mid Term Review of the SAMOA Pathway	San Pedro, Belize
14 August	Consultation Workshop: “Enhancing Coastal Protection for Climate Change Resilience”	Belmopan City, Belize
15 - 17 August	Fifth Meeting of the CLME+ SAP Interim Coordination Mechanism	Miami
August / September	32nd Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum	Virtual
4 - 17 September	Intergovernmental Conference on an International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, First session	New York
10 - 14 September	67th International IWC Meeting	Brazil
13 - 14 September	Inception Workshop of project: Developing Organizational Capacity for Ecosystem Stewardship and Livelihoods in Caribbean Small-Scale Fisheries	Barbados
18 - 19 September	Regional PPCR Monitoring & Evaluation Workshop IV	Barbados
26 - 28 September	3rd Meeting of the Joint CRFM / WECAFC / OSPESCA Regional Working Group on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (RWG-IUU)	Barbados
25 - 26 September	First Country Consultation to discuss Permanent Policy Coordination Mechanism (PPCM) and Sustainable Financing Plan (SFP) options for CLME+ Project and Strategic Action Programme (SAP)	Cartagena, Colombia
September 2018 - March 2019	United Nations University - Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP) Six-month Fellowships	Iceland
1 - 2 October	Joint CRFM / WECAFC Flyingfish Working Group Meeting / CLME+ Sub-project Regional Workshop	Barbados
1 - 5 October	Meeting of the ICCAT Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS)	Madrid, Spain
3 - 5 October	Regional Workshop on Fish and Fisheries Products Trade in the Caribbean	Barbados
8 - 12 October	Caribbean Week of Agriculture	Barbados
11 October	8th Special Meeting of the CRFM Ministerial Council	Barbados
12 October	COTED (Agriculture)	Barbados
15 - 16 October	Fish CRIME 2018 Symposium	Denmark
16 - 17 October	ACP Fisheries Meeting	Brussels
25 - 26 October	CAF Sponsored Regional Workshop to develop Proposal to Address SDG 14 targets	TBD
30 October - 1 November	3rd Meeting of the WECAFC / CRFM / OSPESCA / CFMC Working Group on Queen Conch	Panama
5 - 7 November	International Conference of Women in Fisheries	Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5 - 9 November	71st Annual Conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI 71)	San Andres, Colombia
12 - 19 November	21st Special Meeting of the ICCAT Commission	Dubrovnik, Croatia
19 - 21 November	Sixth Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF VI)	Placencia, Belize
November	Joint Steering Committee Meeting (EBM and Shrimp & Fish sub-projects of CLME+)	TBD
November	UNEP CEP Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention, SPAW (Biodiversity) and LBS (Pollution) Protocols	TBD
November	FAO Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Meeting	Miami