This meeting will focus on the formalization of technical support from the Western Indian Ocean-Consortium (WIO-C) to the WIO Coastal Challenge (WIO-CC), aiming to define the next steps and roles for implementation of the WIO-CC. WIO-C is a consortium of NGOs in partnership with intergovernmental organizations, whose main purposes are to support synergy in programmes of work on marine and coastal ecosystem management and promote knowledge and information sharing amongst stakeholders in the Western Indian Ocean region. WIO-C provides a mechanism for NGOs to anchor activities in the Nairobi Convention and other intergovernmental processes.  

date: 10 August 2012   location: Maputo, Mozambique   contact: Dixon Waruinge   phone: +254-20-7622025   fax: +254-20-7621250   e-mail: dixon.waruinge@unep.org   www: http://www.unep.org/NairobiConvention/Meetings/Nairobi_Convention_Meetings_Maputo_Mozambique_2012/