Dear Partners and Observers, We are very pleased to share with you details on the GBEP 9th Bioenergy Week, which will be held in the Grand Hotel del Paraguay in Asunción, Paraguay on 26-29 September 2022. Updated agenda attached for your convenience. This event is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Vice Ministry of Energy and Mines of Paraguay, along with FAO Paraguay, and thanks to financial support from U.S. Grains Council. In addition, MERCOSUR and IICA will be leading some sessions. This Bioenergy Week will have the aim to foster discussion and exchange of experiences and skills that have been proven to showcase the practicality of sustainable bioenergy and to support its accelerated implementation in the Americas. It will serve as an avenue for strengthening cooperation between member states and institutions for increasing the provision of sustainable bioenergy services. There will be over 50 international experts sharing their expertise in the field of bioenergy across different thematic sessions of specific interest for the region. The event will also include a field visit on 29 September 2022. The draft agenda in both English and Spanish is attached to this email for your information, and is also available online on the GBEP website<http://www.globalbioenergy.org/events1/gbep-events-2022/working-group-on-capacity-building-meetings-and-activities-2022/en/>. All Partners and Observers are warmly invited to attend the conference. It will be a hybrid event with both in-person and online participation, and simultaneous translation in English and Spanish will be available for both formats. * In case you would like to attend in person, we would kindly ask you to send us confirmation by 2 September 2022 for logistical purposes, indicating which days of the conference you would like to attend and whether you would also like attend the field visit (participation on the field visit is on a first-come, first-served basis). * Instead, for online participation, you are invited to REGISTER HERE<https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y7kVI55aRNmDInX6VZqfkA>, which will give you access to all 3 days of seminars via Zoom. We very much look forward to your participation at the 9th GBEP Bioenergy Week and welcoming some of you in Paraguay. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, GBEP Secretariat ************************************* GBEP Secretariat Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 - Rome, ITALY Tel.: +39.06.57052834 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 Advisor: Ms Constance Miller; [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Programme Advisor: Ms Oleksandra Tryboi; [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);