Working+Groups

=CEESP Youth Network Working Groups (2012-2013)=

This page is under construction--your feedback is welcome at catie@culturallandscapes.ca.
CEESP has identified four priority areas. CEESP Youth Network will contribute to CEESP priorities and IUCN One Program through the activities described below.

2. Get youth's feedback on the Society of Ethnobiology Code of Ethics for research || TSL, TCC ||  ||   || 2. Develop a database with an outline of YP's areas of expertise to build a buddy program; 3. Coordinate webinars that bring together CEESP's work on its four priority areas and/or IUCn knowledge baskets || TEMTI, iAct Dialogues (Sustainability Leaders Network), Task Force on Intergenenerational Partnerships, Secretariat, interested CEESP themes ||  ||   || 3. Coordinate face-to-face encounters at conferences (i.e. event calender) and facilitate fund-raising, for example through seed funding; Participate at WILD10 conference in 2013 for the presentation of the Mountain Trails Network || TILCEPA, Secretariat ||  ||   || 2. Develop creative publications that feature youth / intergenerational partnership and sharing across Commissions and generations; 3. Contribute to training and internship program; fieldschools with the IUCN, i.e., on conservation and culture, rights-based approaches to conservation ||  ||   ||   || 2.Contribute ideas for the youth session (organization and adoption of youth-specific methodologies); 3. Produce a community-friendly booklet for the training session in Honduras; 4. Ensure that the message from young fisherfolks can be adopted in IUCN policy and integrated in the HDN framework. || TILCEPA, TCC, SuLi, MesoAmerica Region, Pacific region and Pacific Heritage Hub (Youth Speak), ||  ||   ||
 * **Working Group** || **Activity** || **Target/Output** || **Partners** || **Next steps** || **Resources** ||
 * **WG1** || Contribute youth and intergenerational perspectives and experiences to the Human Dependency on Nature framework (HDN) and the new conservation ethic || 1. Test HDN framework on the ground;
 * WG2 || Integration and intergenerational partnership approaches || 1. Plan and host online meetings on CEESP priority themes to increase YP sharing of knowledge and opportunities for involvement (""internet cafe"" idea)
 * WG3 || Participation within CEESP themes || 1. Increase participation of local and indigenous community leaders; 2. Increase participation of youth in CEESP's preparation for the World Parks Congress;
 * WG4 || Dissemination || 1. Ensure proper dissemination of opportunities for youth and intergenerational partnerships within CEESP and IUCN;
 * WG5 || Create policy spaces for youth and intergenerational partnership voices in marine areas, and contribute to the new conservation ethic and HDN framework || 1. Plan regional training capacity building session for central american fishers and fishworkers (February 2013);
 * WG6 || Contribute to discussions on nature-based solutions || 1. Facilitate workshops to talk about forests and food security/soverienty in Indigenous communities in Costa Rica; 2. Share lessons learnt || NECEER, CoopeSoliDar, Reforestamos Mexico, MesoAmerica region, SuLi? TSL? ||  ||   ||
 * WG7 || Contribute to the Natural Resource Governance Framework || Analyze rights based approaches to natural resource governance and nature based solutions in spaces of extreme social disruption (conflict, war and natural disasters) || TGER, TECS ||  ||   ||


 * ===**CEESP 2013-2016 Priority areas**=== ||
 * **Priority 1:** Development and promotion of a **conservation ethic** that supports diverse knowledge systems and values, delivers rights-based and equitable conservation with improved governance of natural resources and tangible livelihoods benefits, and links biological diversity with the cultural dimensions of nature conservation with a focus on the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. ||
 * **Priority 2:** Increased use of **rights-based approaches to natural resources management** and governance that promotes social and cultural equity, indigenous people´s self-determination, community governance, sustainable livelihoods and human security.
 * **Priority 2:** Increased use of **rights-based approaches to natural resources management** and governance that promotes social and cultural equity, indigenous people´s self-determination, community governance, sustainable livelihoods and human security.

**Priority 3: Nature-based solutions** to global challenges — such as climate change, conversion of forests and farmland to monocrops, including biofuels projects, food insecurity, poverty, inequitable economic and social development — are underpinned by **economic policies** that reinforce sustainability, social equity and environmental integrity. ||
 * **Priority 4:** Enhanced capacity of civil society, governments and the private sector to **ensure corporate social and environmental accountability** and reduce the negative impact of industries on climate, bio-cultural diversity and food security. ||

Elaine Hsiao || Daniela Barguil Gallardo || Omer Aijazi ||
 * === Working Group === || **Next steps** || **Members** ||
 * === Working Group 1: Integration === || * Communicate with the CEESP Steering Committee to identify a workplan for the CEESP Youth Network to contribute to CEESP's four priorities (see below).
 * Plan and host online meetings across CEESP and the IUCN to discuss theme objectives and ways for youth to contribute their knowledge and experience in ongoing and new projects.
 * Develop a database where young participants can briefly list the skills they would like to contribute to the work of CEESP members. || Catie Burlando
 * === Working Group 2: Participation === || * Increase participation of youth in Commission and Task Force actions, initiatives, projects, events and activities globally.
 * Increase intergenerational dialogue, social equity and promoting spaces to engage youth civil society in discussion, decision-making and actions.
 * Ensure that a diversity of people become members of our group, including indigenous and local youth, and that regional groups are established.
 * Create spaces for sharing indigenous and local knowledge across generations. || Elaine Hsiao
 * === Working Group 3: Dissemination === || * Ensure proper dissemination of opportunities for youth and intergenerational partnerships within CEESP and IUCN.
 * Develop a global social media network where CEESP intergenerational members can connect to one another and join theme based forums.
 * Ensure youth voices are given space at policy fora.
 * Follow up on the Congress events and future events of relevance to ensure that events such as the young fisherfolks can build upon the achievements so far.
 * Develop creative publications that feature youth / intergenerational partnership and sharing across Commissions and generations
 * Maintain the wikispace and the IUCN website up to date. || Daniela Barguil Gallardo

Theme/Group Activity Implementers Collaborators Target/Output Resources