This meeting will review experiences and learn from the National Action Research Programmes and actual experimental research work undertaken in desertification studies presented by the participating countries. It will also identify common areas of research on desertification between two or more countries for future formulation and implementation; formulate sub-regional projects on desertification between two or more countries; and establish a desertification research network between the relevant institutions in the participating countries.  

dates: 22-24 November 2005  
location: Khartoum, Sudan  
contact: Mukhtar Ahmed Mustafa, University of Khartoum, Sudan  
phone: 249-13-329232  
fax: 249-11-780295  
www: http://www.uofk.edu/con_work/desert2/desert2.htm