Supporting decision making and building capacity to support IPBES through national ecosystem assessments (IPBES)

Project Title – Supporting decision making and building capacity to support IPBES through national ecosystem assessments (IPBES)

location – Azerbaijan

Donor – WCMC

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Dates – October, 2018-March, 2023

Project Title– Supporting decision making and building capacity to support IPBES through national ecosystem assessments” (IPBES)

Objectives: In 2015 the IPBES Plenary approved a list of priority capacity building needs, including “enhancing the capacity to undertake, use and improve national assessments”. This project will support national ecosystem assessments in each partner country, including integration of the findings of the assessment processes into national and/or sub-national policy making frameworks.

Project Outputs:

Output I. Technical scoping and carrying out an assessment, including delivery of summaries for policymakers for all relevant sectors; technical reports to increase ac-cess to the evidence base, and communication materials and processes for helping to promote and facilitate uptake of the assessment findings by policy makers

Output II. Identifying and implementing policy support tools to integrating findings from the assessment into decision making, developed as part of and in parallel with the national ecosystem assessment process in Output I.

Output III. The development of national platforms and a programme of capacity-building, recognizing that depending on national circumstances this may be a new activity, or may build on existing initiatives.

Output IV. A support programme for national teams which not only ensures that existing experiences and lessons learned from elsewhere are built upon, but also promotes and facilitates guidance materials and tools developed by IPBES and others.

Output V: A series of case studies and lessons learned made available through relevant communities of practice such as the SGA Network, and support offered to other countries based on this experience so as to extend the impact of the project