Country

Proposed Dates

Operational
Focal Point

Contact Information

Lebanon

8-11 January (conducted)

Ms. Nancy Khoury
President

Ministry of Environment
Antelias
Tel. No. (961 4) 522 222
Fax No. (961 4) 525 080
E-mail: n.khoury@moe.gov.lb

Mozambique

6-8 February (conducted)

Mr. Evaristo Baquete National Director of Environmental Management

Ministry for Coordination of Environmental Affairs (MICOA)
Av. Acordos de Lusaka 2115
C.P. 2020 Maputo
Tel. No.
Fax No. (258-1) 465 849

Burkina Faso

13-15 February
(conducted)

Mr. Jean-Baptiste Kambou

Ministry of Environment and Tourism
BP 7044
Ouagadougou 03
Tel. No. (22-6) 311 681
Fax No. (22-6) 318 724

Nepal

6-8 March
(conducted)

Mr. Madhav Ghimire
Joint Secretary

Ministry of Finance
Foreign Air Coordination Division
Kathmandu
Tel. No. (977-1) 259 837
Fax No. (977-1) 259 891
E-mail: mpghimire@hotmail.com

Bhutan

13-15 March (conducted)

Mr. Yanki T. Wangchuk
Director-General

Ministry of Finance
Department of Aid and Debt Management
P.O. Box No. 1032
Tel. No.
Fax No. (975) 232 6779

Bangladesh

16-18 April
(conducted)

Mr. Sabihuddin Ahmed
Secretary

Ministry of Environment & Forest
Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh
Room 1309, Building No. 6
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka - 1000
Tel. No. (880 2) 861 0481
Fax No. (880 2) 861 9210
E-mail: secmoef@sdnbd.org

Bulgaria

29-30 April
(confirmed)

Ms. Fathme Musa Iliaz
Deputy Minister

Ministry of Environment and Water
67 William Gladstone Street
1000 Sofia
Tel. No. (359-2) 988 1440
Fax No. (359-2) 981 6610
E-mail: iliaz@moew.govrn.bg

Ecuador

21-23 May
(confirmed)

Mme. Lourdes Luque de Jaramillo
Minister

Ministry of Environment
Av. Amazonas y Eloya Alfaro
Edif. MAG, Bvo.
Quito
Tel. No. (593-2) 563462
Fax No. (593 2) 250 0041
E-mail: lluque@ambiente.gov.ec

Albania

9-11 July
(conducted)

Dr. Narin Panariti
President of NEA

National Environmental Agency
Bul. Zhan d'Ark, Nr. 2
Tirana
Tel. No. (355-42) 306 82
Fax No. (355-43) 652 29
Email: albnea@albnet.com

Chile

24-26 September
(conducted)

Mr. Vicente Paeile

National Commission for the Environment
Obispo Donoso No.6, Providencia
Santiago
Tel. No. (56-2) 240 5696
Fax No. (56-2) 242 8418
E-mail: vpaeile@conama.cl

Romania

24-26 September
(conducted)

Mrs. Liliana Chirila
Counsellor, Directorate of International Programmes and Projects

Ministry of Waters and Environmental Protection
12, Libertatii Blvd.
Sector 5, Bucharest
Tel. No. (40 1) 335 0067
Fax No. (40 1) 335 0067
Email: lchirila@mappm.ro

Indonesia

21-22 October
(conducted)

Mr. Effendy Sumardja
Assistant to the Minister for Global Environmental Affairs

Environmental Impact Management Agency (BAPEDAL)
Jakarta
Indonesia
Tel. No (62-21) 858 0066
Fax No. (62-21) 858 0066
E-mail: eas@menlh.go.id

Venezuela

6-7 November
(conducted)

Mr. Oscar Hernandez Bernalette
Director General

Ministry of External Relations
International Economy and Cooperation
Environment Unit
Torre M.R.E., Piso 14, Ala "A"
Esquina de Carmelitas
Caracas
Tel. No. (580-212) 860 6657
Fax No. (580-212) 864 1662 / 864-1611
E-mail: dgseci@mre.gov.ve

Argentina

4-6 December
(conducted)

Mr. Juan Carlos Caraguso
Director, Multilateral Cooperation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Buenos Aires
Tel. No.
Fax No. (54-11) 4819 7272

Guinea

28-30 January 2003 (new dates - confirmed)

Ms. Kadiatou N'Diaye
Manager

National Environment Directorate
P.O. Box 3118
Conakry
Tel. No. (224) 46 48 50
Fax No. (224) 41 35 77

Madagascar

3-5 February
(new dates - confirmed)

Mr. Roger Edmond
Secretary-General

Ministry of Environment
B.P. 571 Ampandrianomby
Antananarivo 101
Madagascar
Tel. No. (261-20) 224 1877
Fax No. (261-20) 224 1919
E-mail: minenv@dts.mg

Ethiopia

11-13 March (new dates - confirmed)

Mr. Tewolde Berhan Egziabher
General Manager

Environment Protection Agency
P.O. Box 12760
Addis Ababa
Tel. No. (251-1) 186 202
Fax No. (251-1) 610 077

Syria

(postponed - dates to be determined)

Mr. Yahia Awaidah

General Commission for Environmental Affairs
P.O. Box 3773
Damascus
Tel. No. (96-311) 332 1902
Fax No. (96 311) 333 5645

Mongolia

(postponed - dates to be determined)

Mrs. Navaan-Yunden Oyundar
Director

Ministry for Nature and the Environment
Department of International Cooperation
Baga Toiruu 44
Ulanbaatar 11
Tel. No. (976-11) 312 269
Fax No. (976-11) 321 401
E-mail: oyundar@mongol.net