GBO 4 - Timeline
GBO-4, including its various products and underlying analyses, will provide a basis for the mid-term assessment of progress in implementing the Strategic Plan. The Conference of the Parties is expected to meet in 2014 and then again in 2016. In order for the Conference of the Parties to be able to consider the messages of GBO-4 and to take meaningful action based on them at a time that allows it to make adjustments well ahead of 2020, GBO-4 will need to be available at the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties in 2014. However if the twelfth meeting is held later, the timeline for the preparation of GBO-4 would be adjusted accordingly. With this in view, the following deadlines for GBO-4 products are envisaged:
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Product |
Deadline |
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GBO-4 Advisory Group constituted |
September 2012 |
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Draft outline |
December 2012 |
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First peer-review of selected sections |
October 2013 |
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Revision of selected sections |
January 2014 |
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Second peer review of all sections |
May 2014 |
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Revision of drafts |
June 2014 |
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Typesetting in English |
July 2014 |
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Translation into official UN languages |
July 2014 |
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Printing and dispatch to launch events |
September 2014 |
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Launch of the main GBO-4 report |
October 2014 |