Information for Participants

VENUE

The workshop will take place at:

The International Environment House (IEH) II

Room Rhin-Aare
7, chemin de Balexert
CH-1219 Châtelaine
Geneva , Switzerland

Please visit http://www.ielrc.org/about_contact.htm for more information or the IEH site: http://www.environmenthouse.ch/index.php?page=contact .

Map-International Environment House: http://www.environmenthouse.ch/docs/Directions%20to%20IEH.pdf

Information on transportation between the hotel and the workshop venue is forthcoming.  

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation for all participants has been booked at Mon Repos Hotel, 131 rue de Lausanne, 1202 GENEVA
TEL. +41.22.909.3.909, FAX. +41.22.909.39.93
Email. reservations@hmrge.ch,www.hmrge.ch

Map-Hotel Mon Repos: http://www.hmrge.ch/planuk.htm

TRANSPORT FROM GENEVA AIRPORT

From the airport, participants are advised to take public transportation to the hotel Mon Repos (approx. 20 min.). Outside the terminal, please pick up bus No. 28, direction Jardin Botanique. Get off at the Jardin Botanique stop, right next to the WTO.

Rout map of Bus Number 28:

http://www.tpg.ch/Cartographie/schemas_lignes/decembre2006/l28.html

Time Table of Bus Number 28:

Airpot-Hotel (Aéroport -Jardin Botanique)
http://www.tpg.ch/horaires/affiches/fevrier2007/ligne_28/retour/28r14.pdf
Hotel-Airport (Jardin Botanique- Aéroport)
http://www.tpg.ch/horaires/affiches/fevrier2007/ligne_28/aller/28a01.pdf

WEATHER IN GENEVA

In April, average temperatures range between 4 and 16 degrees °C (41 and 61 °F). It can be rainy. Mornings are generally chilly (around 5 degrees °C), with warmer weather in the afternoons (around 15 degrees °C).