Notification

Date: 26.08.2021

To: Heads of Administrative Authorities and National Focal Points

Call for nomination of experts and fellows for Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) thematic assessments

The Secretariat draws your attention to recent calls for nominations of experts for the following thematic assessments of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES):

• Interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (nexus assessment), and
• Underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (transformative change assessment).

Given the relevance of these upcoming assessments for the work of the Convention and in line with Resolution XII.3, which welcomes cooperation with IPBES, the Secretariat would like to encourage you to nominate experts, and to disseminate these calls for nominations as relevant.

Details about the required expertise and the nomination procedure can be found in notification EM/2021/17, available at https://ipbes.net/notification/call_for_nominations/experts_nexus-and-transformative_change-assessments.

Interested experts wishing to be nominated by a Government are encouraged to contact their IPBES National Focal Point (https://www.ipbes.net/national-focal-points) regarding any country specific processes or deadlines and are requested to fill out their application form by 6 September 2021. Nominators (Governments or organizations) are invited to approve the applications and submit their nominations by 13 September 2021.

We also draw your attention to the invitation to nominate fellows to participate in these thematic assessments. The IPBES fellowship programme, which is part of a larger capacity-building portfolio of activities, targets early-career individuals who wish to gain experience by participating in the work of IPBES. Details about the required expertise and the nomination procedure can be found in notification EM/2021/19, available at: https://ipbes.net/notification/call_for_nominations/fellows_nexus-and-transformative_change-assessments.

Governments and organizations are encouraged to support disciplinary, regional gender and expertise balance through their nominations.

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