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Programme
BID
AFRICA RISING
Mobilising Biodiversity Data
for Sustainable Development
OLD MUTUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION CENTRE
KIRSTENBOSCH NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
19-22 MAY 2015
Biodiversity Information
for Development
Sponsors
GBIF
Global Biodiversity
Information Facility
The GBIF programme, Biodiversity Information for Development (BID),
is funded by the European Union.
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Overarching objectives
• Increase regional understanding of the biodiversity data-science-policy
value chain and identify the opportunities and solutions that it presents
for sustainable development in Africa
• Draw attention to relevant tools, resources and learning networks for
building effective biodiversity information systems in Africa
• Articulate a ‘Plan of Action’ for mobilising and mainstreaming Africa’s
policy-relevant biodiversity data, and forge international partnerships to
implement it
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DAY 1
19 May 2015
Demands & Applications
Objective
Increase regional understanding of the biodiversity data-science-policy value chain
and identify the opportunities and solutions that it presents for sustainable development
in Africa.
Questions
• Why is biodiversity information essential for Africa’s sustainable development?
• What is the context and policy framework for biodiversity information management
in Africa?
• What is the data-science-policy value chain and how can biodiversity information be
applied in practice to enhance decision-making in Africa?
TIME
EVENT
08h30 – 09h00
REGISTRATION & TEA/COFFEE
09h00 – 10h50
1.1 OPENING CEREMONY & WELCOME ADDRESS
Facilitator
Ms. Carmel Mbizvo, Head - Biodiversity Science
and Policy Advice, SANBI
Panel
Dr. Tanya Abrahamse, CEO, SANBI
Mr. Donald Hobern, Executive Secretary, GBIF
Dr. Jonathan Hutton, Director, UNEP-WCMC
Dr. Nkobi Moleele, Chief Scientist, RESILIM
1.2 GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM CBD EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Read by
Mr. Nicolaas Van Der Werf
Programme Officer, CBD Secretariat
1.3 STATEMENT OF HON. EDNA MOLEWA
MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Read by Dr. Tanya Abrahamse, CEO, SANBI
1.4 GROUP PHOTOGRAPH
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DAY 1: 19 May 2015
Demands & Applications
TIME
EVENT
10h50 – 11h10
TEA/COFFEE
11h10 – 13h00
1.5 WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Facilitator Ms Sibongile, Programme Officer: Environment
& Sustainable Development, SADC
Panel
Africa rising
Mr. Maxwell Gomera, Deputy Director, UNEP-WCMC
Dr Neil Burgess, Head of Science, UNEP-WCMC
Africa’s ecological futures and flashpoints
Dr. Deon Nel, Conservation Director, WWF Africa
The state of biodiversity information in Africa
Dr. Olaf Bánki, Senior Programme Officer, GBIF
1.6 ICE-BREAKER: WHO’S WHO AND GROUND RULES
Facilitator Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for
IUCN BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt
Information Management Services
13h00 – 14h00
LUNCH
14h00 – 15h20
1.7 WHAT IS OUR PLAN?
Facilitator Mr. Maxwell Gomera, Deputy Director, UNEP-WCMC
The Declaration on Biodiversity Information for
African Development
Panel
Dr. Gaston Akouèhou, Head of Delegation, BenBIF
The Plan of Action for Mobilising &
Mainstreaming Africa’s Biodiversity Data
Ms. Hulda Gideon, Regional Representative,
GBIF Africa
The Global Biodiversity Information Outlook
Mr. Donald Hobern, Executive Secretary, GBIF
1.8 MOBILIZING DATA FOR RESEARCH & POLICY
Dr Siro Masinde, Programme Officer, GBIF
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DAY 1: 19 May 2015
Demands & Applications
TIME
EVENT
15h20 – 15h40
TEA/COFFEE
1.9 WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FOR?
Facilitator Ms. Kristal Maze, Chief Director, Biodiversity
Information and Policy, SANBI
Panel
Sectoral mainstreaming
Ms. Caroline Petersen, Head of Ecosystems and
Biodiversity, UNDP
Impact analysis for improved biodiversity
management
Dr. Nkobi Moleele, Chief Scientist, RESILIM
Ms Belynda Petrie, CEO,
OneWorld Sustainable Investments
Food security
Ms. Elizabeth Arnaud, Scientist,
Bioversity International
IPBES assessments
Dr. Luthando Dziba, Competence Area Manager,
Ecosystem Services, CSIR
15h40 – 17h00
1.10 BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION USE-CASES
Poster presentations facilitated by Mr Selwyn Willoughby
17h00 – 17h30
NETWORKING AND POSTER-VIEWING WITH REFRESHMENTS
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DAY 2
20 May 2015
Lessons Learned
Objectives
• Share experiences and review lessons learned through relevant projects and activities
undertaken in Africa.
• Identify how effective biodiversity information management systems can be efficiently
established and maintained in Africa.
Questions
• Which barriers and solutions pertain to the mobilisation and use of biodiversity
information?
• What are the challenges, successes, & lessons learn through building biodiversity
information systems in Africa?
• How can priorities for biodiversity data mobilization be identified?
TIME
EVENT
08h30 – 09h00
TEA/COFFEE
09h00 – 10h40
2.1 BARRIERS & SOLUTIONS TO DATA MOBILISATION
Facilitator
Mr. Jeffrey Manuel, Director, Biodiversity
Information and Planning, SANBI
Panel
Findings of BIOPAMA
Dr. Andrew Cottam, Post Doc Researcher,
European Commission
Findings of UNEP-WCMC
Dr. Eugenie Regan, Senior Programme Officer,
UNEP-WCMC
Findings of the regional JRS prjoect
Mr. Russell Galt, Project Coordinator, SANBI
Findings of Sud Experts Plantes
Dr. Anne-Sophie Archambeau
GBIF France Node Manager
2.2 CORROBORATING KEY FINDINGS
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
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DAY 2: 20 May 2015
Lessons Learned
TIME
EVENT
10h40 – 11h00
TEA/COFFEE
11h00 – 13h00
2.3 HOW DO WE BUILD EFFECTIVE INFORMATION NETWORKS?
Facilitator
Dr. Olaf Bánki, Senior Programme Officer
for Participation, GBIF
Panel:
Dr. Nick King, Board Member, ARCOS
Professor Jean Ganglo, Director of the Forest
Sciences Laboratory, University of Abomey-Calavi
and Vice-Chair, GBIF Science Committee
Ms. Fatima Parker-Allie, Deputy Director, SANBI
Dr. Alex Asase, GhaBIF Node Manager and Lecturer,
University of Ghana
2.4 HOW DO WE IDENTIFY PRIORITY NEEDS
Facilitators
Dr. Olaf Bánki and Mr. Selwyn Willoughby
13h00 – 13h15
COLLECTION OF PACKED LUNCHES
13h15 – 19h00
2.5 FIELD EXCURSIONS
Options:
• Cape of Good Hope
• Tour of an eco-friendly vineyard
• Table Mountain cable car
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DAY 3
21 May 2015
Help at Hand
Objective
Draw attention to relevant tools, resources and learning networks for building effective
biodiversity information systems in Africa.
Questions
• What should be the vision, goals, objectives and priorities for the mobilisation and use of
biodiversity information in Africa?
• Which planned or existing initiatives, tools, networks and resources can support the
attainment of these goals?
TIME
EVENT
08h30 – 09h00
TEA/COFFEE
09h00 – 10h40
3.1 FORMULATING A VISION & GOALS
Facilitator
Dr. Jonathan Hutton, Director, UNEP-WCMC
3.2 WHERE CAN YOU GET HELP?
Facilitator Dr. Kule Chitepo, Chief of Party, RESILIM
Panel
BON in a Box
Dr. Gary Geller, Senior Expert for Biodiversity and
Ecosystems, Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
Learning networks
Ms. Hulda Gideon, Regional Representative,
GBIF-Africa
UNEP-WCMC tools & resources
Mr. Tim Wilkinson,
Head of Informatics, UNEP-WCMC
GBIF tools & resources
Dr. Siro Masinde, Programme Officer, GBIF
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DAY 3: 21 May 2015
Help at Hand
TIME
EVENT
09h00 – 10h40
Toolkit for determining policy-relevant
biodiversity data
Mr. Russell Galt, Project Coordinator, SANBI
Biodiversity Informatics Curricula
Ms Fatima Parker-Allie, Deputy Director, SANBI
Professor Jean Ganglo, Director of the Forest
Sciences Laboratory, University of Abomey-Calavi
and Vice-Chair, GBIF Science Committee
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Ms Anne-Lise Fourie, Chair, BHL Africa
10h40 – 11h00
TEA/COFFEE
11h00 – 13h00
3.3 HOW DO WE LEVERAGE RESOURCES?
Facilitator
Ms. Cecilia Njenga, Head of Sub-regional Office, UNEP
Panel
Biodiversity Information for Development (BID)
Dr. Olaf Bánki, Senior Programme Officer, GBIF
Sud Expert Plantes développement durable
Dr. Anne-Sophie Archambeau,
GBIF France Node Manager
BIOPAMA
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt
Information Management Services
CABIN
Ms. Anne-Julie Rochette, Scientific Assistant,
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
3.4 INFORMATION FAIR
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DAY 3: 21 May 2015
Help at Hand
TIME
EVENT
13h00 – 14h00
LUNCH
14h00 – 15h30
3.5 WHAT ARE OUR REGIONAL OBJECTIVES & PRIORITY ACTIONS?
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
15h30 – 15h50
TEA/COFFEE
15h50 – 17h00
3.6 FRAMING THE PLAN OF ACTION
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
3.7 FIELD EXCURSION: TOUR OF KIRSTENBOSCH
NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN
Led by
Mr. Andrew Jacobs, Principal Communications
Officer, SANBI
19h00-20h30
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE DINNER
Location
Moyo Restaurant
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DAY 4
22 May 2015
A Way Forward
22 MAY 2015
INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Objectives
• Identify priority actions, conceptualise concept notes, and forge project consortia
• Celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity
• Proclaim a ‘Declaration on Biodiversity Information for African Development’ and compile
a ‘Plan of Action for Mobilising & Mainstreaming Africa’s Biodiversity Data’ to spur
coordinated action and investment in the region
Questions
• Which priority actions must be taken to catalyse mobilisation and use of biodiversity
data in Africa?
• Who and which consortia are best-placed and willing to implement the priority actions?
22 MAY 2015
INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
TIME
EVENT
08h30 – 09h00
TEA/COFFEE
4.1 FORMATION OF WORKING GROUPS TO ELABORATE
COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN OF ACTION AND DECLARATION
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
09h00 – 10h40
4.2 CAROUSEL
Multiple facilitators
10h40 – 11h00
TEA/COFFEE
11h00 – 13h00
4.3 HOW DO WE WORK TOGEHTER? CONCEPTUALISING
PROJECTS AND FORMING CONSORTIA
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
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DAY 4: 22 May 2015
A Way Forward
TIME
22 MAY 2015
INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
22 MAY 2015
INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
EVENT
11h00 – 13h00
4.4 CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL DAY
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Facilitator
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
• Reading of the final Declaration
• Biodiversity messages
• Photo booth
4.5 PRESS CONFERENCE
A panel discussion allowing the media to connect
with conference delegates
13h00 – 14h00
LUNCH
14h00 – 16h00
4.6 HOW WILL WE PROCEED? PRESENTATION OF PLAN
OF ACTION & NEXT STEPS
Facilitator:
Mr. Selwyn Willoughby, Technical Advisor for IUCN
BIOPAMA & Founding Partner of Refleqt Information Management Services
4.7 REFLECTIONS IN A FISHBOWL
4.8 CLOSING REMARKS
Dr. Kule Chitipo, Chief of Party, RESILIM
Mr. Donald Hobern, Executive Secretary, GBIF
Dr. Jonathan Hutton, Director, UNEP-WCMC
Ms. Carmel Mbizvo, Head - Biodiversity Science
and Policy Advice, SANBI
16h00
4.9 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
Facilitator
Mr. Jeffrey Manuel, Director: Biodiversity
Information & Planning, SANBI
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