Jeff Vincent (center) is working with the PTEC members to develop a strategic plan for PTEC that can build on the work emerging out of the three pilots for ecosystem accounting.

WAVES – Policy and Technical Expert Committee
Second Annual Meeting
November 6-8, 2013, Washington DC

 

Day 1: Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Introduction, Updates and Work plan for Policy Applications

Moderator: Steve Bass

  8:30

Breakfast
  9:00 - 9:35

Updates

Welcome and Meeting Objectives
Pushpam Kumar

Update of WAVES
Glenn-Marie Lange

Discussion on Relation between PTEC and WAVES
Urvashi Narain

  10:00 - 10:30

PTEC Workplan

Overview of Methodology Workplan for FY 2014
Sofia Ahlroth

 10:30 - 10:45

Coffee

 10:45 - 11:30

Developing Guidelines for Ecosystem Accounting
Presentation on three pilots
Urvashi Narain, Lars Hein and Rosimeiry Portela
 11:30 - 12:30

Panel Discussion on Implications for designing Pilots 
Michael Vardon, David Simpson

  12:30 - 2:00

Lunch

  Moderator: Bram Edens
  2:00 - 2:30

Policy Applications

Overview of Workplan and training and capacity building plans
Juan Castaneda

  2:30 - 3:15

What is role of PTEC in WAVES in training and capacity building efforts?
Discussion led by Michael Vardon
  3:15 - 3:30

Coffee Break
  3:30 - 3:45

Policy Use of Accounts
Presentation on survey on policy uses and strategy for compiling evidence on policy issues 
Rob Smith
 3:45 - 5:00

Panel Discussion on Policy application and how to gather information on policy uses
Steve Bass, Michele Pittini, Haripriya Gundimeda

 

Day 2: Thursday, November 7, 2013
Strategic Plan for Methodology Development and Collaboration with Related Initiatives

  8:30 - 9:00

Breakfast

  Moderator: Kirk Hamilton

  9:00 - 9:30

Strategic plan for Methodology Development
Jeffrey Vincent
  9:30 - 10:00

Reflections from the Panel
Ed Barbier, Jim Boyd and Paul van Gardingen

 10:00 - 10:30

Discussion
 10:30 - 10:45

Coffee
 10:45 - 12:00

Continued discussion of the strategic plan, how PTEC members would like to be involved and the relationship to WAVES
  12:00 - 1:30

Brown Bag Lunch (bring your own)

Presentation of policy uses in Guatemala
Ottoniel Monterroso via VC

  Moderator: Paul van Gardingen

Collaboration with others

  1:30 - 2:00

Overview of Plans
Jeffrey Vincent
  2:00 - 3:15

Discussion on working with research networks
Introduction: Francisco Alpiza, Priya Shyamsundar
  3:15 - 3:30

Coffee Break
  3:30 - 4:30

Proposal for SESYNC - Discussion on proposal and how we can work with Research Initiatives
Paulo Nunes
  4:30 - 5:00

PTEC Participation in World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economists
Paulo Nunes

Discussion of other important upcoming events

 

Day 3: Friday, November 8, 2013
Establishing a Community of Practice and Wrap-up

  8:30 - 9:00

Breakfast

  Moderator: Priya Shyamsundar

  9:00 - 9:30

Development of Community of Practice
Steve Bass
  9:30 - 10:00

Tools for establishing an Effective Community of Practice
Veronique Kabongo

 10:00 - 10:30

Discussion
 10:30 - 10:45

Coffee
 10:45 - 11:45

Continued discussion 
  11:45 - 12:15

Summary of Outcomes and Next Steps
Glenn-Marie Lange, Urvashi Narain
  12:15 - 12:30

Wrap-up and thank you
Glenn-Marie Lange, Pushpam Kumar

  12:30

Lunch