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Events
10-12 December 2008
Symposium on Marine Ecosystem Based Management in the Caribbean: an essential component of Principled Ocean Governance
UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados
This PROGOVNET symposium brings together researchers from Canada and the Wider Caribbean to share information on aspects of EBM and to chart a way forward for the Caribbean. A book is to be published as an output of the symposium which involves several members of the MarGov team.
16-18 November 2008
Virginia Tech Symposium on Enhancing Resilience To Catastrophic Events
Through Communicative Planning
Blacksburg, Virginia
The Institute for Policy and Governance and the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech has invited scholars to consider how collaborative planning can enhance resilience to events that threaten to overcome the social and ecological integrity of communities, states, and societies. The MarGov team will present work in progress.
10 - 14 November 2008
61st annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) conference
Guadeloupe
MarGov researchers aim to present papers and posters on the project research topic at GCFI and share information regionally.
21-24 October 2008
Thirteenth Session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) and the Tenth Session of the WECAFC Lesser Antilles Fisheries Committee
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
The functioning and strengthening of WECAFC is of particular importance in considering the locations that are not members of the CRFM such as many of the Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean.
22 September – 3 October 2008
CRFM Training workshop for Fisherfolk Leaders
Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Training for fisheries stakeholders drawn from CRFM member states in management, communication and advocacy as it relates to fisherfolk organisations.
17 – 18 September
Third Special Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines
The third special meeting of the main advisory body of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). On the agenda of this two-day multi-level CARICOM meeting is the draft Common Fisheries Policy & Regime. The MarGov team represents UWI as observers at the forum.
27 - 29 August 2008
Partnership meeting of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago
CANARI partners will review the MarGov small grant research on the Trinidad fishing industry organizations and discuss projects on the role of civil society in governance.
14-18 July 2008
The 12th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC)
Cheltenham , England
The IASC 2008 global conference will be hosted by the University of Gloucestershire, with logistical support to be provided by the University's Countryside and Community Research Unit (CCRU). The emphasis of the conference is the exchange of knowledge on shared resources or ‘commons’: between developing and developed world, between practitioners and researchers, and between old and ‘new’ commons. The overarching theme of governing shared resources aims to encourage discussion on new ways of using, managing, protecting and creating what many understand as ‘commons’.
http://www.iascp.org/iasc08/iasc08.html
8 - 11 July 2008
International Symposium on Coping with Global Change in Marine Social-ecological Systems
Rome, Italy
The central goals of the symposium are to share experiences across disciplines and to identify key next steps and common elements and approaches that promote resilience of marine social-ecological systems in the face of global changes.
http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=846
7-11 July 2008
11th International Coral Reef Symposium
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
http://www.nova.edu/ncri/11icrs/index.html
1 July 2008
University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Barbados
Public symposium entitled, ‘The Caribbean Sea: harnessing and protecting a vital resource,’ hosted by CERMES in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business. This event forms part of the 7th Meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Caribbean Sea Commission, and is aimed at fostering public awareness and public ownership of the Caribbean Sea Initiative. Speakers will include members of the MarGov team.
10-14 June, 2008
14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM)
University of Vermont, Burlington
ISSRM is the official annual meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, and is the largest international gathering of academics, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners interested in the application of social science to natural resources and environmental issues. The theme of the 2008 Symposium is "People and Place: Linking Culture and Nature”
http://www.ISSRM2008.org
22 May 2008
University of the West Indies, Cave Hil, Barbados
MarGov hosts a Press conference to introduce its new Private Sector Partnering Sponsors – The Sol Group, Island Heritage Insurance, and the CaribVision cable network.
8 – 10 May 2008
Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Paramaribo, Suriname
The sixth meeting of the main advisory body of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM). On the agenda of this two-day multi-level CARICOM meeting is the draft Common Fisheries Policy & Regime. The MarGov team is representing UWI as observers at the forum.
17 April 2008
Workshop on the sea urchin fishery of Grenada
Grenville, Grenada
Canadian and Caribbean researchers attended this meeting organised by the Grenada Fisheries Division to initiate and guide the MSc research of Roxy Nayar of the University of Manitoba.
14-17 April 2008
Resilience 2008 international Science and Policy Conference
Stockholm, Sweden
The aim of “Resilience, adaptation and transformation in turbulent times - preparing for change in social-ecological systems” is to bring together scientists working with the complex dynamics of interconnected social-ecological systems and to present, discuss, and if possible, summarise the current understanding of resilience, adaptability and pathways of transformation in such systems.
http://www.resilience2008.org
13-15 April 2008
Workshop on marine resource governance from a network perspective
CERMES, UWI Cave Hill Campus
Canadian and Caribbean faculty and student researchers gathered to compare and share views on governance research using social network analysis methods. Areas of collaboration were identified.
8 April 2008
Ad hoc meeting of project partners at OECS-ESDU
Castries, St. Lucia
MarGov project partners from CERMES, CRFM IISD and ESDU met for one day to improve areas of coordination and collaboration, fostering closer ties and facilitating monitoring and evaluation.
25 March-5 June 2008
“Enhancing Marine Resource Governance through Developing Capacity for Communication in the Eastern Caribbean” MarGov Communications Workshops
Barbados, Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua and St Vincent
Participants drawn from the islands’ fisheries management departments and fisher folk organisations are taken through from a basic understanding of the stages of the communication process, to devising communications strategies for their organisations, while also being encouraged to recognise the importance of effective communication in conflict resolution and policy influencing.
25-29 March 2008
Society for Applied Anthropology, 68th Annual Meeting
Memphis, Tennessee
The theme of the 2008 SfAA meeting, “The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology” will provide our colleagues at local, national, and international levels a venue to highlight the specific contributions of applied anthropologists in the public sphere. In addition, this theme will allow anthropologists to explore innovative ways in which they can participate more prominently in public discourse while addressing pressing human issues in contemporary local and global communities.
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2008.html
10-11 March 2008
Towards integrated sustainable management of the Caribbean Sea: identifying the research priorities and data gaps
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
The Cropper Foundation is hosting this workshop with the overall goal of initiating a research agenda for the Caribbean Sea in support of policy and decision-making for integrated sustainable management of the Caribbean Sea as set forth by UN Resolution A/C.2/61/L.30). The MarGov team will present information on the project and CERMES research.
23 – 25 January 2008
Partnership meeting of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI)
Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago
CANARI partners will review collaboration with MarGov, such as through the small grant facility, and discuss projects on the role of civil society in governance.
22-27 January 2008
International Sunbelt Social Network Conference
St. Pete Beach, Florida
The International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is a major forum for social scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, ethnologists, and others to present current work in the area of social networks. It provides an opportunity for individuals interested in theory, methods, or applications of social networks to share ideas and common concerns.
http://www.insna.org/2008/sunbelt2008.html
9 January 2008
The Barbados government’s Coastal Zone Management Unit launches a year of activities in recognition of 2008 being designated International Year of the Reef by the International Coral Reef Initiative.
http://www.coastal.gov.bb/articles.cfm?article=33
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