Registration of contributions to the work on capacity-building under IPBES: Submission #55

Name of organization
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Name of organization: CABES - Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts in West, Central, and East Africa

Contact information
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Name of contact person: Dr. Jan Henning Sommer
Email address: [email protected]
Secondary email address: [email protected]
International telephone number: 0049228731725
Address:
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
Genscherallee 3
Bonn. 53113
Germany

Country: West, Central, and East Africa
Website: https://www.cabes.online
Twitter: CABES_iki
Instagram: cabes_iki

Contribution
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Title of contribution: CABES - Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts in West, Central, and East Africa
Type of contribution: Activity or event (e.g., meeting, workshop, webinar, conference, article, website), Learning material (e.g., video, presentation, booklet, article and website), Larger capacity-building projects or initiatives, Support to national or (sub)regional platforms or networks engaging in IPBES, Support to communities of practice engaging in IPBES, Implementation of a MSc program on Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Climate Change – SPIBES in Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia
Contributing to other elements of the IPBES work programme : IPBES assessments, Data management and knowledge generation, Indigenous and local knowledge systems, Policy instruments, policy support tools and methodologies, Scenarios and models 
IPBES assessments: Engagement with ongoing assessments, Uptake and use of approved IPBES assessments
Brief description of contribution:
CABES – Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts aims to develop and strengthen the capacity of professionals in biodiversity-related fields in West, Central, and East Africa to engage in the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, www.ipbes.net). CABES is supported by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).

The goals of the CABES programme include:

Goal one: to inform national decision-making processes amongst multiple stakeholder groups including researchers, practitioners from the public and private sectors, as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs), indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) holders, women, and IPBES National Focal Points (NFPs) in target countries. 

Goal two: to establish a network of science-policy platforms to contribute to the implementation of the IPBES rolling work programmes at national, sub-regional and regional level. Sub-regional refers to countries either in West, Central or East Africa, and the regional level represents the 38 countries. 

Goal three: to train early career scientists, researchers and facilitators to manage science-policy interfaces (SPIs). Finally, CABES will develop capacities to support the implementation of political decisions for the management and sustainable use of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services/Nature’s Contributions to People (BES/NCPs). 

Objectives of the CABES programme
The overall project objective is to raise awareness of IPBES (www.ipbes.net) amongst multiple stakeholder groups and undertake actions towards a better representation of West, Central, and East Africa in IPBES activities as well as improved uptake of IPBES products into national policies to better conserve and sustainably use BES/NCPs. This is closely related to the main outcome of the project, targeting at science-policy-practice communities represented by researchers, practitioners from the public, private sectors, as well as NGOs, ILK holders and focal points in West, Central, and East Africa that support the national governments to engage in the IPBES rolling work programme at global level, and its implementation at the regional and national level.  

In order to achieve this objective, CABES is committed to: 
•	Enhance the awareness about IPBES and its multiple outputs to inform national decision-making processes on the conservation and sustainable use of BES/NCPs amongst various stakeholder groups, 
•	Establish a network of science-policy platforms to contribute to the implementation of IPBES work programme at national, sub-regional, and regional levels across West, Central, and East Africa, 
•	Develop capacities of decision makers and other target groups to support the implementation of political decisions on nature-based solutions, ecosystem-based adaptation approaches and sustainable use of BES/NCPs. 
•	Develop capacities of decision makers and other target groups to support the implementation of political decisions on nature-based solutions, ecosystem-based adaptation approaches and sustainable use of BES/NCPs.


Other organizations involved in the contribution:
CABES is a consortium of partners from across Africa and Europe: 

Center for Development Research (ZEF)
University of Bonn, Germany 

African Center of Excellence on Climate Change
Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CEA-CCBAD), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 

Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the Université de Lubumbashi (FSA-UNILU)
Democratic Republic of Congo 

Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center and Network (HoAREC)
Ethiopia 

West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change & Adapted Land Use (WASCAL)
Burkina Faso 

UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
United Kingdom 

CoKnow Consulting
Germany 

CABES is supported bv the following political partners in the countries of implementation:

Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Économie Verte et du Changement Climatique et Point Focal National de l’IPBES, Burkina Faso

Ministério da Agricultura e Ambiente de Cabo Verde

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable & Point Focal National de l’IPBES
Côte d’Ivoire
Ministère de l'Environnement et Développement Durable, et Point Focal National de la Convention sur la Biodiversité (CBD) et de l’IPBES, République Démocratique du Congo

Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute (EBI) et Point Focal National de l’IPBES

Ministère des Eaux, des Forêts, de la Mer, de l’Environnement, chargé du plan climat, des Objectifs de développement durable et du Plan d'affectation des Terres et Point Focal National de l’IPBES, Gabon 

Ministère de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable et Point Focal National de l’ IPBES
Madagascar

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) et Point Focal National de l’IPBES, Sierra Leone

Link to online contribution that could be shared with the IPBES community:
Our activities are regularly reported on social media (twitter: CABES_iki) and our website www.cabes.online

Timeline of contribution
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Start year: Sat, 01/01/2022 - 00:00
End year: Tue, 01/01/2030 - 00:00

Estimated monetary value of contribution in USD:
c. 8.550.000 USD

Geographic scope
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Region: African States
Countries:
Burkina Faso (8912), Cabo Verde (8914), Côte d'Ivoire (8920), Democratic Republic of the Congo (8921), Ethiopia (8926), Gabon (8927), Madagascar (8936), Sierra Leone (8950)


Which objective(s) and sub-objective(s) does the contribution support: Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement, Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and  information, Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities
Sub-objective(s)
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Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement: Implementation of the training and familiarization programme, Organization of science-policy dialogues with national focal points
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, Convening of regular meetings of the IPBES capacity-building forum
Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities: Encouragement of the development of science-policy platforms, networks and assessments for biodiversity and ecosystem services at the national and (sub)regional levels