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2-4 July, Tokyo Expanded Management Group Meeting of PLEC project Objective: To discuss organizational matters and plan the implementation of the project under funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). 3-4 July, Maastricht, the Netherlands Fourth Workshop Environmental Regulation, Globalization of Production and Technological Change (UNU/INTECH) Objective: To discuss progress reports of the third phase of the UNU/INTECH project on Environmental Regulation and Technological Change. Participants will discuss preliminary findings of nine industrialising countries case studies on technological change and competitiveness in three pollution intensive industries (fertilizers, iron and steel, and leather). 3-31 July, Amman, Jordan Training Programme on Learn About Leadership Directly from the Leaders (UNU/ILA) Objective: To provide training in leadership skills and attitudes while fostering commitment to sustainable development, sustainable democracy, civil society, institutions, and peaceful resolution of disputes. 6-17 July, Capetown, South Africa Fourth Workshop on Formal and Applied Computer Science (WOFACS’98), organised by the University of Capetown and cosponsored by UNU/IIST 9 July, Maastricht, the Netherlands Official Opening Ceremony of the new UNU/INTECH premises 12-13 July, Kampala, Uganda UNU/INTECH Pre-Project Planning Workshop for Gender and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa Programme, under the project on Implications for Employment and Trade in Developing Countries, India 14-22 July, Caracas, Venezuela UNU/BIOLAC Training Course on Simulation and Economic Evaluation of Biotechnology Processes 15-17 July, Boulder, Colorado, USA La Niña Summit, a workshop organized in cooperation with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and UNEP Objective:To identify what is known with some degree of reliability about the cold event (La Niña) and about its societal and environmental impacts. The workshop serves to develop a new initiative of the UNU on "El Niño Impacts and Response Strategies for Pacific Rim Countries." For details on the workshop, click here. 21-24 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia UNU/IAS Environment and Multilateral Diplomacy workshop on Global Environmental Governance: An Asian Perspective July (3 weeks), Accra, Ghana Project Workshop on Radio Computer Networking Objective: To assist scientists in setting up local computer network infrastructure and in connecting it with global academic networks. ![]() |