May 26-27, 2003 - Policing Review Mission - Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT) & Raimundo Marques (FPAMG)

June 25 – July 14, 2003 - Community Assessment Mission for co-management - Dr. Jutta Gutberlet (UVic)

August 2003 - Merle Faminow (IDRC) project visit: UFSCar, SEMEIA, IARA & fishing organizations in Três Marias & Santarém, accompanied by Raimundo Marques (FPAMG)

September 10 – 11, 2003 - WCVIAMB meeting - Brian Harvey & Carmen Ross (WFT)

October 23 – 30, 2003 - Policing/Community Development Technical Visit to Canada: LGL Environmental Associates, BC Fisheries, Archipelago Marine Services, FOC, WCVIAMB, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fraser River fisheries patrol, Fisheries and Oceans Canada Victoria fisheries enforcement, Nanaimo RCMP & Calgary Policing Service

October 27, 2003 - Dispute Resolution Presentation & Workshop in Victoria

December 2003 – Project planning meeting in Três Marias

February 2004 - IARA community census

February 2004 – UFSCar intensive community survey (included filming)

May 12 - 28, 2003 - Gerald Kurten (TFG) technical visit: Santo Andre fee-fishing workshop, CEPTA - Pirassununga (IBAMA), Belo Horizonte (CEMIG & PUC)

May 20th, 2003 - Roundtable Session “Freshwater Aquaculture and the Environment: What's Next?” at World Aquaculture Conference in Salvador , Brazil

May 22 – June 5, 2003 - Aquaculture Technical Tour - Brian Harvey (WFT)

September 18 – 19, 2003 - Community Assessment Mission for alternative livelihoods - Erika de Castro (UBC) accompanied by Inês Mancuso (UFSCar), Barbara Johnsen (CAP) & Raimundo Marques (FPAMG)

October 18 – 19, 2003 - Conference “I Conferência Estadual de Aqüicultura e Pesca” in Três Marias – SEAP

October 23 – November 8, 2003 - Policing/Community Development Technical Visit to Canada: Native Friendship Centre in Victoria, CRD Environmental Services, Hartland Road Landfill, Goldstream Community Salmon, Eastside Community Centre, Carnegie Community Centre, Philippines Women's Centre, Fisherman's Wharf, Steveston Fisheries Museum & Westwind Sealabs Supplies

January 27 – 31, 2003 - Special Session "Fish Passage in Brazil " at SBI annual meeting in São Paulo , Brazil

February 1 – 5, 2003 - Technical Visit to the new Itaipu fish passage - Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT), Gerd Marmulla (FAO) & Uwe Schultz (UNISINOS)

February 6 – 8, 2003 - Technical Visit to Nupelia - Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT)

June 7 – 15, 2003 - “12th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species” in Windsor , Ontario - Marcia Divina Oliveira (EMBRAPA) & Eva Klassen (WFT)

August 7 – 8, 2003 - “1st Conference of the Cities of the Três Marias Reservoir Region” - Três Marias city hall & COMLAGO; keynote lecture by Fred Mauffat (USP-Scar)

August 18 – 21, 2003 - “5th National Meeting of Hydrographic Basin Committees” in Aracaju , SE - Silvia Freedman (PCBH-SF04) & Ceiça Maria Correia (PMTM)

September 11 – 12, 2003 - Multi-stakeholder meeting "Seminário Águas do Lago 2003" in Três Marias - Barbara Johnsen (CAP)

September 14 – 23, 2003 - Mussel Fouling Technical Visit - Renata Claudi (RNT Consulting)

September 17 – 18, 2003 - "ABRAGE 3rd Technical Meeting on the Golden Mussel” in Belo Horizonte - Maria Edith Rolla (CEMIG), Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT), Renata Claudi (RNT Consulting) & Inês Mancuso (UFSCar)

October 14 – 15, 2003 - “ABRAGE 4th Technical Meeting on the Golden Mussel” in Belo Horizonte - Maria Edith Rolla (CEMIG)

October 23 – November 8, 2003 - Policing/Community Development Technical Visit to Canada : Gordon Hartmann & Associates, Burnside-Gorge Community Association, Mike Miles and Associates, Quialicum Salmon Hatchery & Goldstream Hatchery

November 18 – 19, 2003 - Environmental input to "São Francisco Basin SF4 Sub-Committee" in São Gotardo, MG - Barbara Johnsen (CAP)

January 14 – 19, 2004 - Karl English (LGL Ltd.) Technical visit: Piracema Canal at the Itaipu Dam - training of UFMG, Nupelia & Itaipu researchers & Três Marias fishermen

March 11 – 15, 2004 - William Koski (LGL Ltd.) Technical visit: Laboratory of Biology of Fresh Water Fish Culture at UFSC

May 20 – 24, 2003 - First World Environmental Education conference in Espinho , Portugal - Inês Mancuso (UFSCar)

July 30 - Aug.1, 2003 - "Role and Point of Entry for the Third Sector in the Process of Construction and Development of Science, Technology, and Innovation” in São Paulo - Inês Mancuso (UFSCar)

August 2 – 4, 2003 - Fish Decree Review Meeting at CAP in Três Marias

August 10 – 14, 2003 - "American Fisheries Society 133rd Annual General Meeting" in Quebec City - Carmen Ross (WFT)

September 13 – 16, 2003 - Training Workshop on Participatory Facilitation at SEMEIA in Três Marias - Margarita Ramos

May 22 – June 5, 2003 - Community Consultations on Awareness Needs - Brian Harvey (WFT)

July 31 – August 11, 2003 - Radio Programming Training Session at the 4th Community Reporters Workshop in Santarém - Ceiça Maria Correia (FPAMG) & Zanco Melo (Pirapora fishing colony)

October 23 – November 8, 2003 - Policing/Community Development Technical Visit to Canada : Vancouver Public Aquarium, Seaquaria in Schools and SeaChange Society and FOC educational programs

September 18 – 19, 2003 - Community Assessment Mission - Erika de Castro (UBC) & Inês Mancuso (UFSCar)

September 26 – 28, 2003 - “Municipal Conference of the Youth of Santo André” - Dulcineia Mônica de Jesus (PMTM), Adriana Aragão (PMTM) & Milton Odair da Cruz (TM fisherman/guide)

November 3, 2003 - Policing/Community Development Technical Visit to Canada : gender equality discussion - Erika de Castro & Penny Gernstein (UBC)

April 19-23, 2004 - Training workshop on community organization and leadership

May 22-23, 2004 - Preparatory meetings for 1st Regional Fisheries Forum: Ibiaí, Barra de Guaicuí, Pirapora & Três Marias

May 2, 2004 - Meeting with State's Environment Secretary (José Carvalho) & Head IEF

June 8 & 9, 2004 - Dispute resolution/conflict management workshop: Victoria , Canada - Alex Grzybowski ( UVic Dispute Resolution Center )

June 26-27, 2004 - 1st Regional Fisheries Forum in Três Marias

September 11-17, 2004 - UFSCar community meetings: Três Marias, Pontal do Abaeté, Ibiaí, Pirapora & Barra do Guaicuí (including viewing of UFSCar's documentary film)

October 29 & 30, 2004 - Training workshops on participatory planning and facilitation: Três Marias & Pirapora - Alison Macnaughton (WFT)

November 29 - Dec 1, 2004 - UNIDA workshop of the Integrated Unit of Environmental Defence: Santarém - Arley Ferreira (Polícia Militar MG)

March 30, 2005 - “New Directions, Alternatives and Solutions for the CAP” workshop: Três Marias

July 19 - 31, 2004 - Mosaic.net workshops: Ottawa , Canada - Thais Madeira (UFSCar)

July 7-9, 2004 - IPAM seminar: Santarém - Alison Macnaughton (WFT), Maria Costa, Pedro Melo and Norberto dos Santos

August 10-13, 2004 - GEPAM project final seminar: Santo Andre, SP - Alison Macnaughton (WFT), Thais Madeira (UFSCar), Barbara Johnsen (SEMEIA - Três Marias), Raimundo Marques (FPAMG), Adelson Dionísio Lopes (Colônia Z-5) and Daiana Taise da Silva (FPAMG)

September 20 - November 20, 2004 - Aquaculture internship - Bernardo Sardão (UFSC)

November 2-18, 2004 - Fish handling and processing technical visit to Brazil - Michael Shawyer

November 14 - December 1, 2004 - Community development and gender initiatives visit to Brazil - Erika de Castro (UBC)

February 21-26, 2005 - Partnership development meetings local municipalities: São Gonçalo do Abaeté, Três Marias, Varzea da Palma, Buritizeiro, Pirapora & Ibiaí

March 18 & 19, 2005 - Comissão Pastoral da Terra (CPT) meeting - Alison Macnaughton (WFT), Ana Thé (UFSCar), Raimundo Marques (FPAMG) and Ceica Correia (PMTM)

March 2004 - April 2005 - Internship in DNA technologies - Gabriel Yazbeck (UFMG)

May 6 - September 12, 2004 - Internship in radiotelemetry and fish passage design - Lisiane Hahn (NUPELIA)

July 28-30, 2004 - São Francisco River Hydrographic Basin Committee (CBHSF) meeting: Juazeiro, Bahia - Raimundo Marques (FPAMG) & Alison Macnaughton (WFT)

August 25-27, 2004 – 1st SEGAP conference: Rio de Janeiro - Joachim Carolsfeld & Alison Macnaughton (WFT)

January 26, 2005 - Fish radiotelemetry special session at SBI 26th Biannual Meeting: João Pessoa

February 2-4, 2005 - Stock Assessment Workshop: São Gonçalo de Abaeté

March 11, 2005 - Water quality analysis program meetings: Três Marias

March 18, 2005 – Presentation on water management at farmers meeting: São Gonçalo do Abaeté - Alison Macnaughton (WFT)

May 2-6, 2004 - World Fisheries Congress: Vancouver, Canada - Brian Harvey, Joachim Carolsfeld, Carmen Ross & Alex McCallum (WFT), Gabriel Yazbeck (UFMG) & Lisiane Hahn (UEM)

August 9-13, 2004 - Tenth Biennial Conference of IASCP: Oaxaca , México - Ana Thé (UFSCar), Jutta Gutberlet (Uvic) & Chris Seixas

May 17-21, 2004 - Community Reporters training workshop: Três Marias

September 16-18, 2004 - 2nd World Environmental Education Congress: Rio de Janeiro - Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT) & Barbara Johnsen (PMTM)

February 28 - Mar 12, 2005 - Environmental education technical visit - Cathy Carolsfeld

July 19-31, 2004 – Gender and community meetings: Erika de Castro, Nora Angeles (Women's Studies and Gender Relations, UBC), Native Friendship Centre & Metis Community Services - Thais Madeira (UFSCar)

November 25 & 26, 2004 - 1st State Conference of Women in Fisheries and Aquaculture: Ibirité, MG - Alison Macnaughton (WFT), Barbara Johnsen (PMTM) & Thais Madeira (UFSCar)

January 12, 2005 - Youth initiatives meeting: Susan Kurbis (Environmental Youth Alliance)

May 19 – 22 , 2005 - Radio reporters training workshop (with IDRC project)

May 23 – June 16, 2005 - Technical visit by Canadian community policing team

June 6, 2005- Policing seminar to assist development of community policing training program: Belo Horizonte

July 14, 2005 – 2 nd workshop for planning future of Fisherman's assistance centre (CAP)

August 9 – September 2 , 2005 - Co-management training workshop for institutional partners

August 23 & September 11, 2005 - 2 nd workshop for leadership and communication (with IDRC project)

September 2005- Multi-stakeholder meeting on fish mortality and human impacts on aquatic environment: Três Marias

November 23 – 25, 2005 - GT Pesca (Fisheries Working Group) inception workshop: Pirapora - Ana Thé & Maria Inês Mancuso (UFSCar)

November 26, 2005 - Final participatory evaluation meeting of the Rumo project: Pirapora - Alison Macnaughton & Joachim Carolsfeld (WFT)

February 2006 - Final Rumo project report - Ana Thé

March 20, 2006 - First GT Pesca General Assembly: Pirapora - Ana Thé

April 5 – 8, 2005 – Participation in a state tourism development fair

April 13 & 26, May 11- Meeting of local tourism development working group: Três Marias

June - July 2005 - Community economic development & gender equality workshops

June 22 - 25, 2005 - A technical exchange visit with Santo André and surrounding communities

July 11 – 14, 2005 - Paticiaption in the Andrequicé Manuelzão Festival

July 12, 2005 - Public presentation of Santo André community exchange trip: Três Marias

July 15, 2005 - Workshop on facilitating community bio-regional mapping: Três Marias

September - December 2005 - Course modules on co-operatives, leather tanning and craft production (SEBRAE-TM)

December 2005 – Training courses for value-added fish products, including special training module on environmental and health concerns - Stephen Price

January 2006 - Regional CED management group formed

April 25 - May 12, 2005 - Technical visit on the topic of invasive mussel species

May 11, June 28, July 18, 2005 - Participation in local basin committee meetings: Montes Claros , Três Marias and Pirapora

June, 2005 - Technical visit to communities to discuss stock assessment options

June 4 - July 15, 2005 - Technical visit to Canada (CEMIG, IBAMA, UFMG) to discuss hydroelectric dam impacts

September 17 & October 10, 2005 - Presentations on fish as bio-indicators at multi-stakeholder forum and PUC-Minas University

September 29 & 30 , 2005 - Workshop to develop community monitoring program

September – October, 2005 – Technical visit on fish health status - Jeremy Hackett

October, 2005 - Technical visit on fish pathology - Vince Palace (FOC) and Lisa Peters (Canadian Rivers Institute)

November 18, 2005, December 15 & January 31, 2006 - Meetings of Rede Cooperação Monitoramento

February 22 - March 7, 2006 - Technical mission to Canada on water management - Silvia Freedman Ruas Duraes (SF4/COMLAGO) and Roberto da Silva (Environment Secretary, Três Marias)

July 15 – 19, 2005 - Conservation Biology Conference: Brasilia

May 5 – 7, 2005 - Gender strategy conference: Goiania

February 9 & 10, 2006 - Minas Gerais State Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference: Ibirité, MG

October 4, 2005 - Dia do São Francisco event: Pirapora

June 29 & July 17, 2005 - Gender and Masculinity exploratory workshops

September 25, 2005 - Technical visit by Canadian experts in youth initiatives - Susan Kurbis (EYA)

September/October - Two-week youth assessment, visioning, and capacity building exercise with EYA

September 27 - October 7, 2006 - Technical visit on youth, including a series of youth-led needs identification workshops - Susan Kurbis (EYA)

October 2005 - Technical visit on gender, community development and youth - Erika de Castro

November 2005 - Youth Engagement Strategy - Susan Kurbis (EYA)

March 8, 2006 - International Women's Day celebration: Pirapora - Ana Thé

Exchanges/workshops for sharing experiences with other groups and workshop for final analysis (sharing experiences within Brazil)

Workshops for history and administration of Colonias (including training in facilitation)

GT Pesca meetings and other activities to promote co-management

Brazilian co-management consultant A. Thé: continued support for development of GT Pesca and other activities towards co-management

Establishment and implementation of review and participatory monitoring of GT Pesca and other processes towards co-management (A. Thé)

Workshop and creation of interdisciplinary group to analyze and make recommendations

Canadian consultant for CED, support in development of local strategies (J. Wojciechowski)

Final analysis seminar and participatory evaluation

CED workshops: Talent Fairs (Elena- Santo Andre)

Canadian consultant to administer training in CED (communities and municipalities) and test strategies: value added products and local markets (J. Wojciechowski)

Brazilian consultant to support pilot CED groups and regional coordination team (J. Andrade)

Canadian consultant to support pilot CED groups and regional coordination team (J. Wojciechowski)

Analysis and participatory evaluation of program, definition of strategy

Canadian sociologist to assist in the coordination of project in Brazil and Canada and development and implementation of CED strategy and participatory evaluation - (E. de Castro)

Technical visit to Brazil for meetings and seminars with partners (E. de Castro & E. Ward)

Support to creation of incubators (UFRJ and E. de Castro)

Participation in seminar: fish reproduction technology and exotic species (E. Donaldson)

Develop and implement proposal for value-added strategies (J. Wojciechowski, J. Andrade & T. Madeira)

Support municipal programs for creation of alternate income generation strategies (J. Wojciechowski, J. Andrade & T. Madeira)

Training courses for value added (filleting, de-boning) and partnerships with artisans SEBRAE and SEAP

Evaluation of the impact of training courses

Technical visit to Brazil and participation in conference session by Canadian DNA specialist Ben Koop

Follow-up meeting about technical visit with focus on impacts of dams (realized in June 05)

Forum about aquatic environment impact reduction, with participation of multiple stakeholders (municipal partnership)

Technical visit, participation in conference and workshop about the risks of stocking with hybrid species (Donaldson)

Juvenile tagging experiments, in partnership with IBAMA/CODEVASF project

Technical visit to Canada to examine water management practices, conservation, environmental education (IGAM, IEF, Pesca , VM, others)

Assistance on local revitalization project and strategy development for raising community environmental awareness (EYA Canadian intern)

Support for revitalization initiatives at Barreiro Grande Creek

Final workshop for water quality course (UFSCar) (pamphlet and follow-up proposals with partners)

Continued support for regional monitoring and cooperation network “Rede Cooperação”

Support for monitoring centre with multi-institutional management and conflict management initiatives

Assist in development of community-based environmental monitoring program (biologist and Canadian intern)

Fish mortality assessment and appraisal course; support for mortality monitoring (Geraldo Eysink)

Support to Barreiro Grande Creek Revitalization project, other initiatives for pollution and waste management

Brazilian intern in Canada for sewage treatment training (Emerson - SAAE Pirapora)

Ibero-American Environmental Education Conference

World Youth Forum (World Youth Jam), UN Habitat, World Urban Forum (Vancouver, BC)

Rural Sociology Conference, Ecuador

Develop teaching materials for support to curriculum development in Brazil and other forums for environmental education (C. Carolsfeld, B. Johnsen & J. Strauss)

Technical visits by Canadian teachers, specialists in environmental education (J. Strauss & C. Carolsfeld)

Analysis and evaluation workshop

Develop and implement training for partner agencies on participatory construction of 2 nd watershed model (Pirapora region) (J. Lasuik)

Replication of watershed models by youth

Development of community practices for reducing environmental impacts

Develop integrated environmental education strategy (including school programs, out of school and adult education) (B. Johnsen, with support from C. Carolsfeld & J. Strauss

Develop and implement participatory pilot-initiatives, documenting and disseminating fishing Colonias histories in communities

Contributions to Brazilian publications on sport fishing and brochure by IBAMA to raise awareness about fisheries

Contributions to Vancouver Aquarium website

New communications materials featuring Project

Technical visit promoting gender equity and seminars with municipal partners (E. Ward, E. de Castro & T. Madeira )

Brazilian consultant: Thais Madeira - including event to present results of research study about local women's needs to municipal partners and study participants (UFSCar students), photo or film projects, development of policies, and support to marketing strategies for CED groups

Analysis and evaluation seminar on women's needs

Youth forum with municipal partners to evaluate progress achieved, identify needs and make policy recommendations

Development of booklet with guidelines and experiences for municipal programmers doing environmental education with youth (José Andrade)

Participation in World Youth Forum (World Youth Jam) in Vancouver , B.C., followed by presentation of experiences in workshop with local youth

Program evaluation, review of first version of booklet, recommendation of policies for municipal partners, follow-up, proposals to MMA and MEC