Participation and stakeholder engagement in the IPBES process

IPBES-5 Stakeholder Day: Photo by IISD/ENB | Sean Wu

IBN IPBES Capacity Building Workshop Sarajevo, 16./17.10.2017

Call for broad engagement and participation of knowledge holders from the start 3rd intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder meeting on IPBE, Busan, Republic of Korea 2010

„[…] The plenary should also encourage and take into account, as appropriate, inputs and suggestions made by relevant stakeholders, such as other intergovernmental organizations, international and regional scientific organizations, environment trust funds, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. […]” „[…] Recognize and respect the contribution of indigenous and local knowledge to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity […]” „[…] Recognize the unique biodiversity and scientific knowledge thereof within and among regions, and also recognize the need for the full and effective participation of developing countries and for balanced regional representation and participation in its structure and work; […]” „[…] Take an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach that incorporates all relevant disciplines, including social and natural sciences; […]” „[…] Recognize the need for gender equity in all relevant aspects of its work;[…] UNEP/IPBES/3/3: Report of the third ad hoc intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder meeting on an intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Photo: Busan, 2010, 3rd Meeting on IPBES www.iisd.ca

Definition of stakeholders – IPBES/3/18, p106 “In the context of the work programme, stakeholders will act as both

contributors to and end users of the Platform and will be individual scientists and knowledge holders as well as institutions, organizations and groups working in the field of biodiversity and ecosystems services that can:

(a) Contribute to the activities of the work programme through their experience, expertise,

knowledge, data, information and capacity-building experience;

(b) Use or benefit from the outcomes of the work programme;

(c) Encourage and support the participation of scientists and knowledge holders in the work of the Platform.“

Contributor

User

Supporter

Exercise: What can IPBES contribute to my work / what can I contribute to IPBES? Am I a stakeholder, a potential contributor, user or supporter of the process? Please write your name, organization country on a card/post it! Present yourself and place your card on The stakeholder map!

Academia/Education/ Research

Civil society / NGO Private sector

Contributor

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Supporter Public sector

Place yourself on the stakeholder map!

How can I contribute / participate actively?

Get informed Share information Write about the process and outcomes Participate as delegate/observer at IPBES plenaries Write for IPBES > Become reviewer or author Work for the IPBES process - Create a national / regional platform - Get engaged in stakeholder consultations on IPBES

Work load/ level of engagement

How can I contribute / participate actively?

Get informed - ipbes.net and IPBES newsletter - Webinars and workshops

Share information - Within your network - Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/Media

Write about the process and outcomes

How can I contribute / participate actively?

Participation as delegate/observer to the IPBES plenaries Deadline for IPBES-6: 7 December! Credentials for delegations need to be submitted in time (e.g. IPBES-5: 95 member states present, only 72 were allowed to vote)

Observer • Nomination by accredited organisations (data base on

ipbes.net) • Registration as new observer organisation

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IPBES observer organisations: 299

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How can I contribute / participate actively?

Write for IPBES > Become reviewer or author Reviewer Sign up for the online review of a draft document

Author States or organisations nominate experts in response to IPBES calls - MEP selects experts

How can I contribute / participate actively?

Write for IPBES > Become reviewer or author

Upcoming opportunities • 2nd review of the global assessment in 2nd quarter 2018

Pending assessments • Thematic assessment of the sustainable use of wild

species • Methodological assessment on conceptualization of

multiple values of nature and its benefits • Thematic assessment of invasive alien species

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Experts selected for the first IPBES work programme - 1302 (IPBES/5/2)

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4(c): Catalogue of policy support tools and methodologies (63)

3(d): Scoping conceptualization of values (44)

3(c): Scenario analysis and modelling (80)

3(b)(i): Thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration assessment (94)

3(b)(i): Scoping thematic assessment on land degradation and restoration (34)

3(a)) Thematic assessment of pollinators (62)

2(c): Scopin global assessment (19)

2(b): Scoping regional/subregional assessments (130)

2(b): Regional assessment Europe and Central Asia (88)

2(b): Regional assessment Asia and the Pacific (123)

2(b): Regional assessment Americas (82)

2(b): Regional assessment Africa (103)

2(a): Assessment guide (69)

1(d): Knowledge & data (22)

1(c): ILK (24)

1(a&b): Capacities building (25)

Regional balance IPBES expert groups (based on names published on ipbes.net until 12.2015)

Stakeholder organisations (national mapping not possible)

African States

Asia-Pacific States

Eastern European States

Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC)

Western European and other States (WEOG)

(Timpte/Apkes 2016)

How can I contribute / participate actively? Work for the IPBES process - Create a national / regional platform - Join a stakeholder network or any other

organisation involved in the process

How can I contribute / participate actively? Open-ended network of IPBES stakeholders - Self-organized network of volunteers since

IPBES-2 - Inclusive and open-ended - Mosty NGOs and science organisations - Facilitates stakeholder consultations at IPBES plenaries and inbetween - Aiming to become a strategic partner - Network space on ipbes.net BSPIN – Network for Early Career Scientists in Biodiversity Science-Policy Interfaces - Self-organized network of scientists

Impact tracking database (ITD)

The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services www.ipbes.net

One key lesson from uptake of Pollination and Scenarios Assessments: Importance of highlighting illustrative examples of IPBES impact on policies and decisions (not just Governmental)

IPBES now developing new ITD with IUCN support - Indicative not comprehensive - Public & fully searchable - Hosted on IPBES website - Facilitating contact

Sources - NFPs; MEP & Bureau; Observers; Stakeholders & Secretariat - Online submission, no independent verification

Primary value - Outreach/communications - Supporting communities of practice

Expected soft-launch: October 2017, main launch: IPBES-6, March 2018

Regional focus

Examples from the region – IPBES member states / observers

IPBES Member states IPBES Observer states Albania Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria

Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Georgia Hungary

Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Montenegro Republic of Moldova

Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Turkey

Poland Serbia Slovenia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan

Examples from the region- registered observer organosation Organisation Country Observer since Background National Academy of Science (Armenia) Armenia IPBES-5 Academia/Education/Research

NGO "Bagna" Belarus IPBES-5 Civil society / NGO

University of Sofia Bulgaria IPBES-5 Academia/Education/Research

Croatian Agency for the Environment and Nature Croatia IPBES-5 Civil society / NGO

University of Tartu Estonia IPBES-4 Academia/Education/Research

Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus Georgia IPBES-1 Civil society / NGO

Centre for Ecological Restoration Hungary IPBES-5 Academia/Education/Research Terra-1530 Republic of Moldova IPBES-2 Civil society / NGO

Fund For Sustainable Development (FSD) Russian Federation IPBES-3 Academia/Education/Research

Sinop University Turkey IPBES-5 Academia/Education/Research

The Nature Conservation Centre (DKM) Turkey IPBES-2 Academia/Education/Research

Association “Fauna” Ukraine IPBES-3 Civil society / NGO

Academia/Education/ Research

Civil society / NGO Private sector

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Who are potential IPBES stakeholder in your region?

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Highlights of the brainstorming sessions

Thank your for your attention!

IPBES-3 Stakeholder Day: Photo by IISD/ENB | Sean Wu

Contact: Malte Timpte

timpte@biodiv.de / https://www.linkedin.com/in/maltetimpte

Experts in task forces and assessments Nomination process in Germany (1st IPBES call)