Annex 4

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Marine Protected Areas and Sustainable Human Development in the Eastern Region of Libya Environmental General Authority of Libya (EGA) & WWF Mediterranean Programme Office Meeting venue: Al Kebir Hotel Fatah St., Tripoli, Libya 27 September 2005 AGENDA AND TIMETABLE 9:00 Opening of the Conference (Libyan National Authority) 09:15 Introduction (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office) 09:30 Libya in the Mediterranean context (EGA) 10:00 Findings of the rapid marine and coastal biodiversity assessment of the Eastern Region of Libya (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office) 11:00 coffee break 11:15 Proposal for the establishment of a network of MPAs and the definition and implementation of an Integrated Coastal Management Plan in the Eastern Region of Libya (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office) 12:00 Marine Protected Areas: potentials and challenges (UNEP-MAP SPA /RAC) 13:00 lunch 14:30 Integrated Coastal Area Management: a holistic approach for sustainable development and natural resource conservation of the coast (UNEP-MAP PAP/RAC) 15:30 Sustainable Human Development plans in the Eastern Region of Libya (UNDP/UNOPS) 16:15

METAP (The World Bank/METAP)

16:30 coffee break

16:45 Information and communication in support of conservation (UNEP-MAP RAC/INFO) 18:00

Side event on Sustainable Tourism (AmbienteItalia) Projection of two documentaries on tourism development in the Mediterranean basin: “Concrete coasts” and “Pockets of Paradise” (WWF Mediterranean Programme Office in collaboration with BBC World)