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21st of February 2022: Invitation by the UN Decade Best Practices Task Force to UN Decade partners
Dear UN Decade partners,
As you know, in 2021 Task Force on Best Practices implemented a global capacity needs assessment that identified key gaps and capacity development priorities to support the UN Decade. The key findings were published in this summary report. We received 1331 responses from all around the world and overall, 50% of respondents had no capacity development or training to enhance their restoration work.
This year, the survey information will be combined with a stock-taking effort to document existing (current and recent) knowledge products and capacity development initiatives with the goal of identifying: i) ways to replicate or extend existing programs; and ii) gaps where knowledge products or capacity development initiatives are needed. The final product will be a Capacity, Knowledge, and Learning Action Plan for the UN Decade. The scope includes all types of ecosystems, sectors and the four major categories of the restorative continuum.
Therefore, we are requiring your valuable support with this important effort. We invite you to contribute to this online spreadsheet created to take stock of Knowledge Products—defined as a collection of knowledge generated to enable action—as well as Capacity Development Initiatives (both from your own organization and other organizations/initiatives that you may know). We also invite you to disseminate this message across your networks focused on capacity /knowledge development.
Below are some examples within these two broad categories. We would greatly appreciate your collaboration to provide information on these aspects preferably by the end of this week. For questions or clarifications, do not hesitate to reach out to us (Robin Chazdon rchazdon@forestorationinternational.org; Andrea Romero Andrea.RomeroMontoya@fao.org).
Thanks so much in advance for your inputs!
Kind regards,
Andrea Romero
Facilitator Task Force on Best Practices - UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism
Forestry Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
http://www.fao.org/in-action/forest-landscape-restoration-mechanism/our-work/gl/tfbp/en/
