Meeting of the IUCN Community for Europe, North And Central Asia
The IUCN Interregional Committee for Europe, North and Central Asia (ICENCA) is an IUCN Member Committee recognised by IUCN Council and managed by a Steering Committee of nominated Member representatives. ICENCA was invited by long-standing IUCN Member, the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), to participate in their annual SunChild International Environmental Festival in October 2023 and to celebrate FPWC’s 20th anniversary at that time. The ICENCA Steering Committee accepted this kind invitation and intended to use this opportunity to bring IUCN Members from Europe, North and Central Asia together for informal meetings and training workshops to further the cause of nature conservation.
Real outcomes from a positive meeting!
The feedback from this first in-person meeting held by the IUCN Interregional Committee for Europe, North and Central Asia (ICENCA) has been overwhelmingly positive. It really was a good example of all that is good about IUCN and how valuable its convening power can be. The event attracted a wide range of participants which represented what was meant by the IUCN 'Community' (IUCN Members (State, Subnational and NGO), IUCN Commission members, IUCN Councillors elected from the Regions (5 out of 6 for the super-region), IUCN National Committees, IUCN Secretariat from Regional Offices and others who just wanted to know more about IUCN.
Read more about the outcomes in the meeting report.
Download the meeting report
Presentations
Day 1 Monday October 16th
Meeting objectives - Chris Mahon, Co-Chair, ICENCA
Regional and Sub National Governments
- Backround information on Subnational governemnts - Konstantinos Makris, IUCN European Regional Office
- Renata Gómez – Regions4
- Shreya Utkarsh – ICLEI European Secretariat
- International Action: Anna Espadalé Gelis - Government of Catalonia
Saving Species: Don’t panic, plan it!
- Katharina Herrmann, IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group Europe
- Ann-Katrine Garn, IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group Europe
Day 2 Tuesday October 17th
IUCN Red Lists - Hans de Iongh, National Committee of the Netherlands
IUCN - Green Lists - Maud Lelievre, French National Committee
Youth and intergenerational engagement Union wide - Diana Garlystska, CEC Regional Vice Chair
IUCN Commission on World Commission on Protected Areas
Member Engagement and Introduction to the ENGAGE platform – Emma Handley, IUCN Secretariat
Contributions for Nature Platform – Sarah Over, IUCN Secretariat
Day 3 Wednesday October 18th
Resource Mobilisation - Diana Garlytska, CEC Regional Vice Chair
IUCN Regional Conservation Forum 2024, Bruges Divija Jata, Belgian Focal Point
Acknowledgments
Organisation Team
This event was made possible by the dedicated efforts of a very hard working organisation team. With over a year of planning this team assembled every week to discuss and plan this IUCN community meeting in Yerevan. With special thanks and acknowledgment to the Armenian team from FPWC. We are very grateful to our hosts for their relentless generosity and kindness.
A true representation of the Union.
Members of the team:
Alexsey Zavarzin, Commision on Education and Communication
Ann-Katrine Garn, Copenhagen Zoo, IUCN National Committee of Denmark
Anna Espadale Gelis, Government of Catalunya
Christopher Mahon, Interregional Committee Europe, North Central Asia
Constantine Makris, IUCN Europeal Regional Office
Diana Garlytska, Commision on Education and Communication
Divija Jata, IUCN Belgian Focal Point
Eva Martirosyan, Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
Ruben Khachatryan, Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
Sona Kalantaryan, Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets
Questions?
Please contact Divija Jata at d.jata@biodiversity.be