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VII WORLD BAMBOO CONGRESS - February 28 - March 4, 2004 - New Delhi, India
Dear Bamboo Friends,
Please see the attached Announcement the World Bamboo Organization and the VII World Bamboo Congress event. Please do your best to help me with the much needed promotion. I ask you to please submit this attachment to your bamboo society newsletter editors, and post on any appropriate website for further circulation. Thank you very much for your continued support, Susanne Susanne Lucas Co-Chair World Bamboo Organization P.O. Box 124 Newton, MA 02456 USA lucasatworldbamboodotorg 508-224-7982 www.worldbamboo.org -- November 15, 2003 The World Bamboo Organization Announces: VII WORLD BAMBOO CONGRESS February 28 - March 4, 2004 New Delhi, India Bamboo for Development: Prosperity for People and the Environment BACKGROUND The importance of bamboo to the world economy and its peoples is enormous. Over 2.5 bn people live in association with bamboo and the annual usage world-wide is equivalent to US $2.7 bn. Global and national trade in bamboo and bamboo products is worth over $4.5 bn.. The potential of bamboo to help fuel rural, economic and industrial development has been bolstered by the triennial International Bamboo Workshops and Congresses. These events have contributed substantially to the development of the bamboo sector throughout the world and have raised the profile of bamboo amongst peoples, governments and institutions. These events have also encouraged global interaction through improved networking and sharing of ideas. In countries with substantial natural bamboo resources and a large percentage of the population living in poverty, bamboo can make a significant difference to poverty alleviation and rural economic growth. Mexico is one such country. With one of the largest bamboo resources in the world in terms of species and coverage, and 35% of the population living below the poverty line, bamboo offers enormous potential to help pull the poor out of poverty. The Congress is being organised by the World Bamboo Organization (WBO), the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), and the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts ? Government of India, and will be held at the Ashoka Hotel and Convention Center, New Delhi. The Congress is expected to be the largest and most focussed gathering of bamboo practitioners in history, and rural, economic and industrial foci will be to the fore. An estimated 600 delegates from about 40 countries are expected to attend. The VII World Bamboo Congress is timed to coincide with International Handicrafts and Bamboo Expo concurrently taking place in New Delhi. For any professional, businessman or policy maker, it will be an ideal opportunity that will contribute to their future plans positively. THE VII WORLD BAMBOO CONGRESS The name World Bamboo Congress incorporates both the International Bamboo Association (IBA) and the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) events. The IBA event was the International Bamboo Congress (IBC), and the INBAR event was the International Bamboo Workshop (IBW). While the IBW started as a small workshop in 1980 organized by IDRC (International Development Research Centre, Canada), it soon expanded into a major global forum on bamboo. The IBC was sponsored and organized by a cooperation of bamboo peoples. The first IBC was held in 1985. From 1995 onwards, both events were jointly held together under the banner, International Bamboo Workshop and Congress. The 1998 event in Costa Rica was attended by nearly 550 people from 47 countries. The VII World Bamboo Congress is sponsored and organized by a cooperation of bamboo peoples, and the name of this event incorporates both the International Bamboo Association (IBA) and the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) events. It is supported by registrations, and sponsorship by the Government of India, INBAR, and other international and Indian agencies. WORLD BAMBOO ORGANIZATION Originally founded as the International Bamboo Association, the idea for an international coordinating point for bamboo practitioners was born out of discussions at the 1991 International Bamboo Workshop in Chiangmai, Thailand, and was henceforth, formally established at the 1992 International Bamboo Congress in Japan. Since then, the IBA has helped to provide a coordinating platform for bamboo peoples around the world, operating mainly through the bamboo societies existing in different countries, with its primary responsibility being the international bamboo congress & international bamboo workshop. A union of these two distinct gatherings is today called the World Bamboo Congress, and led by the re-birth of the IBA into the World Bamboo Organization. THE CONGRESS PROGRAM The VII World Bamboo Congress is intended to focus attention on the role of bamboo in rural, economic and industrial, and environmental development. The congress is divided into the following workshop categories: * Products * Resources * Community development * Economic development * Construction * Design * Horticulture * Housing * Standards * Financing * Information * Environment * Policy * Management The above-mentioned workshops can be grouped into two principal types, discussion & problem solving workshops and training & demonstration workshops. The decision on the final structure and composition of the workshop in question will rest with the designated Chair of that session, and it is possible that some discussion workshops will also have a demonstration component and/or poster. There will also be a full program of sponsored workshops depending on requests received. The discussion and problem solving workshops will offer considerable problem-solving opportunities and will be under the direct control of the chairpersons who can both request and/or select speakers and poster presentations from among the contributions received, based upon clearly defined goals for each session workshop. Each of these workshops should result in the development of specific recommendations and conclusions, and a concrete plan of action for achieving agreed upon goals. These outputs are the responsibility of the chair, the co-chair and rapporteur, who will also follow through with the constitution of Working Groups on the subjects. The training activities and demonstrations workshops will demonstrate technologies and machinery useful to prospective entrepreneurs and development agents. This approach is much needed to take bamboo into the industrial domain. Unlike industrial development elsewhere, bamboo industrial development has been shown to involve and benefit the community significantly. Similarly, workshops on housing construction technology, tools, jigs and fixtures, and woven board products will contribute in a direct manner to the needs of those keen to add to their skills. These are intended as tasters for all attendees, but especially businesspersons, government and NGO representatives and community representatives to gain a practical understanding of the techniques and to assist them in deciding whether to adopt them. SPONSORED WORKSHOPS The final track of workshops is a sponsored set. Details can be found at the official congress website: www.worldbamboocongress.org. REGISTRATION FOR FULL DETAILS, GO TO OFFICIAL CONGRESS WEBSITE: WWW.WORLDBAMBOOCONGRESS.ORG TRAVEL IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FROM THE UNITED STATES AND WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE TRAVEL THROUGH THE WBO, PLEASE CONTACT: DOLORES HOLLAND - TOUR ORGANIZER : DOLORESBO3atAOLdotCOM -- João Paulo Freire Paglione [FBB] Fundação BambuBrasil [BBF] Bamboo Brazil Foundation www.bambubrasil.org Fone: 1-561-243-8814 eFax: 1-501-639-2695 Fone/Fax: 1-561-276-7327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FundacaoBambuBrasil/ http://www.geocities.com/bamboobrazilfoundation |
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