CABES - Capacity Development for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Experts in West, Central, and East Africa
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
IPBES assessments, Data management and knowledge generation, Indigenous and local knowledge systems, Policy instruments, policy support tools and methodologies, Scenarios and models
Engagement with ongoing assessments, Uptake and use of approved IPBES assessments
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.
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
Our activities are regularly reported on social media (twitter: CABES_iki) and our website www.cabes.online
c. 8.550.000 USD
Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement, Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and information, Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities