January |
26-30 |
First Congress of the African Organizations Coalition for Food Security - Sovereignty and Sustainable Development (COASAD), Dar-es-Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania |
February |
2-12 |
20th Annual Meeting of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome, Italy |
9-15 |
Popular Coalition Against Hunger and Poverty, Rome, Italy | |
9-13 |
FAO Regional Conference for Africa, Ethiopia | |
March |
21-25 |
FAO Regional Conference for the Near East and North Africa, Syrian Arab Republic |
April |
20-24 |
FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Myanmar |
May |
4-15 |
Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP IV), Bratislava, Slovak Republic |
18-20 |
Second ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland | |
25-28 |
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) mid-term review meeting to discuss external review document, Brazil | |
25-29 |
FAO Regional Conference for Europe, Tallinn, Estonia | |
June |
1-5 |
FAO Committee on World Food Security, Rome, Italy |
(date to be defined) |
Fifth Extraordinary Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | |
9-13 |
FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Bahamas (date to be defined) | |
(date to be defined) |
International Grains Council completion of the review of the Food Aid Convention, London, UK | |
September |
(date to be defined) |
Sixth Extraordinary Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
October |
26-30 |
CGIAR meeting and International Centres Week, Washington DC, USA |