EAPAN 2012 AGM & Conference planned
EAPAN’s first AGM will be held on Friday 19th October 2012 starting at 10h00 at the Polytechnic Tourism Training School. This will be followed by lunch at 12h30 and a mini Conference in the afternoon. The draft Agenda for both events are available here. The Executive Committee for the next year will be elected at the AGM. Please submit your nomination form to the EAPAN Secretary at info@eapan.org by 5th October 2012.
The mini Conference will start after lunch at 13h15. The theme of the mini Conference is “The Role of EA in promoting Sustainable Development in Namibia”.
We have invited the Minister of Environment & Tourism to give the keynote address (awaiting her response) and the Environmental Commissioner to give a short presentation on how he would like EAPAN and its members to help him and his staff with the implementation of the Environmental Management Act (awaiting his response).
We invite EA practitioners to give a short presentation in one of the following two themes:
(i) How have EAs in Namibia influenced decisions? (download template to help structure your presentation), and
(ii) Lessons from post-implementation monitoring - has the EIA-EMP been implemented? (download template)
If you have been involved in a project that could provide insight to one of these themes and would like to give a short paper (max 10 minutes) please contact Peter Tarr at peter.tarr@saiea.com.
We will also have a facilitated session to explore how EA could better promote Sustainable Development in Namibia, i.e. what are the obstacles that we currently face?
Please set Friday 19th October aside and register for the AGM and mini Conference - RSVP Gudrun.denker@saiea.com by 15 October.
Only Members of the Association are entitled to nominate, vote and stand for election to the Executive Committee. As the Association is in its first year, the current Executive Committee is holding a special meeting to review Membership Applications on 5th October. EA Practitioners who wish to nominate, stand and/or vote at the AGM are advised to get their Membership Applications submitted on-line before 5th October 2012.
Register as an EAPAN member before 5th October.