<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Katalin, Andras and colleagues<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As I told some of you unfortunately I’ll not be able to attend the PESC-4 because I have another meeting. But Zoi Konstantinou (in cc) that is working with me in Eklipse and will be also working on the Portuguese Platform soon will be going and can also help with the organisation if needed and also during the meeting. Please include her in this loop</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you and looking forward to see some of you soon in other meetings</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Isabel<br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Mar 2017, at 10:04, Spehn Eva <<a href="mailto:eva.spehn@scnat.ch" class="">eva.spehn@scnat.ch</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Calibri; font-size: 14pt;" class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Agnes, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">thanks for the PESC-4 Concept note, its a very promising programme and great to see that the NFPs are now included as well. I am happy to facilitate a breakout group as a moderator, if you still need one :-) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And also happy to let you know that we can provide travel money again for Participants of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 5000 Euros, as last year for PESC-3, from our travel expenses fund we have for Swiss IPBES experts. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All best regards, </div><div class="">Eva</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 23.03.2017 um 10:51 schrieb Agnes HALLOSSERIE <<a href="mailto:agnes.hallosserie@fondationbiodiversite.fr" class="">agnes.hallosserie@fondationbiodiversite.fr</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="">Dear all, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for all the feedback provided regarding the organisation and content of PESC-4, that is very helpful! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please remember to register on this address if you plan to attend the conference so that we have the number of people right: <a href="http://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/fr/fondation/evenements/divers.html" class="" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">http://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/fr/fondation/evenements/divers.html</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regarding the review work on the draft assessment and SPM, it will need good preparation indeed. We got a proposal by the IPBES Secretariat to join forces and to include the regional capacity-building workshop targeting NFPs for reviewing and preparing the approval of SPM in 2018 within PESC-4, since our objectives are well in line. This would be a form of partnership between IPBES and PESC, and a nice way to acknowledge PESC contribution to the implementation of IPBES work programme, including its rolling plan for capacity-building. The Secretariat highlighted that they are very keen to work with us on that regional matter, especially since the Plenary at its 5th session recalled several time that they should really build on and partner with existing initiatives.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> They will be able to provide us with support on how to conduct best the review for NFPs, and we could adapt from there to work with the other participants. We could have designed more general info sessions running in parallel with the break-out groups but I am afraid that it would scatter the group too much, with only a handful of participants per group. Instead, I suggest to design the break out sessions in an incremental fashion. As we have 3 sessions of 1.5 hours each, we could take some time in the first session to present the draft versions, identify key issues and challenges and therefore guide more closely the input from and discussion with participants, with the help of the assessment co-chairs and CLAs.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We definitely have learned some lessons from last year (both in terms of reviewing the draft documents and discussing stakeholders needs) and we should keep it in mind when designing the sessions. If there is an issue or session you are particularly interested in, and if you would like to take over the organisation of that session, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can share the work! Note that there is a new session in the concept note about the organisers of the meeting, and if you intend to contribute more actively in the organisation of PESC but have not let me know yet, please shout :-) We will close registration after a last reminder next week and we will then look at the registered participants we can support for travel. We are still looking for additional funding to support travel for participants from Eastern Europe and Central Asia so please let me know if you can contribute, even if this is a small amount, it can allow one or two persons to attend. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find attached the updated version of the concept note, with some changes following what happened at IPBES-5 and the discussions we had with IPBES Secretariat as mentioned above.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Could you please let me know if you have specific feedback by COB Friday 24 March (apologies for the short delay!)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>so that the concept note can be submitted to the ECA assessment management committee when they meet next week? They will need to decide whether they can go ahead with the option of the capacity-building workshop being integrated within PESC-4. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you very much in advance and all the best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Agnes</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><span id="um_signature_marker_begin" class=""><div class="" style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; 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