Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua Reducing

Pesticide Runoff to the Caribbean Sea
Second Meeting of the Project Steering
Committee of the GEF-REPCar Project

Santa Marta, Colombia, November 21 and 22, 2007
PROVISIONAL AGENDA

GEF



WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21
08:30 AM
Opening of the meeting

Opening Statement Colombian delegation
Colombian Ministry

of Environment
Statement UNEP-CAR/RCU
Nelson Andrade
Statement UNEP-DGEF
Jan Betlem
Introduction of Steering Committee Members,
Observers and Regional Coordinating Unit staff
09:00 AM
Meeting organization

Election of officers ­ Chair and Rapporteur
Nelson Andrade
Overview of Meeting Objectives

Adoption of the agenda
09:30 AM
Project overview and status

Project objectives and activities
Alex Cooman
Review meeting decisions of PSC1
Jan Betlem
Status of project implementation
10:30 AM
Coffee Break

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11:00 AM
National Coordinating Committees progress

reports:

Formalization of NCCs and NCC meetings; status

co-financing commitments; demo projects and

coastal monitoring program preparation; other

relevant issues.

Report NCC Nicaragua
Helio Zamora
Report NCC Costa Rica
Elidier Vargas
Report NCC Colombia
César Buitrago
12:30 PM
Lunch

13:30 PM
Workplan 2008

Project management and coordination (regional
Alex Cooman
and national)
Demonstration projects
15:30 PM
Coffee

16:00 PM
Workplan 2008
Alex Cooman
Coastal Monitoring
Communications and outreach
Project budget 2008-2010
17:30 PM
Any other Business

18:00 PM
Closing remarks
Nelson Andrade
Jan Betlem
19:00 PM
Cocktail





THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22

AM
Field trip

Visit to Zona Bananera: fumigation airport and
banana farm
PM
Visit to INVEMAR

Institute for Marine and Coastal Research


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