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Review of 2004-2005 Activities
IGM/10/02
SPG/10/02
This paper is a summary of work undertaken by the APN since the 9 th IGM in
Canberra, Australia.
Outstanding Activities since 9 th IGM/SPG
• Completed evaluation of APN activities (1996-2004)
• Prepared evaluation report and Second Strategic Plan
• APN Programme Fellows (capacity building)
• Produced the APN global change coastal zone synthesis report
Publicity/Communications
• Distributed first APN annual report (2003/2004)
• Quarterly newsletters issued
• APN activities featured on national and local newspapers, radio and TV
• Disseminated APN information at national and international fora
• Produced CAPaBLE brochure and poster
• Published the APN global change coastal zone synthesis report
• Published the APN project and regional reports 2004/2005
• Produced (courtesy of NIWA) custom made posters
� APN (general)
� CAPaBLE programme
� Climate calamities and human health
• Produced proceedings of the APN/WHO public forum on climate calamities
and human health (World Conference on Disaster Reduction)
• Produced an APN brochure in Japanese for local outreach activities
• The APN Secretariat/APN members attended/made presentations at:
� GEO-4 and EOS-II. Tokyo, Japan. 22-23 April 2004
� Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific (ECO ASIA 2004)
Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. 19-20 June 2004
� 14 th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Seminar. Sydney, Australia. 21-24
September 2004
� ESCAP Subcommittee on Environment and Sustainable
Development First Session. Bangkok, Thailand. 29 September – 1
October 2004
� 16 th IGFA Meeting. Reykjavik, Iceland. 6-8 October 2004
� 2 nd AIACC Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific. Manila,
Philippines. 2-5 November 2004
� APN Global Change Coastal Zone Management Synthesis Workshop.
Kobe, Japan. 8-10 November 2004
� APN/WHO Public Forum on Climate Calamities and Human Health.
World Conference on Disaster Reduction. 22 January 2005
� START SSC. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 7-9 February 2005
� GEO-6 and EOS-III. Brussels, Belgium. 14-16 February 2005
� APN/IGBP/UNESCAP Symposium on Global Change, Environment
and Development. The Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment
and Development in Asia and the Pacific 2005. Seoul, Republic of
Korea. 24-25 March 2005
• APN members and Secretariat staff also attended the following APN
funded project meetings:
� 2003-CRP-Theme II. Integrated Assessment Model for Developing
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