Opportunities

We are delighted to invite you to our one-hour introductory webinar held on Monday May 6 at 13h (CEST- Brussels time). The objective of this webinar is to present the BioAgora pilot training on transforming the Science Policy Interface (SPI) for Biodiversity. A BioAgora SPI pilot face-to-face training that will be held on Sept 23-27 2024 in the Drôme River Valley, France.

The BioAgora SPI pilot training will bring together policy advisors from various sectors and scientists of different disciplines with the objective to provide two levels of learning: a better understanding of a case study topic while at the same time allowing participants to experiment and learn how to better interact and work together. The pilot training will tackle as case study: “freshwater at the intersection between food, health, and biodiversity conservation and restoration” and will allow for discussions in the field with stakeholders of the Drôme river valley where the training will take place. Further details can be found in the pilot training concept note.

The webinar will give insights on:

• The BioAgora project and its main goals to build the EU Science Service for Biodiversity (SSB) (10’)
• The BioAgora activities in capacity development and in particular its assessment of capacity development needs for the SPI in relation to the biodiversity (10’)
• The SPI pilot training objectives and process and why you should participate/what would be the added value for you
• Break-out discussions in 2 groups for policy advisors and for scientists (15’)

Please register for the webinar here.

We look forward to meeting you online and to answering your questions on this exciting pilot training.

We are looking for thematic experts to engage in their individual capacity in CO-OP4CBD activities. This is an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to join a diverse network of biodiversity experts in Europe and beyond,* as well as take part in formative science-policy processes that will, as appropriate, contribute to the implementation of the CBD at the national and regional levels.The second call for experts is open to experts from various career stages, from early-career to senior roles, who are eager to volunteer their time and expertise to be trained and train others on CBD processes and take part in thematic groups focused on providing technical input, upon request, on the state of knowledge of subject matters featured in the agenda of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA). More specifically, CO-OP4CBD is looking for expertise in the following areas (in alphabetical order):

1. Biodiversity and health.
2. Use of Digital Sequence Information on Genetic Resources
3. Conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity (see decision 15/24 of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD).
4. Detection and identification of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs).
5. Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) (see decision 15/26 of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD).
6. Monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (see decision 15/5 of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD).
7. Risk assessment and risk management for LMOs.
8. Synthetic biology.

Do you have the required knowledge and interest to contribute toward impactful policy processes for biodiversity, nationally and regionally? Kindly express your interest in contributing to the CO-OP4CBD project by filling out the form below. If you already responded to our 2023 call, we kindly invite you to submit your information again as we are updating our database. Feel free to broadly share this message with your contacts and networks.