WCC 2020 Dec 147 - Activity Report

For the record: In the last quarter of 2023: i) the Chapter 1 and 2 were approved by the SC and endorsed by the Council; ii) additional inputs from five experts – major trends impacting conservation, nature and biodiversity- were discussed with the council in the Fontainebleau meeting; iii) in the same Fontainebleau meeting, a strategic analysis was carried out by the Council on “The development of knowledge: the role of IUCN”, and “What future for conservation and restoration in the next 20 years”. This allowed the Council to provide their views on (i) the needed global transformations for the successful future of our planet, and on IUCN required focus; and (ii) on the roles that IUCN needs to play in this global transformation; and the changes needed across members, commissions and Secretariat). All these inputs were included in the adjusted document on the IUCN 20y- SV Vision.

10. October 2024: After the first data cleaning of the answers from the on-line consultation, preliminary results show that 449 responses were received; of which: 190 from Members (of which 47% are also Members of Commissions), 231 from Commission Members; and 28 IUCN staff and others. The data processing is still on-going. A writing week was held in November in coordination with the team in charge of the 2026-2029 Programme to analyse the adjustment needed (both in form and content)

2024:
1. Up to October 2024: Three meetings of the 20y- Strategic Vision Steering Committees (SC) were held (February April, October) to address: i) the structure and content of the adjusted 20y SV document to be submitted to the Council; ii) the setting of the schedule and process of the consultation to Members during 2024. The next SC meeting will be held in December 2024.
2. A serie of virtual Information sessions were held with all IUCN Members and Commissions on the draft of IUCN Strategic Vision and IUCN Programme. This was a joint effort between the teams leading the 20y SV and the Programme design; with the Regional Directors, the Constituency Unit, the 20y SC, the DGO among others.
3. On March 2024, a discussion between was held between the IUCN DG and IUCN Global Group for National and Regional Committee Development to inform them on the priorities, the process and to ensure sound empowerment and engagement from the Regional and National Committees in the upcoming consultation to Members.
4. In April and May 2024, workshops were held with the PPC, the FAC and the Council to refine the proposed 20y-SV document including the Financial Strategy as well as the consultation process.
5. Between April and October 2024, the consultation to Members was carried out.
6. In addition, a series of consultations with National and Regional Committees was carried out with a specific and harmonized guide in the different regions as part of the Regional Conservation Fora and also as separate activities.
7. Between July and October, a series of additional dialogues with IPO, Youth, the private sector as well as with IUCN Framework Donors were carried out to open space for specific inputs to feed into the 20y-SV proposal.

8. Also, three thematic workshops leaded by Exo Mesh were carried our with IUCN staff on (i) industries and the private sector; (ii) partnership and financing; and (iii) science and technology to get inputs and innovative elements for the long term IUCN priorities. These activities complemented the discussion carried out during ExBo meetings as well as during the 2 managerial workshops (WS) on the 20y SV and the 2026-2029 programme.
9. In the 9 Regional Conservation Fora carried out between April and October 2024, specific consultations on both the 20ySV and the 2026-2029 Programme proposals took place during the Members Assemblies. In most of the RCF, the transformational areas proposed in the 20y SV were included in the knowledge days.

Members directly engaged in the 20y Strategic Vision Steering Committee: IUCN Bureau (2023/2024) : Nihal Welikala, Ramiro Batzin, Bibiana Sucre, Rick Bates, Susan Leiberman, Vivek Menon, Samad-John Smaranda, Dais Ahmad Damhoureyeh ; Peter Cochrane ; Jon Paul Rodriguez, Imen Meliane ; Hilde Eggermont ; Jong Soo Yoon ; Kristen Walker; Nominated members : Organisation pour la Nature, l'Environnement et le Développement du Cameroun ( ONED ) / Cameroon ; University of Jordan ( JU ) / Jordan; Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) / United States of America ; PROVITA / Venezuela; Asociación Costa Rica por Siempre ; China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation ; Corporate & Community Sustainability International (AUstralia) ; Global Youth Biodiversity Newtork; Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee.
All the Members and Commissions consulted (see activities below)

Organisation and facilitation of webinars, face - to face meetings, working groups as part of the consultation process, systematization of feedback to develop the 20y Strategic Vision.