Concluding Science-Policy Dialogue Meetings

Entitled "Sustainable Development Challenges in the Context of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Results of an EU-sponsored Research Project on Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique"

1. Gaborone, Botswana, 12 March 2001
2. Windhoek, Namibia, 14 March 2001
3. Maputo, Mozambique, 19 March 2001

Presentation, discussion, and dissemination of research results.

Concluding Model Transfer and Training Sessions

1. Gaborone, Botswana, 12 March 2001
2. Windhoek, Namibia, 15 March 2001
3. Maputo, Mozambique, 20-21 March 2001

Presentation, dissemination, and transfer of the models.

Final Mozambique Model Construction Meeting

IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, October 2000

Final adjustments to the Mozambique models were made based on the reactions from our Mozambican collaborators. Further, scenarios for population, education, labor force, economy, and water were elaborated.

Workshops in Maputo

Maputo, Mozambique, 19 April - 3 May, 1999

The Mozambique team worked on the Mozambican models and discussed them with policy makers.

Science Policy Workshop on Evaluating Alternative Paths for Sustainable Development in Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana, 12 January 1999

Presentations of preliminary demographic and water findings and discussion of the design of the economic model.

Training Course on Systems - Modeling of Population - Development - Environment Interactions

Pretoria, South Africa, hosted by the University of Pretoria
4-15 January 1999

Participants from Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa learned how to use the existing preliminary models for policy analysis and how to develop models themselves. For more information click here...

Mozambique Initial Meeting

IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, August 1998

We discussed the scope, decided on our research goals and planned the timetable for achieving these goals.

Workshop on Modeling Population-Development-Environment Interactions in Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique

IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, 22-24 July 1998

Detailed presentations on population, development, and environment interactions were given. We discussed initial attempts at demographic and water models and received feedback from an international group of researchers and policy makers. This was particularly important meeting because it gave new directions to our demographic modeling.

Presentation of Preliminary Results

1. Botswana, August 1997
2. Namibia, August 1997

We presented preliminary demographic results and conferred with policy makers about their desired goals for the research project.

Workshop on Modeling Population-Development-Environment Interactions in Botswana and Namibia

IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, July 1997

Country representatives presented background information on population, development, and environment interactions in their countries. There was initial discussion of the scope of the research project, design of the models, and the timetable for achieving our research goals.