2nd Zimbabwe Youth Consultation Workshop (ZYCW2020)
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Overview
The Zimbabwe Youth Biodiversity Network (ZYBN) is proud to partner the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to host the 2nd Youth Consultation. AWF has been working with the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) since 2018 to build a constituency of youth advocating for biodiversity conservation on the African continent. This project provides an incredible opportunity to promote environmental sustainability by demonstrating how conservation can secure Africa’s future and give youth a forum to convey their positions regarding conservation efforts to a global audience at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
AWF is drawing on the capacity of ZYBN, a youth led organization working on biodiversity in Zimbabwe to implement the 2nd Zimbabwe Youth Consultation Workshop (ZYCW2020). This workshop seeks to bring together youths, to contribute to the ongoing preparatory process for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that is expected to be adopted at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in May 2021, in Kunming, China.
Date: 12-15 August 2020
Register for open webinars here: www.bit.ly/ZYCW2020
Facebook Live Stream: www.facebook.com/thezybn
Time: 16:00PM-18:00PM (CAT)
Workshop Goals
- Community/team building: Increase the “sense of community” and strengthen bonds among participants and the groups they represent.
- Youth Consultation: Feedback on Zero Draft of the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
- Capacity building: Improve knowledge of the CBD, the National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBSAP), enhance leadership, strategic communication skills and to explore how participants and their networks can contribute to biodiversity conservation.
- Develop an Action Plan: Develop priority areas for action and activities.
- Youth Position: Develop a youth position for biodiversity.
