Capacity Development

The IPBES Fellowship Programme provides an opportunity for outstanding early-career individuals from all backgrounds and disciplines working on biodiversity and ecosystem services to fully participate in IPBES assessments. Fellows gain first-hand experience in participating in major multidisciplinary scientific assessments while…

Entries for the ‘ESD Okayama Award 2018’ are now open. Conducted by Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee, it rewards outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support the organisations carrying out ESD activities, and also to showcase and…

The COPERNICUS Alliance Conference 2018, ‘Future Forward Summit on Sustainable Higher Education’, co-organised by Ecocampus, the Flemish government programme for higher education for sustainability, is now calling for proposals. The Future Forward Summit aims to bring together those who are connected…

An upcoming special issue of Sustainability will focus on ESD competencies from preschool to higher education and in non-formal and informal education. The special issue is calling for papers, with potential topics including, but not limited to, the integration of…

IPBES has announced the start of the external review for the second order drafts of the chapters and the first draft of the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The period for this…

IPBES has launched a call to support the implementation of activities under three priority areas of its capacity-building rolling plan. Contributions are invited for: supporting the use and uptake of approved IPBES assessment reports; developing guidance on national and (sub)regional…

Calling all higher education sustainability professionals – NASPA’s Sustainability Knowledge Community (SKC) is looking for passionate individuals to serve in vacant positions on their Executive Board. The Sustainability Knowledge Community is an international organisation of student affairs scholars and practitioners…

The Government of Malta is offering three Scholarships in Climate Action for students wishing to engage in postgraduate studies at the University of Malta commencing in the academic year 2018/2019. Scholarships are for the Master of Science by Research on…

Entries are now open for the annual essay contest organised by the Goi Peace Foundation. Open to those aged up to 25 years old, the contest aims to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting…

Nominations are now open for the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Within the framework of the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD, the prize honours individuals, institutions, organisations or other entities for outstanding projects or programmes in…