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Vth World Parks Congress - 7-17 September 2003, Durban, South Africa

The Homepage www.iucn.org/wpc2003/ contains a brief introduction as to what the WPC is and links to the main sections -
This section contains information about the WPC, ranging from the concept of parks congresses with a historical overview of previous congresses, to logistical information such as details of the congress location, dates, organizers, and a brief description of the WCPA
Outputs of the Congress
This section contains a breakdown of the programme per day, details of the workshops, side events and short courses. It also provides information about the exhibition, the field trips and pre / post congress tours.
This is where new documents are posted and news disseminated. As well it host the daily coverage of the congress events and gives useful updates in the build up to the WPC. It includes links to the PARKS newsletter and a section for the Media, covering press releases, media briefs and details of media accreditation
All you ever wanted to know about the people behind the WPC, from IUCN and WCPA staff to people in South Africa National Parks, the South African Ministry for the Environment, the Congress Patrons and other partners. This section also provides useful links
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Governance Stream
"New Ways of Working Together"
"Building Broader Support for Protected Areas"
Raising awareness and strengthening support

Short course 1

"How to conduct a participatory evaluation of protected area governance."

Date: 14-15 September 2003 // ROOM 2D

Conducted by: Julia Gardner, Peter Abrams, Dovetail Consulting, Vancouver, Canada, and Pippa Heylings

Participants will learn how to use a new guidebook entitled "Carrying out a Self Evaluation of Governance in a Protected Area Setting" to evaluate the governance of their protected area. Participants will have the opportunity to apply and refine components of the guidebook to meet their own participatory evaluation needs.

More information on the Governance Stream
More information on the Building Broader Support of PAs

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Due to cost and logistical limitations short courses will be conducted in English only. Numbers of participants who can be accommodated on these courses will also be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis.

Registration is done directly on the registration form, except for shortcourses 9 and 10

Please choose your shortcourse on the registration form

more information on the registration process

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This section contains a breakdown of the programme per day, details of the workshops, side events and short courses. It also provides information about the exhibition, the field trips and pre / post congress tours.
Tout le programme du CMPEl programa entero del CMP
Entire Programme
Workshop Streams & Cross Cutting Streams
List of short courses
Field Trips for the delegates
Pre & Post Congress Tours
Vth World Parks Congres - Benefits Beyond Boundaries

 
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