5th Pan-European Stakeholder Consultation for IPBES (PESC-5)

Programme

Objectives of the PESC-5 meeting and expected outputs

- 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.

- 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.

- Discuss and provide strategies and options for rolling Work programme of IPBES (2020-2030).

- Facilitate national coordination for IPBES (key stakeholders to be involved, key activities, communication plan…) in willing countries by sharing experience with existing platforms.

Co-Organisers:

• Network-Forum for Biodiversity Research Germany (NeFo)
• Belgian Biodiversity Platform (biodiversity.be)
• Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (FRB)

Additional Information

Travel support for Eastern Europe and Central Asian participants will be available for a limited number of participants, upon request in your online registration.

Please note: The meeting will be held in English only.

The meeting starts with the Presentation event of the IPBES Regional Report for Europe and Central Asia on 6 June in the morning, which will take place at Hotel Bellevue Palace in Bern. The PESC-5 meeting will continue at the Institute for Plant Sciences (IPS) and Botanical garden (BOGA, both at Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern).

Sponsors

• Swiss Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• DLR Project Management Agency