CABES Learning Portal
Welcome to the CABES Learning Portal!
With the CABES Learning Portal we are implementing the CABES Capacity Development Programme (CCDP). In order to develop the programme and the portal, we conducted a need assessment in order to identify the needs of potential participants in terms of content, format and certification. In the same assessment ways of reaching target groups and questions of sustainability of the CCDP were addressed. Data for the needs assessment were collected via an online survey and several focus group discussions.
More than 100 participants have contributed to the assessment, and based on their highly appreciated inputs, the following draft curriculum was developed and courses will be taught from 2023 onwards:
Course topics | First course |
Train the trainers: Developing, organizing, and teaching online courses on different topics | 2023 |
Developing national & regional Science-Policy-Practice Interface platforms and networks | 2023 |
Setting up a Masters’ programme on Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces on Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services | 2023 or 2024 |
Fundraising and business plan writing | 2024 |
Interactions of the Science of Biodiversity and Climate Change | 2024 |
Conducting ecosystem assessments including different concepts, values and types of knowledge | 2024 or 2025 |
Opportunities for and benefits of engaging in the IPBES work programme | 2024 or 2025 |
Promoting gender balance in Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces. | 2024 or 2025 |
Engagement strategies, methods and tools to include indigenous and local knowledge holders in Science-Policy-Practice Interfaces | 2024 or 2025 |
Utilization of IPBES assessment outcomes in national policy making | 2024 or 2025 |
Biodiversity conservation and restoration strategies (incl. monitoring) | 2025 |
Mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services in national policies and strategies | 2025 |
For the inclusion of participants of all targeted stakeholder groups, we will offer a multitude of options. On the one hand, scheduled live courses, in which participants can partake at specified dates and times will be held. On the other hand, we will organize self-paced webinars that can be taken independently at an arbitrary time and date.
We will pay special attention to and particularly encourage the participation of women, businesses and indigenous and local knowledge holders. In the needs assessment we explored ways of reaching these target groups and formulated a set of recommendations to better address them, such as: (1) mapping underrepresented groups, including their communication needs, (2) continuously communicate and sensitize, and (3) build the capacity and involve underrepresented groups after being identified.
Ensuring the long-term sustainability of the capacity development program is of highest importance to the project. For that, a train the trainers component is planned and will consist of training professionals who will take over the course and administer beyond the lifespan of the project.
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