Dear Partners and Observers, We are pleased to circulate the updated agendas and background documents for discussion at the next GBEP meetings to be held in Berlin (Germany) on 28-31 May 2013, kindly hosted by the Government of Germany. AGENDAS: * Agenda of the Policy Forum "Opportunities for Sustainable Bioenergy Development: National Experiences and Global Exchange" - 28 May 2013; * Agenda of the 4th GBEP Working Group on Capacity Building (WGCB) and 15th GBEP Steering Committee - 29-30 May 2013; * Programme of the GBEP study trip - 31 May 2013. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS FOR THE WGCB: * Background document for discussion during the Activity Group 2; * Revised scope of work of Activity Group 4; * Revised scope of work of Activity Group 5; * Proposal of work on "Achieving sustainable bioenergy development and food security"; * Revised GBEP Communication strategy. BACKGROUND DOCUMENT FOR THE SC: * Draft GBEP Report to the G8 Summit 2013. Please note that this draft report has been developed on the basis of the last GBEP Report to the G20 Summit 2012: changes are highlighted in track change mode. Please note that during the WGCB our colleague Nicolas Fichaux from IRENA will present a demo of the Bioenergy Atlas (Activity Group 5). The presentation will be sent with a separate email due to the file size. In addition, please note that the demo is already available at: http://irena.masdar.ac.ae/ Please use preferably Google Chrome to access. Login: GBEP Password: bioenergy Click on the top left icon (the globe) and 'open map' The demo is in 3 parts: - Part 1: USA bioenergy data. - Part 2: FAO Bioenergy and Food Security Tanzania. - Part 3: FAO and IIASA GAEZ maps. We look forward to meeting you all in Berlin next week. 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: Dr. Maria Michela Morese; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Programme Adviser: Mr. Marco Colangeli; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Communication and Events Adviser: Ms. Giovanna Pesci; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Administrative Assistant: Ms. Irena Giorgis; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GBEP-Partners-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(GBEP-Partners-L,SIGNOFF);