[ES] Report of the May 15th Belgian IPBES Workshop on the Global Assessment.

Jorge L. Ventocilla ventocilla at gmail.com
Tue May 22 21:38:30 CEST 2018


Dear colleagues,

 Happy International Biodiversity Day! … and thank you to those that could participate last May 15th at the Belgian IPBES Workshop on the Global Assessment.


 Although it was only the forth meeting of this type, it was a good opportunity to colleagues to discuss and learn a bit more about IPBES.


 Attached to this email you will find:


-       The Powerpoint presentation with the slides used

-       The meeting record (minutes)

-       The excel form to share your comments on the different chapters of the Global Assessment

 Next Steps:

In order to submit your comments on the IPBES Global Assessment, and help us shape the Belgian position, please keep in mind the following deadlines:

 June 20th: For the individual chapters


June 30th: For the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM)

 Early submission of comments is encouraged, so that we can also consider these for two related workshops in the first week of June 2018.


 If you have not done so already, to get access to the drafts – please follow these steps:


1.     Register as user of the IPBES website (www.ipbes.net/user/register?destination=registration_global_sod <https://ipbes.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5da0fed71c7e4399fb28ab549&id=81a5af30d5&e=fe2a129752>)

2.     Apply to become an IPBES external reviewer for individual chapters of the global assessment or for the summary for policymakers at https://www.ipbes.net/registration-second-external-review-global-assessment <https://ipbes.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5da0fed71c7e4399fb28ab549&id=1091145a66&e=fe2a129752> (this will only work when logged in first as IPBES website user).

3.     Once registered, you will immediately receive an email providing confidential access to the draft chapters or SPM and will be requested to submit your comments to j.ventocilla at biodiversity.be <mailto:j.ventocilla at biodiversity.be>  using a comments template that is available on the same webpage, and attached to this email.

 Criteria for comments:

ü  Provide comments in English

ü  Comment on substantial aspects of the draft assessment and SPM (i.e. no editorial comments), as well as on the overall balance

ü  Each reviewer/government should ideally submit one template per assessment (compiling comments across several or all chapters + comments on the SPM)

ü  Be constructive – ideally explaining a way forward. Where relevant, comments should be underpinned by reference to scientific publications

ü  Formatting among chapters and across assessments will also be corrected and harmonized in the final version

ü  Graphics editors will be used for the final tables and figures

ü  Text should not be policy prescriptive

ü  Drafts (Chapters & Summary for Policy Makers) are confidential, do not share, cite or circulate.

       Submit your comments by using the excel form and sending it to j.ventocilla at biodiversity.be <mailto:j.ventocilla at biodiversity.be> who will subsequently compile all comments  and use them to draft the official (Belgian) government response. The draft Government response will then be validated by the Steering Group Nature, Steering Group Biodiversity, extended with BBPf Steering Committee. Thereafter, the government response will be submitted by the IPBES deadlines (29 June for the Chapters; 9 July for the Summary for Policy makers)


 Experts can also submit their review template individually to hien.ngo at ipbes.net <mailto:hien.ngo at ipbes.net> by 29 June (individual chapters) or 9 July (SPM).


 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.


 Sincerely,


JL

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