Major events related to the NEPAD-COSMAR

• Adoption of the UNEP/GEF MSP on the Environment Component of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) 26 July 2001, Lusaka, Zambia
• Launch of NEPAD at the inaugural meeting of the Implementation Committee of Heads of State and Government, 23 October 2001, Abuja, Nigeria
• First Steering Committee Meeting of the Project 17 January 2002, Pretoria, South Africa
• Second Steering Committee Meeting, 11-12 March 2002, Algiers, Algeria
• Third Steering Committee Meeting at the level of experts 12-13 June 2002, Dakar, Senegal
• Third Steering Committee Meeting at the level of Ministers, 14 June 2003, Dakar, Senegal
• Meeting with the President of the Republic of Senegal, H.E.M. Maitre Abdoulaye Wade and the members of the Steering Committee, 14 June 2003
• Ninth Meeting of AMCEN endorsed the Framework of an Action Plan for the Environment Initiative of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development1-5 July 2002, Kampala Uganda
• Framework presented to the Implementation Committee of NEPAD at the margins of the First meeting of the Assembly of the African Union 8 July 2002, Durban, South Africa
• Presentation on the finalisation of the Action Plan made at the Steering Committee of NEPAD 2-4 August 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Inter agency meeting with WWF, IUCN, UNEP and the World Bank on the finalisation of the Action Plan, 5 August 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
• Workshop on the Environment Component of NEPAD convened at the margins of the World Summit on Sustainable Development with the participation of the President of Senegal and President of Mauritania 3 September 2002, Johannesburg South Africa
• Workshop on the environment component of NEPAD held at the margins of the Second GEF Assembly 17 October 2002, Beijing, China
• Presentation on the finalisation of the Action Plan made at the High Level Committee on Programme of the Chief Executive Board 23-24 September 2002 Vienna, Austria
• Climate change component of the draft action plan on the environment initiative of NEPAD discussed at the African meeting preparatory to the 8th meeting of the COP of UNFCC. 3-4 October 2002, Nairobi, Kenya
• Presentation on the implementation of the second phase of the MSP made at the 4th annual regional consultation of the United Nations agencies 24-26 October 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Consultative meeting on the preparation of projects to combat Desertification in the context of NEPAD, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 16 – 18 September 2002
• Co-ordination meeting held with the representatives of IUCN 6th November 2002, Nairobi, Kenya
• Presentation of the MSP made at the meeting of the Chief Executive Board chaired by the Secretary General of the United Nations 8-9 November 2002, New York, USA
• Discussion on the biosafety component of the draft action plan at the African meeting on risk assessment and public 12-15 November 2002, Windhoek, Namibia
• Desertification issues discussed with the African representatives attending the First Meeting of the Committee on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Desertification 16 November 2002, Valencia, Rome
• African representatives discussed the wetlands issues at the margins of the COP 8 of RAMSAR. 17 November 2002, Valencia, Rome
• Meeting with the African ambassadors accredited to UNEP discussed the finalisation on the Action Plan 28 November 2002, Nairobi, Kenya
• Health related issues of the environment component of NEPAD discussed with the African negotiators attending the Sixth meeting of the COP of the Basel Convention. 8 December 2002, Geneva, Switzerland
• Desertification, 19 – 20 January 2003, Algiers, Algeria
• Poverty and Environment, 23-24 January 2003, Bamako, Mali
• Invasive Species, 23-24 January 2003, Pretoria, South Africa
• NGO Consultation, 1 February 2003, Nairobi, Kenya
• Discussion on the environmental component of NEPAD at the UNEP Global Ministerial Environmental Forum with the participation of 1000 delegates under the chairmanship of the President of Republic of Senegal, H.E.M. Maitre Abdoulaye Wade and the Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, H. E. Mr. Kijana Wamalwa, 5 February 2003, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Wetlands, 10-11 February, 2003, Nairobi, Kenya
• Forest, 13-14 February 2003, Yaounde, Cameroon
• Health and Environment, 17-18 February 2003, Dakar, Senegal
• Marine and Coastal , 23-24 February 2003, Abuja, Nigeria
• Climate Change, 26-27 February 2003, Rabat, Morocco
• Fourth Steering Committee meeting for the presentation of the Action Plan of the Environment Initiative of NEPAD, 23 – 25 April 2003, Maputo, Mozambique
• Special Session of AMCEN 28 – 30 May 2003, Maputo, Mozambique
• Heads of States Meeting of the African Union, July 2003, Maputo, Mozambique
• Fifth Steering Committee meeting at the Ministerial level on capacity building for the implementation of the Action Plan of the Environment Initiative of NEPAD, October 2003, Cairo, Egypt
• Donors meeting on the environment component of NEPAD, December 2003, Algiers, Algeria