This workshop on the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) projects will seek to enable inter-basin cooperation in the African region. The workshop will: present key approaches and methodologies for economic valuation, payment for ecosystem services (PES) and ecosystem-based approaches (EBA) for freshwater and marine resources; exchange experiences, increase awareness of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Watercourses Convention) and its global expansion; and identify next steps in the context of GEF IW projects.  

dates: 12-14 November 2012   venue: UN Economic Commission for Africa   location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia   contact: Mish Hamid   e-mail: mish@iwlearn   www: http://iwlearn.net/abt_iwlearn/events/2nd-targeted-workshop-for-gef-iw-projects-in-africa/2nd-targeted-workshop-for-gef-iw-projects-in-africa