Annual Report 2000

UNEP/GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2000

GRID-Arendal Exhibitions and Presentations

Exhibitions

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"Managing, monitoring and evaluating sustainability" The CEROI programme was presented in the conference titled "Managing, monitoring and evaluating sustainability" at the Third European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns Conference 2000. In addition, an exhibit featuring the CEROI Programme was set up at the market place of the Conference. Hannover, Germany, 9-10/2.

SoE Presentation for Chinese Provinces UNEP's and GRID-Arendal's SoE environmental information activities were presented for provinces in China. Guylin, China, 24-28/9. Ministerial Consultation The CD-ROM containing the Regional Environmental Report of the Aral Sea Basin Countries; national electronic environ- mental reports of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajiki- stan and Turkmenistan; health highlights and action plans; in- formation about on-going activities of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, UNDP, World Bank, WHO; maps, graphics and other information were presented at an exhibition at the Ministerial Consultation between Economic/Finance Ministers on Water Management and Investments in the NIS. Almaty, Kazakhstan, 16-17/10.

SoE Conference GRID-Arendal represented the CEROI programme at the State of the Environment conference 2000, Coffs Harbour, Australia. CEROI was presented through exhibition stands, local TV and workshops. Coffs Harbour, Australia, 28/4 - 5/5.

Stockholm Challenge Award Ceremony GRID-Arendal presented the "Baltic Drainage Basin GIS, maps and statistics" website at the "Stockholm Challenge Award" ex- hibition. Stockholm, Sweden, 4-5/6. ICLEI World Congress GRID-Arendal was presented at the Global Cities 21 ICLEI World Congress of Local Governments transformations for a sustainable future. Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, 28/6 - 2/7.

GEO Presented to Norwegian Royalty On the occasion of H.M. King Harald V and H.M. Queen Sonja's official visit to the city of Arendal, Svein Tveitdal pre- sented the State of the Global Environment based on UNEP's GEO 2000 Report. In addition to the royal delega- tion, head county and municipal officials attended the pre- sentation. Arendal, 19/06.