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Annual Global Workshop 2023 – For Nature & People

  • Event
  • 27 November 2023 - 1 December 2023
  • Cambridge, UK

On this page, you will find all the resources and presentations from the NEA Initiative’s Annual Global Workshop 2023. 

The NEA Initiative at UNEP-WCMC hosted its Annual Global Workshop in Cambridge from 27 November-1 December 2023.
Participants at the event included members of the core assessment teams, assessment authors, government representatives and indigenous and local knowledge experts, as well as experts from countries that have already finalised their national ecosystem assessments such as Vietnam, Colombia and Cameroon.
The event has worked to:
  • Identify and boost key capacity support for countries.
  • Celebrate project progress and lessons learned across partner countries.
  • Present tools developed by UNEP-WCMC and our partners to support the implementation of national ecosystem assessments.
  • Promote networking opportunities and strengthen global communities of practice around ecosystem assessments.
The workshop was delivered in partnership with UNDP and UNESCO under the umbrella of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net).

1. Agenda and Expectations (PDF)
2. A Global Perspective: Opening Activity - Thinking Global Pub Quiz (PDF)

  • National to Global: How do national ecosystem assessments fit within the global context?  (PPTX)

  • Business & Biodiversity – Global Developments (PDF)

3.  Updates from the NEA Initiative and BES-Net: Celebrating Global Achievement & Contributions (PDF)

4.  Sailing Boat Metaphor - poster (PDF)
5. Sailing Together - Activity (PDF)

1. Scoping Stage: Tranche III Presentations – Updates, Achievements, Policy Questions, Next steps (PDF)
2. Ecosystem Assessment Process: Resources & Support (PDF)
Authors and Data in the Assessment Process 
Technical Assessment Reports
National Biodiversity Platforms
Tranche 2 Logo Guidance
Tranche 3 Logo Guidance
ILK and Data Management
3. Launching Toolkits: Communications Toolkit & Stakeholder Engagement Toolkit (PDF)
Communications Toolkit
Stakeholder Engagement Toolkit

1. Expert Evaluation Stage: Tranche III Presentations - Updates, Achievements, Assessment Findings (PDF)
2. Embedding ILK in the NEA, including spatial ILK and Indigenous valuation (PDF)

1. Use of Assessment Findings (PDF)
2. Human Rights and Gender in Ecosystem Assessments (PDF)
3. HRBA, NEAs and Gender (PDF)
4. From Scoping to Evaluation: Mainstreaming ILK in the Evaluation (PDF)

1. BES Solution Fund and uptake (PDF)