Workshop Details
- Date: Saturday December 3, 2016 (10am – 5pm) and Sunday December 4, 2016 (9am – 1pm)
- Location: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Objectives
Following on from the First Plenary Meeting of INMS, held in April 2015 (INMS-1, Lisbon), which focused on introducing the different partners and stakeholders, the focus of the Second Plenary Meeting (INMS-2, Melbourne) is on building the teams needed to start the work of INMS. It includes the launch of the ‘Towards INMS’ project funded with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Environment Programme (formerly UNEP, now ‘UN Environment’) and all the other project partners.
Day 1 focuses on developing the INMS process and work plan (Components 1-3). Day 2 focuses on communications, dissemination and stakeholder engagement (Component 4), including establishing the Towards INMS Stakeholder and Policy Advisory Group (SPAG), followed by the Project Partners Assembly (PPA) which governs the Towards INMS project.
Saturday 3 December 2016
10:00 – 10:30am | Welcome Address Associate Professor Gregory Harper, DEDJTRUpdate on the INMS process and the Towards INMS Project Mark Sutton |
10:30 – 11:30am | Multi-lateral agreements and the nitrogen policy arena |
11:30 – 12:30pm | Baseline activities
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12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch |
1:30pm – 2.40pm | Tools for understanding and managing the global nitrogen cycle (Towards INMS Component 1)
Discussion in Breakout Groups by Component 1 Activity
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2:40 – 3:00pm | Quantification of N flows threats and benefits (Towards INMS Component 2)
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3:00pm – 3:30pm | Tea & Coffee |
3:30 – 4:20pm | Discussion in Breakout Groups by Component 2 Activity
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4:40 – 6:00pm | Regional Demonstration of full nitrogen approach
Discussion in Breakout Groups by Component 3 Activity
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Sunday 4 December 2016
9:00 – 10:00am | Awareness Raising and Knowledge Sharing
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10:00 – 11:00am | Establishing the Towards INMS Stakeholder and Policy Advisory Group (SPAG) Engaging with Governments, Business and Civil Society
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11:00 – 11:30am | Tea & Coffee |
11:30 – 1:00pm |
Towards INMS 1st Project Partners Assembly Outline of project structures and approach, Clare Howard
Internal Communications management, including Component and Activity Leadership
Discussion on component and activities budget and co-financing
Summary of calendar for 2017 and next steps Close of INMS-2 meeting |