Dear Partners and Observers,
We would like to update you on three main points:
Save the Date – Bioenergy Week 2019
We are happy to announce that the dates for the Bioenergy Week to be held in Manila, Philippines are now confirmed –
25-27 June 2019 (including field trip on 27 June). We hope that many of you will be able to attend! If you have ideas for themes or speakers for the event, then please contact us by 31 January.
Attribution Paper – deadline for comments Monday 28 January
Please be reminded that the deadline for comments for the Attribution Paper is Monday 28 January. The author of the paper has also prepared a document outlining some of the comments that have already been received
and how they have been dealt with. We hope that this document will be useful in understanding where and why some inputs were/were not included. Both documents are attached.
Final call for follow-up actions from the GBEP meetings
Although the deadline has passed, we are still welcoming inputs on the follow-up actions from the GBEP meetings held in November (please see below for a detailed list). Specifically, if you are interested in
joining any of the new discussion groups for 2019, please let us know as soon as possible, as these groups will begin their discussions in February.
Thank you very much for your continued support and we wish you a good weekend.
Kind regards,
GBEP Secretariat
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Subject: Reminder: GBEP meetings follow-up actions
Dear Partners and Observers,
Happy new year to all of you. We hope you had a restful holiday season.
As the new year is upon us, we are happy to announce the dates of the
GBEP annual meetings for 2019. The 11th Working Group on Capacity Building, 17th Task Force on Sustainability and 22nd Steering Committee will be held in Rome,
28-31 October 2019. This is earlier than previous years to prevent overlap with COP 25 and events being held in FAO, whilst also avoiding the run-up to the holiday season. More information
will be provided later in the year.
We would like to remind you of some of the follow-up actions from the GBEP meetings that were communicated at the end of last year. The deadline for these actions is
this Friday 18 January 2019. More information on these actions can be found in the email below but we would like to draw your attention to some key requested inputs:
Please be sure to
send your expressions of interest to join the following groups
to participate in the electronic discussion and to be updated of activities:
·
Activity Group 4 will explore the new theme of ‘woody biomass for forest landscape restoration and sustainable livelihoods’
·
Activity Group 8 on advanced liquid biofuels will begin activities in 2019
·
Bioenergy and the broader bioeconomy electronic discussion group will explore GBEP’s role in the bioeconomy arena
We would welcome your
ideas for themes and speakers for the AG3 Bioenergy Week
to be held in Manila, Philippines, 24-28 June 2019.
Your
inputs are also kindly requested on the following documents, which can be found in the
Dropbox folder:
·
Documents for the Implementation Guide, including the Stepwise Approach and
Flowchart, Proxies and best practices document, and draft texts of the
economic and social sub-groups of TFS
·
Technical Report on Attribution – This paper has now been updated and can be found attached and in the Dropbox folder. The
deadline for inputs is 28 January 2019.
We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate the GBEP co-chair, Francesco La Camera, on his election as
Director General of IRENA, where he will take office on 4 April 2019. We look forward to further strengthen our collaboration.
Kind regards,
GBEP Secretariat
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Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:05 AM
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Subject: GBEP meetings - conclusions and follow-up
Dear Partners and Observers,
Many thanks to those of you who attended the GBEP meetings in Rome at the end of November. Please find attached for your information the summaries of the 10th Meeting of the Working Group on Capacity Building, 16th
Meeting of the Task Force on Sustainability, and 21st Meeting on the Steering Committee.
The GBEP meetings represent an opportunity for Partners and Observers to discuss and plan for the activities of the coming year. As such, below, we have summarised the main follow-up points for your consideration and action. All relevant
documentation can be found in the
Dropbox folder. Please note that the deadline for inputs is 18 January 2019.
Working Group on Capacity Building:
·
Activity Group 3 – 7th Bioenergy Week to be held in Manila, the Philippines in June 2019 focused on themes of direct interest to Asia.
Inputs are welcomed by 18 January 2019 on potential themes and speakers for the Bioenergy Week, so that a draft agenda can be developed and circulated.
·
Activity Group 4 will explore the new theme of ‘woody biomass for forest landscape restoration and sustainable livelihoods’.
Partners and Observers are invited to express their interest to join the AG4 by 18 January 2019 in order to be take part in the discussions around this new theme.
·
Activity Group 8 on advanced liquid biofuels was formally established under the leadership of the U.S.A. and the Scope of Work was agreed.
Expression of interest from Partners and Observers to join AG8 is requested by 18 January 2019.
The final text of the AG8 Scope of Work, as discussed and agreed during the WGCB meeting, is available in the
Dropbox folder.
Task Force on Sustainability
·
The Implementation Guide will be finalised by the end of April 2019.
This will include the following components:
o
Technical Report on Attribution – A final version of this report (to be updated with minor edits) will be circulated to Partners and Observers by 14 December 2018 for their feedback.
Inputs are requested by 18 January 2019 so that the document can be finalised by the end of February 2019.
o
Stepwise Approach and Flowchart –
Comments are welcomed by 18 January 2019
so that the documents can be finalised by the end of February 2019.
o
Proxies and best practices – Final comments on this document, and further relevant references, are welcomed by
18 January 2019 so that the document can be finalised by the end of February 2019.
o
Economic and social sub-groups of TFS –
All inputs on the 2018 sub-group reports are requested by 18 January 2019
so that the Sub-group texts can be finalised by end of February 2019.
o
Environmental sub-group of TFS –
A revised draft of the sub-group will be circulated to Partners and Observers by Mid-January 2019 at the latest and
final teleconferences will be held in late January 2019 to resolve any remaining issues. The Sub-group text will be finalised by end of February 2019.
·
Bioenergy and the broader bioeconomy – An electronic discussion group will be established on this topic in order to exchange views and opportunities in view of further discussions to be held at the November 2019
GBEP meetings. Partners and Observers are invited to express their interest to join this group by 18 January 2019.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued commitment and support to GBEP, and to wish you a very happy and relaxing holiday season.
Kindest regards,
GBEP Secretariat
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