<HTML><BODY><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#222222; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">Dear colleagues from the ECA-network, it is gentel reminder about following information……..</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"> </div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">I'm happy to inform you that the 6th Pan-European Stakeholder Consultation meeting will take place in Belarus, from 31 August to 2 September 2020. The First Order Drafts of the IAS, scoping reports for nexus and transformative change assessments will be made available. To the time of PESC will be reviewed and we could be discuss the given resultes. Also the guidance for the National focal points will be available for discussion. We are planning to include some additional questions proposed during preparation of the PESC. Organisers will be grateful for proposals of additional questions and presentations. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">At the present time we have some buget limit, so any proposals from additional sponsors are very welcomed. It could be give cover needs in participation from ECA with greater geografical ballance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> </div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">For now we have Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden on board of the organisation - with additional support from</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">Axel Paulsh (ibn), Malte Timpte (consultant), IUCN and the IPBES Capacity Building TSU.<br>In case your national platform would like to get engaged in the organisation of the meeting, please let me know by 20 MARCH (copy to:<span> </span><a href="mailto:h.eggermont@biodiversity.be" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">h.eggermont@biodiversity.be</a>). As such, we can include you in the organising committee.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"> </div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">More information will follow in due time,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"> </div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">Best regards,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">Ruslan Novitsky</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align:start; text-indent:0px"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal;"><span style="font-variant-caps: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="letter-spacing: normal;"><span><span style="text-transform: none;"><span style="white-space: normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration-style: initial;"><span style="text-decoration-color: initial;">IPBES/MEP</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#222222; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px"> </div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; background-color:#ffffff; color:#222222; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:small; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px">Ruslan Novitsky<br>Head of department of impact assessment of nature transformations<br>Centre for bioresources of NAS of Belarus<br>Akademicheskaja str., 27<br>220072 Minsk, Belarus<br>fax<span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>+375 17 3321639</span></span></span></span></span><br>mob.<span> </span><span><span><span><span><span>+375 29 6112368</span></span></span></span></span><br>e-mail:<span> </span><a href="https://e.mail.ru/compose/?mailto=mailto%3anramphi@mail.ru" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">nramphi@mail.ru</a> </div></div><div> </div><div data-signature-widget="container"><div data-signature-widget="content"><div>Новицкий Р.В.<br>Зав. сектором экологической оценки преобразований окружающей среды<br>Научно-практический центр НАН Беларуси по биоресурсам<br>ул.Академическая 27<br>220072 Минск, Беларусь<br>тел. <span><span><span><span class="js-phone-number">+375 17 3321639</span></span></span></span><br>факс. <span><span><span><span class="js-phone-number">+375 17 2841036</span></span></span></span><br>моб. <span><span><span><span class="js-phone-number">+375 29 6112368</span></span></span></span><br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:nramphi@mail.ru">nramphi@mail.ru</a> <br><a href="http://biobel.by">http://biobel.by</a> <br> </div></div></div></BODY></HTML>