The meeting of the working group on the development of the MAB UNESCO Plan of Action Man and the Biosphere Programme 2016-2025 took place on 1-2 September at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, the participants were members of the OIE and 6 international experts. Chairman of the Kazakhstan National MAB Committee Roman Jashenko (as vice president of MAB for Asia and Pacific) is one of the participants in the meeting.
UNESCO MAB Strategy Group (MSG)
Meeting on the development of the MAB Action Plan
1-2 September 2015
Fontenoy Building (UNESCO main building)
7 place de Fontenoy
Agenda
Tuesday 1 September 2015 in Room 1.002 (first floor)
09h00 – 09h30 Informal MAB Bureau meeting (for MAB Bureau Members only)
09h30 – 09h35 Welcome address by the MAB Secretary
09h35 – 09h40 Opening address by the MAB ICC Chair
09h40 – 09h45 Adoption of the agenda
09h45 – 09h50 Short round table introduction of participants
09h50 – 10h00 Summary of the 27th MAB ICC discussion on the MAB Strategy and Action Plan, including the TORs of the MSG, by the MAB Bureau/ Strategy Group rapporteur
10h00 – 10h10 General comments by the UNESCO Internal Oversight Service (IOS) on the MAB Action Plan
10h10 – 10h30 Questions and general discussion
10h30 – 10h50 Coffee/tea break
10h50 – 11h00 Presentation by the MAB Secretariat of the compilation of inputs received for the Action Plan in response to the MAB Circular Letter
11h00 – 12h30 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content
12h30 - 14h00 Lunch
14h00 – 15h45 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content cont.
15h45 – 16h00 Coffee/tea break
16h00 – 16h15 Presentation on outcome of survey on biosphere reserves and disaster risk reduction by Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction
16h15 – 17h15 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content cont.
17h15 – 17h30 Summing up of the discussion by MSG rapporteur
17h45 Refreshments
Wednesday 2 September 2015 in Room 4.021 (fourth floor)
09h00 – 09h30 Informal MAB Bureau meeting (for MAB Bureau Members only)
09h30 – 10h30 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content cont.
10h30 – 10h50 Coffee/tea break
10h50 – 12h30 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content cont.
12h30 - 14h00 Lunch
14h00 – 15h45 Discussion on Action Plan structure and content cont.
15h45 – 16h00 Coffee/tea break
16h00 – 17h15 Discussion on next steps and time-table of work
17h15 – 17h30 Conclusion and summing up by meeting Chair and Rapporteur
17h30 Closure of the meeting