Lulus Leben: GYBN Team building & How to build a network

22.08.2012

The secound day of the GYBN Kick-Off Conference concentrates on team building and how to build a network.

Morning plenary

This is team building!

magical Mariana, persistent/pretty Peri, laughing Laura,
jumping Jan, noisy Nora and miming Mouna
from left to right

creativ/crazy Christian, fighting Fortuné, maximum Maxwell, extreme Esther, short Shailyn, smiling Sudarshan, vivid Veli, interested Isabel, jealous Jean Paul and dancing Dayna
from left to right

marinated Mpha, spiritual Sabuj, mysterious Mirna,
inspiring Irma and eating Eyal
from left to right

I am juggling Julia.

cool Christoph, notorious Nina, joyful Juliane, analytical Alex,
sweet Svana and gorgeous Gista
from left to right

tree loving Tsigi, smart Sikander, natural Norina, mystical Melina,
amazing Alex and last but not least adapted Adele
from left to right

And don't forget!

Organizations Fair

The organizations fair will provide a space to connect, share knowledge and skills, bulid coalitions, and give delegates the opportunity to showcase their work and organizations and also to get to know about other's organizations around the world.

Preparation

Mariana from the USA and the Earth in Brackets organisation

Maxwell from Ghana builds green jobs.

Peri from Greece presents Bird Life International.

Shailyn from Canada is talking about

the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada.

Sri Lanka

Irma

from the Netherlands

is working at the IUCN.

Eyal from Israel presents

the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

Mpha and Adele are students at the United Nations University
in Yokohama in Japan.

Mpha

Both are specialized on biodiversity.

Sabuj from India is working for the Wildlife Institute of India.

Gista from Indonesia presents

Himakova.

Fortuné talks about the University of Abomey Calavi in Benin
and the laboratory of Applied Ecology.

Mirna comes from Bolivia

and her organisation does conservation work of different areas.

NAJU

Christoph from Germany is a member of WWF Germany.

Isabel presents the Bund deutscher Pfadfinder (BDP).

Veli come from the UN association Bulgaria.

CBD Structure

Christian gives a talk about the structure of CBD.

Youth participation at UN process

Best practice: Presentation of the two youth organizations YOUNGO, MGCY and go4biodiv.
How is youth participation organized in other UN processes? What are lessons learnt and how can GYBN profit from this experience in order to elaborate the network's structure and its mandate? Three representatives from YOUNGO (UNFCCC (climate change)), MGCY (UNCSD (sustainable development) and go4biodiv (UNCBD)) share their experience with us.

Lena presents

MGCY.

Jean Paul talks about YOUNGO.

Nina tells us about go4biodiv.

Planel Discussion

UNCBD process - options for youth to participation.
What possililities of youth participation do exist in the UNCBD process, where and how can youth constructively contribute to debates and negotiations.

Nina, Günter Mitlacher, Caren Herbstritt, Heiko Warnken & Jean Paul
From left to right

Heiko Warnken is the head of the Department Environment,
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Since 2009 Günter Mitlacher has worked for the WWF Germany
in the field of international policy for the conservation of Biodiversity.

Juliane

Sikander

This means Biodiversity in Greek.

Christian