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2003 Conferences, seminars & workshops

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
18 - 19 Jan Big Table 111 UNECA
23 Jan The International Experience on Port Reform Seminar DPE
23 Jan Workshop on child labour   Dept of Labour
23 – 28 Jan World Economic Forum WEF

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February

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
3 – 4 Feb First Extraordinary Summit of the African Union AU
3 – 7 Feb Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum 22nd Session UNEP
17 – 19 Feb NEPAD Workshop on Science & Technology DST & NEPAD
17 – 21 Feb 6th International TAMA Conference DAC
18 – 19 Feb Western Cape Anti-gang Strategy Workshop W Cape Prov Govt
18 – 20 Feb The African Investment Forum CBC
19 – 21 Feb Workshop on HIV/AIDS Social Development
20 – 21 Feb Franco–African Summit
- Speeches and statements 		French Dept of Foreign Affairs
20 – 25 Feb NAM XIII Summit NAM
24 – 26 Feb SA to host Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting on asbestos DEAT
28 Feb SA–Angola Joint Commission meeting DFA

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March

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
3 – 4 Mar SA and Czech Republic Joint Committee meeting dti
3 - 5 Mar 8th National Maritime Conference and Exhibition Dept of Transport
5 - 6 Mar ICT in Government Convention Forge Ahead BMI-T
10 - 11 Mar Management & Leadership Development for Women in the Public Sector and State Owned Enterprises IQPC
16 - 23 Mar 3rd World Water Forum WWC
24 - 26 Mar Public Health 2003 HST & PHASA
25 - 29 Mar 5th African Renaissance Festival, KwaZulu-Natal KZN Prov Govt

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April

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
2 Apr IDASA/UNDP/SADC regional governance & AIDS Forum IDASA, UNDP, SADC
7 - 10 Apr Africa Conference on Democracy, Elections & Governance
- Speeches and statements		 IEC
9 Apr Great Lakes Heads of State meeting DFA
11 Apr TRC Civil Society Consultative Workshop TRC
28 Apr - 9 May Commission on Sustainable Development, 11th Session UN
30 Apr Mining Industry HIV/AIDS Summit DME
30 Apr - 2 May Youth Sector Summit on Growth and Development NYC

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May

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
1 – 6 May Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference OSDP, SAFCD
5 – 24 May Congress of the World Meteorological Oganisation
- SA participation		 WMO
6 May National Indaba on Media Education in South Africa FPB
7 May SA-Brazil Joint Commission DFA
15 May African, Caribbean and Pacific Council of Ministers meeting ACP
15 – 16 May Western Cape Transport Summit W Cape Prov Govt
18 May Gauteng Summit on Police Killings Gauteng Safety & Liaison
18 – 23 May International Forum on Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health IDRC
19 – 20 May Western Cape Water Summit W Cape, Agric, Tourism & Gambling
19 – 28 May World Health Assembly WHO
20 May KwaZulu-Natal Transport Summit KZN Prov Govt
21 – 25 May AU meeting DFA
22 – 23 May Indaba on implementation of Access to Information SAHRC
22 – 23 May TICAD 111 Southern Africa Regional Meeting UNDP
24 – 30 May International Association of Ports and Harbours conference National Ports Authority
27 – 30 May Global Health Council’s Annual Conference 2003 Global Health Council
29 May - 1 Jun Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development UNECA

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June

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
1 – 3 Jun G8 Summit
- SA participation 		ILO
3 - 4 Jun SA/Cuba Consultative Mechanism meeting DFA
3 - 19 Jun International Labour Conference
- SA participation 		ILO
4 Jun Pres Mbeki to attend Ecowas meeting DFA
6 Jun DPLG/ILO Universitas Workshop DPLG
7 Jun Growth and Development Summit
- Summary of Agreement [PDF]		 NEDLAC
11 – 13 Jun World Economic Forum: Africa Economic Summit 2003
- Speeches and statements 		WEF
12 - 13 Jun The future of multilingualism in South Africa: from policy to practice DAC
17 Jun Seminar on NEPAD & Afro-Asian co-operation DFA
30 Jun - 1 Jul Meeting of African Parliaments on the Pan-African Parliament Parliament

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July

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
3 – 4 Jul SA-India Joint Ministerial Commission DFA
4 - 12 Jul AU Summit AU
7 - 11 Jul International Association of School Librarianship Conference   KZN Education & Culture
12 - 18 Jul Acid Mine Drainage : Sixth International Conference DWAF
13 - 17 Jul XIth International Symposium on Victimology World Society of Victimology
14 - 15 Jul SA-Egypt Joint Bilateral Commission DFA
15 - 16 Jul International Convergence Colloquium Dept of Communications
16 - 18 Jul Judges' symposium Dept of Justice & Constitutional Development
21 - 22 Jul SA-Iran Joint Bilateral Commission DFA
26 Jul Min Dlamini Zuma to attend International Union of Socialist Youth DFA
28 - 29 Jul National Waste Management Workshop DEAT
28 Jul - 1 Aug I3 Executive Dialogue for East Africa I3ED
29 - 30 Jul Asian-African Sub-Regional Organisations Conference DFA
30 Jul Meeting on & launch of National Forum Against Racism Dept of Justice & Constitutional Development
30 Jul - 5 Aug Cluster briefings on Cabinet Lekgotla GCIS

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August

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
1 Aug SA-Namibia Economic Bilateral meeting DFA
3 - 6 Aug South African AIDS Conference 2003 SAMA
3 - 8 Aug 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health WHO
5 - 7 Aug PetroSA BEE Conference PetroSA
13 - 16 Aug Smart Partnership Dialogue DFA
14 - 15 Aug South African Women Entrepreneur Network Conference E Cape Prov Govt
16 Aug SADC Review Committee DFA
16 - 22 Aug International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference Dept of Agriculture
18 - 19 Aug Public hearings on environmental legislation DEAT
19 Aug Colloquium on Teacher Education Deptt of Education
19 - 21 Aug Working for Water - Inaugural Research Symposium
- Speech by Min Kasrils		 DWAF
19 - 26 Aug SADC Heads of State and Government Summit
- Final Communiquι		 DFA
24 - 27 Aug African Telecommunications Union Conference Deptt of Communications
25 - 26 Aug International Healthcare Waste Conference
- Speeches and statements 		Dept of Health
25 Aug -
5 Sept		 United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification UN
26 Aug Women and Money Conference North West Prov Govt
26 - 27 Aug Conversations among Women Conference GCIS
27 Aug SA-Mozambique Economic Bilateral Meeting DFA
27 - 29 Aug International Investor Conference Trade & Investment Limpopo
28 - 29 Aug SA-Japan Partnership Forum DFA

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September

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
1 – 5 Sept 53rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa
- Speech by Min Tshabalala-Msimang		 WHO
7 - 11 Sept Inter-provincial Traffic Policing Conference Dept of Transport
8 - 17 Sept World Parks Congress
- Related statements 		SANPARKS
10 - 14 Sept 5th WTO Ministerial Conference
- Related statements 		WTO
11 Sept National Broadcast Content and Languages Summit W Cape Prov Gov
15 Sept Regional Heads of State Summit on Burundi DFA
15 - 17 Sept 2nd Annual Senior Management Service Conference DPSA
16 Sept ICT Empowerment Charter Indaba
- Related statements 		Dept of Communications
18 Sept Workshop on Mpumalanga Crime Prevention Strategy Mpumalanga Prov Govt
21 - 26 Sept 13th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa Kenyan Govt & AIDS Society in Africa
22 Sept Council of Education Ministers' meeting Dept of Education
22 - 24 Sept 58th United Nations General Assembly UN
23 Sept Eastern Cape Workshop for Suppliers E Cape Prov Govt
25 - 26 Sept Local Agenda 21 Summit
- Programme		 DEAT & USAID
26 Sept Maritime Transport BEE Indaba
- Programme		 Dept of Transport
26 - 27 Sept Black Business Working Group Annual Indaba The Presidency & GCIS
27 Sept Nedlac Annual Summit
- Related statements 		NEDLAC
29 Sept - 1 Oct Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD III)
- Related statements 		DFA
29 Sept - 1 Oct Batho Pele Learning Network Conference Mpumalanga Prov Govt
29 Sept - 3 Oct High Level Forum on Labour & Employment Dept of Labour
29 Sept - 3 Oct Conference on eradication of tsetse flies Dept of Agriculture
30 Sept Tourism Investment Strategy Conference DEAT

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October

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
1 – 3 Oct Conference on Older Persons Ministry of Social Development
1 - 3 Oct The Renaissance in African Disability NCPPDSA, Dept of Health
3 - 4 Oct Mpumalanga Public Service Conference Mpumalanga Prov Govt
6 - 7 Oct Gauteng's AIDS Summit Gauteng Prov Govt
6 - 8 Oct International Conference on Safety in Mines Research Institutes
- Related statement		 DME
7 Oct SADC workshop on Square Kilometre Array telescope DST & SADC
7 - 10 Oct Commonwealth public administration meeting (CAPAM)
- Related statement		 CAPAM
8 Oct Gauteng Provincial Health Review Conference Gauteng Prov Govt
9 - 10 Oct Disaster Management Conference DMISA
9 - 10 Oct Utilisation of Research Findings Conference NACI
9 - 10 Oct Gauteng Conference on the Aged Gauteng Prov Govt
9 - 15 Oct 32nd UNESCO General Assembly
- Related statement		 UNESCO
12 - 14 Oct Construction Industry Development Conference Construction Industry Development Board
12 - 15 Oct Health Informatics in Africa Conference (HELINA) International Medical Informatics Association
13 - 15 Oct FET Convention Dept of Education
13 - 16 Oct SA-Algeria Co-operation Agreement Meeting Ministry of Social Development
13 - 17 Oct Joint Population Conference
- Related statements 		North West Prov Govt & DEMSA
14 - 15 Oct Eastern Cape Healthcare Service Delivery Conference: Role of HealthCare Engineering SA Federation of Hospital Engineering SBS Conferences
14 - 16 Oct National Skills Development Conference
- Related statements 		Dept of Labour
15 Oct Mpumalanga Women Indaba Mpumalanga Prov Govt
15 - 16 Oct International Tourism Safety Conference   Western Cape Prov Govt
15 - 17 Oct Global Meeting on Sustainable Measles Mortality Reduction WHO
17 - 24 Oct World Tourism Organisation General Assembly meeting
- Related statements		 WTO
19 - 25 Oct World Road Congress
- Related statements 		National Roads Agency
20 - 21 Oct SA-Qatar Bilateral Discussions DFA
20 - 22 Oct Nordic-Africa Informal Consultation Nordic-Africa Consultation
20 - 23 Oct IFCW WorldForum 2003 IFCW
20 - 25 Oct International Archives Conference DAC
21 Oct African Mining Partnership meeting NEPAD
25 - 28 Oct South African Heart Congress SA Heart Association
26 - 28 Oct International Conference on African Indigenous Approaches to Poverty Alleviation Micro Enterprise Alliance
27 - 29 Oct XXII Congress of the Socialist International Socialist International
28 Oct Music Industry Task Team Workshop DAC
29 Oct SA-Benin Bilateral Discussions DFA
29 - 30 Oct Seminar of Regional Economic Communities CEO on NEPAD NEPAD
29 - 31 Oct South African Joint Air Defence Symposium SANDF & Armscor
30 Oct Mpumalanga Farms Indaba Mpumalanga Prov Govt

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November

Date Conference, seminar, workshop Organisation
3 – 4 Nov SA-Mozambique Joint Permanent Commission for Co-operation DFA
3 - 4 Nov National Workshop: Pursuit of excellence in built environment of human settlements Dept of Housing
3 - 7 Nov African Ministerial Conference on Science & Technology for Development DST
4 - 12 Nov SA-Russia Inter-governmental Committee on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Meeting DME
6 Nov Women's Consultative Housing Workshop Dept of Housing
6 - 8 Nov Small Claims Courts Conference Dept of Justice & Constitutional Development
10 - 12 Nov International Expert Group Seminar on Population Census Data Dissemination, Use and Advocacy
- Related statement		 Statistics SA
10 - 17 Nov CIPRO Intellectual Property Seminar
- Related statement		 CIPRO
11 - 13 Nov Military Information and Communications Symposium of South Africa SANDF & Armscor
12 - 13 Nov 1st Biennial Search and Rescue Conference Dept of Transport
14 Nov Western Cape Community Interpreting Conference WCape Prov Govt
14 - 15 Nov Western Cape Growth and Development Summit WCape Prov Govt
14 - 15 Nov Eastern Cape People's Contract Convention E Cape Prov Govt
16 Nov Burundi Summit The Presidency
19 - 20 Nov National Housing Summit
- Related statements 		Dept of Housing
24 - 26 Nov World Wind Energy Conference
- Related statement		 World Wind Energy Asso. & African Wind Energy Asso
25 - 26 Nov North West Child Law Conference North West Prov Govt
25 - 26 Nov