Name of organization
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Name of organization: Belgian Biodiversity Platform / IPBES NFP Belgium

Contact information
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Name of contact person: Lise Goudeseune
Email address: lise.goudeseune@biodiversity.be
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International telephone number: +32 2 238 34 95
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Country: Belgium
Website: https://www.biodiversity.be
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Contribution
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Title of contribution: Presentation at the Green Post-corona Talks organised by GEF (Green Europe Foundation) in cooperation with Oikos. Title: “IPBES role in supporting the policy debate” (by Hilde Eggermont)
Type of contribution: Activity or event (e.g., meeting, workshop, webinar, conference, article, website)
Contributing to other elements of the IPBES work programme : IPBES assessments
IPBES assessments: Engagement with ongoing assessments, Uptake and use of approved IPBES assessments
Brief description of contribution:
GEF regularly organises Green Post-Corona Talks, a series of participatory online discussions with high-level experts, thinkers, and policy-makers, and the opportunity for participants to pose their most pressing questions to them live.
 
On 24 January 2022, Hilde Eggermont was invited to speak at the first webinar, titled 'Declining Biodiversity, International response and views on the COP15 on Biodiversity’.
 
She presented the role of the IPBES in providing a solid scientific knowledge basis to the policy negotiations. She referred to key IPBES resources feeding the policy process and spoke about scientific advancements. 


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Link to online contribution that could be shared with the IPBES community:
https://www.biodiversity.be/5688/ 


Timeline of contribution
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Start year: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 00:00
End year: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 00:00

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Geographic scope
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Region: Global
Countries:
بلجيكا (48)


Which objective(s) and sub-objective(s) does the contribution support: Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and  information
Sub-objective(s)
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Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and information: Support to the uptake of approved assessments and other deliverables, and encouragement of the development of communities of practice around them