Dear Partners and Observers, Please find attached the Co-Chairs Conclusions of the 2nd GBEP Working Group on Capacity Building and the Co-Chairs Summary of the 13th GBEP Steering Committee meetings, which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 19 June 2012, kindly hosted by the Government of Brazil. Please also find attached the lists of participants of the two meetings. The list of participants of the GBEP Seminar held on 18 June 2012 will be circulated soon, while all presentations given during the event can be downloaded from the GBEP website by clicking here<http://www.globalbioenergy.org/events1/gbep-events-2012/other-events-2012/en/>. We kindly invite you to inform the GBEP Secretariat if you are interested in joining the e-group discussions of one or more of the three established Activity Groups. Updated lists of the three e-groups can be found as an Annex to the attached WGCB Conclusions. Please also note that the draft scope of work of Activity Group 3 will be circulated shortly in order to facilitate its e-group discussion. Finally, we are pleased to take this opportunity to confirm you that next GBEP meetings will take place in Rome (FAO Headquarters) in November 2012, with the following schedule: * "ECOWAS-GBEP workshop on Bioenergy Resource Assessment and Mapping" * Seminar on "Sharing data and experience on the implementation of the GBEP indicators" * Preparatory seminar on "Study Tour for capacity building and training" * Field trip (to be confirmed) * 3rd Working Group on Capacity Building for Sustainable Bioenergy (WGCB) * 14th GBEP Steering Committee Exact dates and programme to be communicated in due course. Kind regards, GBEP Secretariat ************************************* GBEP Secretariat Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Climate, Energy and Tenure Division Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 - Rome, ITALY Tel.: +39.06.57052834 Fax: +39.06.57053369 GBEP email address: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> GBEP website: www.globalbioenergy.org<http://www.globalbioenergy.org> Executive Secretary: Ms Maria Michela Morese; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Administrative Assistant: Mr Martin Barros: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GBEP-Observers-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(GBEP-Observers-L,SIGNOFF);