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NGO PREPARATIONS:
A Non-Governmental Liaison Committee has
been established by the Barbados National Planning Committee.
Chaired by the Caribbean Conservation Association, the Committee
plans a number of activities in the period before the Conference.
The NGOs hope to maintain close contact in a network after the
PrepCom, hold national NGO meetings, hold regional meetings that
will focus on regional positions as well as training NGOs on
lobbying and techniques, and hold a meeting of the regional focal
points before Barbados. In Barbados, they will convene the NGO
Forum three or four days before the Global Conference itself and
then run concurrently with it. The pre-conference session will
focus on how to influence the process, while the remainder will
concentrate more on workshops and substantive presentations. NGOs
are also invited to consider plans and mechanisms for NGO
follow-up. For more information, contact Nicholas Drayton,
Caribbean Conservation Association, Savannah Lodge, The Garrison,
St. Michael, Barbados, W.I.; phone: 809/426-9635; fax:
809/429-8483.