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Annual Global Workshop 2024

  • Event
  • 17 September 2024 - 20 September 2024
  • Cambridge, UK

On this page, you will find all the resources and presentations from the NEA Initiative’s Annual Global Workshop 2024

The NEA Initiative at UNEP-WCMC hosted its annual global capacity-building workshop in Cambridge from 17-20 September 2024.
Participants at the event included members of the core assessment teams, assessment authors, government representatives and indigenous and local knowledge experts, as well as experts from countries that have already finalised their national ecosystem assessments.
The event has worked to:
  • Identify and boost key capacity support for countries.
  • Celebrate project progress and lessons learned across partner countries.
  • Present tools developed by UNEP-WCMC and our partners to support the implementation of national ecosystem assessments.
  • Promote networking opportunities and strengthen global communities of practice around ecosystem assessments.
The workshop was delivered in partnership with UNDP and UNESCO under the umbrella of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net).
Session 01: Workshop concept & agenda (PDF)
Session 02: Workshop Objectives (PDF)
Session 03:  National to Global Impact
  • (Tree of Life Metaphor) (Web link)
  • National to Global Impact: NEAs and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) -Presentation by UNEP-WCMC (PDF)
Session 04: Tree-Building  Activity (PDF)
 
Session 01: Expert Evaluation Stage (Updates, Lessons Learned, Best Practices)
Session 02: Writing for Impact - Matt Jones, Chief Impact Officer, UNEP-WCMC (PDF)
Session 03: World Cafe (notes to be made available from each discussion table soon) 
Session 04: Using Confidence Terms (PDF)
 
Session 01: Valuation and ILK
  • Introductory slides: valuation and the assessment process (PDF)
  • Indigenous Valuation Systems: Mariaelena Huambachano & Sofi Delger (PDF)
  • About Dr. Mariaelena Huambachano (web link)
Session 02: ILK Move – Peer-to-Peer Learning Session (PDF)
Session 03: Scenarios & ILK
  • Introduction - Scenarios (PDF)
  • ILK & Scenarios - UNESCO, Thailand ILK Team (PDF)
Session 04: Arts and the Assessment Process (PDF)
  • Publication: 2018, Pereira et al, Building capacities for transformative change towards sustainability: Imagination in Intergovernmental Science-Policy Scenario Processes
Reception and Exhibition (Background PDF)
Tranche 2 Country Posters on Knowledge Gaps (Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Grenada)
 
Session 01: Finalising Assessments (Updates, Lessons Learned from Tranche 2 Partners (PDF)
Session 02: Support for Uptake of Assessments – BES Solution Funds (PDF)
Session 03: Breakout sessions
  • Room 1: Reference Management Systems - Zotero walkthrough (PDF)
  • Room 2: Visualizing Data with UN Biodiversity Lab (PDF)