<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div id="m_-2263246267546695033divtagdefaultwrapper" style="" dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br><br><br>Please find below the invitation to the 5th IPBES Pan-European Stakeholder Consultation which will take place in Bern (6-7 June),<br><br><br>Best regards,<br>Hilde E.<br><a href="http://www.biodiversity.be/ipbes">www.biodiversity.be/ipbes
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From: <b class="m_-2263246267546695033x_gmail_sendername">Spehn Eva</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eva.spehn@scnat.ch" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk230934" target="_blank">eva.spehn@scnat.ch</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 6:11 AM<br>
Subject: PESC-5 Pan-European stakeholder consultation for IPBES: 6-7 June in Bern, Switzerland. Registration is now open!<br>
To: Spehn Eva <<a href="mailto:eva.spehn@scnat.ch" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk289269" target="_blank">eva.spehn@scnat.ch</a>><br>
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear authors of IPBES ECA, 
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<div>the <b>5th Pan-European stakeholder consultation for IPBES (PESC-5) meeting will take place 6th-7th of June in Bern, Switzerland</b>. </div>
<div>You can now register online on <a href="https://naturalsciences.ch/organisations/biodiversity/international_network/ipbes/100845-5th-pan-european-stakeholder-consultation-for-ipbes-pesc-5-?_ga=2.197914287.1649480688.1523887895-874044405.1522249950" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk245302" target="_blank">www.ipbes.ch</a>. </div>
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<div><b>The meeting includes the <a href="https://naturalsciences.ch/organisations/biodiversity/international_network/ipbes/100844-presentation-of-the-ipbes-report-on-europe-and-central-asia" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk984876" target="_blank">official uptake
 event and celebration</a> of the European & Central Asian (ECA) Regional Assessment on the first morning. If you register for PESC-5, you are automatically registered for this event. </b></div>
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<div><strong style="font-size:14pt">Objectives of the PESC-5 meeting</strong><strong style="font-size:14pt"> and expected outputs</strong></div>
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<p>- Uptake of the IPBES Regional Assessment of Europe and Central Asia- share experiences and strategies on uptake of findings and policy output of the assessment in each country, and in different sectors.</p>
<p>- Discuss collectively the 2nd draft of the IPBES Global Assessment, and collect comments to be submitted to IPBES as a stakeholders’ perspective during the open review phase.</p>
<p>- Discuss and provide strategies and options for 2nd Work programme of IPBES (2020-2030).</p>
<p>- Facilitate national coordination for IPBES (key stakeholders to be involved, key activities, communication plan…) in willing countries by sharing experience with existing platforms.</p>
<p><strong>Co-Organisers: </strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.biodiversity.de/en" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk554609" target="_blank">Network-Forum for Biodiversity Research Germany (NeFo)</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.biodiversity.be/" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk631292" target="_blank">Belgian Biodiversity Platform (biodiversity.be)</a>
</li><li><a href="http://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/en/" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk177393" target="_blank">Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (FRB)</a></li></ul>
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<p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.bafu.admin.ch/" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk65699" target="_blank">Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN </a></li><li><a href="http://www.bmbf.de/" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk300162" target="_blank">German Federal Ministry of Education and Research</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10002/" id="m_-2263246267546695033LPlnk611381" target="_blank">DLR Project Management Agency</a></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt">Travel support for Eastern Europe and Central Asian participants will be available for a limited number of participants, upon request in your online registration. </span></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px">Forum Biodiversität Schweiz / Forum Biodiversité Suisse / Swiss Biodiversity Forum</span><br style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px">
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<span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px">Tel. +41 (0)31 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:11px">306 93 42</span></div>
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