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a project of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
Agriculture (IICA) and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and
Rural Cooperation
tthhee AAggrriiccuullttuurree AAggeennddaaWeek June 21 26,
2010Events directly and indirectly related to agricultural
development in the Caribbean
June NB:Some more for your information!
Mon 21 Caribbean Network of RuralWomen Producers (CANROP)
Training the Trainers
Workshop
21 26 June, 2010
St. Lucia
The workshop, under the theme Facilitating Entrepreneurship
development for Rural Women the Caribbean, seeks to expose rural
women producers to policy issues related to food securit
and issues related to entrepreneurship development. These
include value chain and marketin
concepts, business development and strategic planning. It also
seeks to sharpen skills for buildin
business plans, feasibility studies and market research; and
inform on the critical requirements f
developing rural women entrepreneurs, including and importantly,
the legal aspects of forming
business. This workshop is a follow-up from the IICA-CTA
Breeding and Growing Agripreneu
workshop held in St. Lucia in 3-6 March 2008.
5th
Biennial Caribbean
Environmental Forum &
Exhibition (CEF-5);
2nd
Caribbean Sustainable
Energy Forum (CSEF-2)
and the 15th
Annual Wider
Caribbean WasteManagement Conference
(RECARIBE 2010)
21 25 June 2010
Jamaica
This collaborative conference will be held under the theme
Coping With Copenhagen: Wate
Waste, Energy, and Health. The 5th
Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum & Exhibition
(CEF-
is the premier sustainable development and environment forum and
exhibition in the Caribbea
with a regional focus and international attention. This event
brings together a wide and divers
cross section of professionals and other persons concerned with
or involved in environmental an
developmental issues. This year, a new feature will be added to
the Caribbean Environment
Forum - the 2010 Youth Environmental Forum. The CEF-5 will be
held in conjunction with the 2nCaribbean Sustainable Energy
Forumand the 15th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste ManagemenConference
(ReCaribe), attracting professionals from the various disciplines
to share the
experiences and knowledge.
Regional Climate
Outlook Forum
Barbados
21 - 23 June, 2010
This Forum seeks to address issues related to climate change in
the Caribbean Region. Over th
years, the effects of climate change in our region, has seen
growing concerns about rising se
levels and marine changes particularly and the threat it poses
to Low-lying Caribbean states. On
can only wonder if the devastating earthquake in Haiti earlier
this year, is an indication of th
severity of these changes in our region. The Forum will be
hosted by the National Oceanograph
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) and is
collaboration with the Rainy Season Predicators and
Interpretation and Management Worksho
hosted by The Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
under the Caribbea
Agrometeorological Initiative Project.
Tues 22
Wed 23 United Nations Public ServiceDay
23 June, 2010
June 23rd
is the day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly as
the United Nations Pub
Service Day. On this day, winners of the United Nations Public
Service Awards are honored. Th
Award is the most prestigious international recognition of
excellence in public service. It rewar
the creative achievements and contributions of public service
institutions that lead to a mo
effective and responsive public administration in countries
worldwide. Through an annu
competition, the UN Public Service Awards promote the role,
professionalism and visibility
public service.
Thurs 24
Fri 25 CANROP Networking Session25 26 June, 2010
St. Lucia
Networking Session for members of the CANROP to discuss
strategies and the way forward. This
session is built in, as part of the week long Training the
Trainers Workshop.
Sat 26
Coming up in the Month of July. The Caribbean Food Crop Society
(CFCS) meeting in the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean Regional
Agricultural
Policy Network (CaRAPN) Strategic Planning workshop in Trinidad
aimed at exploring all options for strengthening the policy
networking and
information exchange platform in the Caribbean and more
Details provided in next weeks theAgriculture AgendaThe full
July and other monthly calendars can be viewed on
www.carapn.net.
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