Working+Group+on+2016+World+Conservation+Congress+Engagement

//Return to complete Working Group List// = = =** Goal: ** Coordinate youth activities at the Congress and organize 3 events with IPS partners. = Note: for practical reasons, the Working Group on the Fundraising Strategy is currently part of this Working Group.

Melanie Zurba Mariasole Bianco Melanie Zurba Florent Kaiser
 * IPS co-leaders:**

○ Send your feedback by **15 May** and suggest internationally recognized speakers here: []
 * Next steps:**
 * 1. **** Event: High-Level Event “Together for nature, creating the future we want” ** (Mariasole Bianco)

○ Identify a specific format and venue for the event, with potential speakers and facilitators that help to draw out our next steps ○ Develop a communication strategy for advertising this and all YIP events at the Congress.
 * 2. **** Event: Intergenerational Partnerships at IUCN: Taking Stock & Moving Forward ** (Melanie Zurba and Biozid Jessorey)

○ Call for volunteers and form event working group (2-3 volunteers needed) ○ Develop concept and start feedback process (by 12 June) ○ Open video application process (1 June to 20 June) and select 5 presenters (by 1 July) ○ Fundraising for grants to get presenters to the event (~ USD 10,000) ○ Select Dragon’s Den jury
 * 3. **** Event: Advancing conservation through intergenerational collaboration ** (Florent Kaiser and Melanie Zurba)

= = =__**TERMS OF REFERENCE **__= The Working Group on Engagement for the 2016 World Conservation Congress seeks to encourage submission of events, organization of collateral events also in partnership with the Secretariat, linking of youth-led initiatives through the intergenerational Journey. It seeks to foster collaboration through regular Skype interactions. Finally, it encourages IUCN Council and Commissions to appoint young professionals and emerging leaders in the 2016 Council elections. The team for the IPS Strategy will become part of the team for the WCC Engagement.      
 * Members of WG1** (please join by sending an email to Melanie Zurba < melzurba@gmail.com > and specify which partnership you would like to get involved in):
 * Rama Kant || Parfait T Teto || Lucha Celestine || Naseem Sultani || Eva Liliana || Elaine Hsiao ||
 * Alice C Hughes || June Chee || Katalin Czippan || Dave Raney || Md Biozid J. || Tomas ||
 * Florent Kaiser || Mariasole ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * __WCC Core Team__ **
 * 1) Liaise with Council, Secretariat, and WCC Committees to understand strategic and fundraising opportunities
 * 2) Based on the IPS Strategy, identify high leverage opportunities to contribute to the WCC; form new Working Groups as needed (examples below)
 * 3) Participate in the WCC Executive Committee
 * __Access for Young People__ **
 * 1) Raise awareness about the fact that IUCN is offering a reduced Congress registration rate for those 35 and under: instead of $540, the cost is $290
 * 2) Encourage Member Organizations to bring young staff to the WCC; liaise with External Communications and Alliance WG on inviting Member Orgs to simultaneously join the Alliance
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Encourage IPS members to attend Regional Conservation Forums
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explore the possibility of having IUCN recognize IPS as a member organization to facilitate participation in WCC Forum and Assembly
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider funnelling young people through an existing Member Organization to access Member discounts and access Assembly (ex: UPEACE Department for Environment and Development)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__IPS Journey / Events__ **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Select and develop submissions to the Call for Contributions which include YP involvement and content and develop it into an Intergenerational Journey
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contribute to selection of workshops that include YP content
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Encourage intergenerational teams and youth to submit workshop proposals on diverse topics by the October 15 deadline, integrating intergenerational dialogue throughout: tag these as Stream events
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Potentially have a workshop each day for the 3 days of the Forum
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop a concept paper on the potential shape/arc of these 3 events and links to other IPS Journey events; Decide what is the new message of the IPS: develop a publication of our achievements in the last four years to be presented as an event at the WCC
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Pre-Congress Capacity Building Event(s)__ **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learn from success of Blue Mountains pre-WPC capacity building
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider a series of Young Conservation Leaders events both in person and via webinar leading up to WCC; ask Francisco about possible funding for this; consider having Collective Leadership Institute offer an adapted version of their 4-part Young Leaders for Sustainability fellowship to a selected group of 20 emerging conservation leaders
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider Our Pact and InterLeadership Framework - where do they best fit?
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop proposal and pursue funding with Fundraising WG
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Young People in Governance / Council, Steering Committees, Resolutions__ **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do pre-engagement with current Commission Chairs to promote fulfillment of Res 5.008 through appointment of young people to Commission SC through current young SC members
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Do pre-engagement with current Council, especially Governance Committee, to appoint a young person for 2016-2020, with collaboration from IUCN Council liaisons
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider encouraging young people to run for Council positions; this needs to happen soon, as participation in Regional Members Forums is important
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider submitting IPS Resolution to follow up on 5.008 and/or guidelines on how other Resolutions can incorporate an IPS and YP angle
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Support planning and implementation of WCC events__ **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow up on the mainstreaming strategy and update/integrate it as needed
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Host regular Skype calls (in collaboration with WG on Internal Communication)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Develop and follow-up Working Group Actions
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Provide update on fulfillment of the WCC5.008 Resolution

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