SGA Network Meeting 2011

11th – 15th December 2011, in Bilbao, Spain

Convened by UNEP-WCMC and The Cropper Foundation, the meeting was hosted by the University of the Basque Country, UNESCO Katedra and UNESO Etxea. Seventy-one members of the network attended this meeting which sought to bring together practitioners in the field of ecosystem assessments, to discuss the re-initiation and restructuring of the SGA Network, as well as share information on challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt in sub-global assessments. The overall objective of the meeting was to establish the key roles and activities of the SGA Network, including its new positioning within the global assessment landscape.

The meeting’s objectives were:

1. To discuss how the SGAN members and SGAN Secretariat, will function and communicate as a network, to facilitate knowledge and information sharing (Day 1)
2. To highlight the relationships between the SGAN and other organisations; and how to work towards supporting them and other relevant global processes (Day 1)
3. To share lessons that have already been learnt in the science of assessments, including the primary challenges in ecosystems assessment and the potential solutions (Day 2 & 3)

Download SGA Network Meeting 2011 report

Presentations

• Claire Brown - Re-introducing the network - Download