Dear Partners and Observers,

At the GBEP meetings in November 2016, as part of the discussions of the 8th Meeting of the Working Group on Capacity Building, it was decided that GBEP should explore the possibility of two new Activity Groups (AG), namely in the fields of "Biogas" and "Advanced Biofuels". As requested, the GBEP Secretariat has prepared two short documents that set out draft scope of work for potential AGs on Biogas and Advanced Biofuels. Each document includes background information and a list of potential deliverables, which represents a list from which activities can be selected depending on available financial and human resources.

For the AG on Biogas, during the GBEP meetings the importance of gasification was also highlighted. However, given the very different pathways, gasification has so far not been included in the scope of the AG. We welcome your comments on this issue and your opinion on the option to have two streams of work within this AG - one on biogas and another on gasification.

Please provide us with your feedback and input on the two attached scope of work by Wednesday 10 May.

Please note that concurrently, the GBEP Secretariat will hold bilateral discussions with Partners/Observers to identify those who would be available to (co-)lead these potential AGs. We would also like to take this opportunity to ask any Partners/Observers interested in leading either one of the two Activity Groups to nominate themselves to the GBEP Secretariat, via email, before Wednesday 10 May.

Thank you for your continued support.

Kind regards,

GBEP Secretariat


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GBEP Secretariat
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Climate and Environment Division
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 - Rome, ITALY
Tel.: +39.06.57052834
Fax: +39.06.57053250
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