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*Invitation to nominate participants to IPBES youth workshop*
*Introduction*
IPBES (The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services) works to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity
and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. To do
this, IPBES draws on the vast capacities of the individuals, organisations
and institutions already working on biodiversity and ecosystem services
across the world.
*IPBES youth workshop *contributes to the overarching objective of IPBES by
expanding involvement in IPBES' efforts and increasing use of IPBES
products. It supports the implementation of the IPBES capacity-building
rolling plan through promoting the fellowship programme and further
expanding and supporting the development of communities of practice.
*Meeting objectives*
- Familiarize participants with the work of IPBES and explore how
participants and their networks can contribute; and
- Explore future scenarios and biodiversity and ecosystem services from
the perspective of early-career professionals and thus contributing to
IPBES' work on scenarios and models.
*Date and place*
The workshop will be organised 27-28 June 2019 in São Pedro, Brazil.
Participants will arrive on June 26 and depart on June 29.
*Open invtitation to nominate participants*
Governments, organisations and networks working on issues related to
biodiversity and ecosystem services are encouraged to nominate early-career
professionals to participate in the workshop following the process outlined
below:
1. The Nominating institution, organisation or network is invited to
nominate a candidate by downloading and filling in the nomination
form (available
here
<https://www.ipbes.net/system/tdf/draft_nomination_form_ipbes_youth_workshop_add_nominee_name.docx?file=1&type=file&id=25723&force=0>).
The form should be signed and sent by email to
tsu.capacitybuilding@xxxxxxxxx.
2. The nominated candidate is required to fill in the registration
form (available
here <https://forms.gle/mQi5Mg6fcAPtsGjR6>), which includes a letter of
motivation.
3. Nominators and Nominees will receive confirmation by email once the
nomination letter and registration has been received.
*The deadline for nomination is 6 May 2019.*
Nominated candidates should be:
- In the early stages of their careers, indicatively not older than 30
years of age and active voices in their communities on issues related to
biodiversity and ecosystem services;
- Willing to actively share experience and knowledge gained within their
communities and become active supporters of IPBES and IPBES's work on
capacity-building; and
- Strong communicators and proficient in English.
*Selection process*
- Candidates will be selected by IPBES with the aim of achieving a
geographic and gender balance, and representation of multiple knowledge
systems.
- All nominees will be notified of the results via email by IPBES'
technical support unit on capacity-building.
*Support*
Support for travel and basic accommodation will be provided to all
participants.
*Organisers*
The workshop is organised under the auspices of the IPBES capacity-building
task force in collaboration with the IPBES expert group on scenarios and
models, the Norwegian Environment Agency, the Brazilian Platform on
biodiversity and ecosystem services (BPBES), the São Paulo Research
Foundation's Research programme on Biodiversity, Characterisation,
Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use (BIOTA-FAPESP), the
International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), and the Inter-American
Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). The workshop is funded by the
Norwegian Environment Agency.
*Questions and further information*
Please contact the IPBES technical support unit on
tsu.capacitybuilding@xxxxxxxxx for questions about the event.
