Submitted by
murtir
on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:38
General Information
Resolution
46486
Period covered
I. IUCN Constituencies implementing this Resolution
IUCN Members
World Wide Fund for Nature - International ( Switzerland )
The Nature Conservancy ( United States of America )
IUCN Commissions
F517E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
FB17E09E-5094-E611-97F4-005056BA6623
IUCN Secretariat
Yes
Other non-IUCN related organisations
European Union, Government of Estonia
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Education/Communication/Raising awareness
Fundraising
Policy influencing/advocacy
Describe the results/achievements of the activities
Leveraging the positive relations built with European Commission, IUCN secretariat has further strengthened linkages with European Commission, Government of France (who have contributed core funding for the development of the NbS standards), Government of Estonia while it had the presidency for EU and 4 consortia working on EU Horizon 20:20 proposal submissions. In this process building awareness, assuming and strengthening IUCN's leadership in further defining and trail blazing NbS, globally. Various internal knowledge sharing, email exchanges and capacity building activities have been carried out to build secretariat's knowledge and understanding of NbS so that they can cope with the demands being created for NbS, in this process.
Challenges/obstacles encountered in the implementation of this Resolution and measures taken
The main challenge is to keep up with the rapidly increasing demands from members and partners for information, collaborations and networking due to limited resources. Various initiatives are in the pipeline and under way to better resource IUCN secretariat and commissions to stay in the lead. Also, need support and engagement from the global communications team for IUCN to create an NbS page and consolidate its work on NbS which is right now spread across global programmes and regions.
Future actions / activities needed for the implementation of this Resolution
Progress in the development of the NbS standards, identifying strategic opportunities to bring the NbS agenda into policy and implementation from local to global levels.
Are these actions/activities planned?
Yes
III. Status of implementation
Implementation status of this Resolution
Underway: implementation well-advanced
Report status
Published