The regional workshop aims at involving early career professionals and young conservationists from European countries (including the CEE region) and Central Asia into processes of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) as well as increased understanding and use of IPBES products.
The role of IPBES is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. The engagement of young people in the work of IPBES is very relevant to support the uptake of assessments among young people, other individuals and organizations.
During the workshop we will learn about IPBES processes and products and explore options for youth engagement in IPBES activities. Special emphasis will be given to the Nature Futures Framework, a concept developed by the IPBES scenarios and models task force based on the IPBES Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2016).
The youth workshop will bring together 25 participants from Western, Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia who are actively engaged in work on biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature conservation (including climate change issues or transformative change processes). We aim to achieve disciplinary, gender and geographic balance when selecting candidates.
The workshop is organized by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) with support from the IPBES Technical Support Unit on Capacity-building and contributions from members of the IPBES fellowship programme and task force on scenarios and models.
Support for travel, meals, and accommodation will be provided to all participants by the Government of Germany.
Participation for successful selected applicants only.
Interested candidates are requested to submit an application form, including a statement of motivation, as well as a nomination form filled out by their nominating network/organisation or their national government by 20 August 2023. Candidates are invited to complete the application form through the dedicated web portal. Please note that the application form is in English only, as the workshop will be held in English. The nominating Government, organization or institution indicated by the candidate has to approve their nomination in the same web portal and send it to the candidate for submission. Candidates will get an acknowledgement of receipt via email once the application has been duly submitted. Please note that an application is only considered complete if it includes the nomination.
