[ES] IPBES: Preparatory workshop on Assessment review, 24th May

[hilde eggermont]

Dear colleagues,

On *24th May 2017*, the IPBES Belgian Focal Point
<http://www.biodiversity.be/ipbes> will organise a *preparatory workshop on
IPBES Assessment external review* at the Belgian Science Policy Office (
BELSPO <http://www.belspo.be/belspo/organisation/contact_en.stm>) in
Brussels. The main goal of the workshop is to collect proper feedback from
selected experts on the technical reports/individual chapters (morning
session), and from policymakers on the Summary for Policymakers (afternoon
session) on ongoing assessments. More information is provided below, under
Background information.

If you are interested to participate in this participatory workshop, *please
register* online
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScihaIPqhgb3fpybDEzKwjSOcQDwNub0_Ctn8awbyMCenFPyw/viewform>
with
possibility to register for the morning/afternoon/both sessions. *The
deadline for registration is 19th May 2017.*

In case you are not able to attend the workshop, but would still be
interested to act as review expert, please register as user of the IPBES
website (http://www.ipbes.net/user/register?destination=sod-review) if you
have not already done so. You can then apply to become an IPBES external
reviewer for individual chapters per assessment at
www.ipbes.net/sod-review (this
will only work when logged in first as IPBES website user). You will
receive confidential access to the draft chapters and summaries for
policymakers and will be requested to submit you comments in English using
a template that will also be supplied. All relevant comments will then be
addressed by the assessment authors in the next round of revisions.











*Background information:IPBES aims to finalise five assessments at the
sixth session of the IPBES Plenary, in March 2018:Four regional
assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services (for Africa, the
Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe and Central Asia) and the thematic
assessment on land degradation and restoration. One of the most important
phases in drafting assessments is the period in which they are opened for
external review by any interested experts, ranging from scientists and
decision-makers, to practitioners and the holders of indigenous and local
knowledge. Participation and engagement of governments in the external
review period is especially vital to strengthen the credibility, legitimacy
and policy relevance of the assessments, as well as to deepen their
ownership of the assessments.The review period for the afore-mentioned
assessments will run from 1 May until 26 June 2017.*

More details on the agenda for the preparatory workshop of the 24th May
2017 will be circulated shortly. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have
any question.

Please, feel free to forward this invitation to your network
Best regards,

Hilde Eggermont

IPBES Belgian Focal Point <http://www.biodiversity.be/ipbes>

-- 
Dr. Hilde Eggermont - OD Nature, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural
Sciences <http://www.naturalsciences.be>, Belgium
Coordinator of the Belgian Biodiversity Platform
<http://www.biodiversity.be/>

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