Decision COP 15/14
Communication
2. Decides to renew the mandate of the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness until 2030, with members nominated by Parties, considering regional balance, and indigenous peoples and local communities, and ensuring continued representation of youth organizations and other relevant organizations;
3. Requests the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness to (a) further develop action-oriented key messages of the communications strategy to inform and mobilize action from all actors, private and public, (b) revise the communications strategy to align it with decision 15/4 on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and (c) advise the Executive Secretary regarding the implementation of the communications strategy in accordance with the timeline set out in the annex to the present decision;
4. Encourages Parties and invites all stakeholders to share and make use of the communications messages through relevant media channels and social media, especially action-oriented messages, in order to inform and mobilize action from all actors, private and public, and to endeavour to mobilize adequate human and financial resources to carry out these tasks;
7. Requests the Executive Secretary:
(a) To convene, subject to the availability of resources, one in-person meeting of the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness during each intersessional period, and meetings through virtual means when needed;
(b) To support the implementation of the communications strategy for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, with advice from the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness;
8. Also requests the Executive Secretary, within available resources and in coordination with Parties and stakeholders, to support the range of communications activities needed for the following initiatives in the upcoming biennium:
(a) Continue to work on the activities listed in the note by the Executive Secretary, including the annual celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the CEPA Fair, the development of social media and communication platforms for engagement with stakeholders and partners, and further develop these activities;
(b) Continue to develop corporate communications for the Secretariat, including support for a dynamic and growing use of social media, traditional media outreach, continued work to redesign the website, and development of new and ongoing communications campaigns;
(c) Update the programme of work on communication, education and public awareness for the Convention on Biological Diversity, in collaboration with the Informal Advisory Committee on Communication, Education and Public Awareness, and develop further guidance for implementation at the national, subnational and local levels;
(d) Submit a progress report on activities (a) and (b) above, and the updated programme of work on communication, education and public awareness for the Convention on Biological Diversity, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its fourth meeting and for subsequent consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its sixteenth meeting.
- Body
- Conference of the Parties (COP)
- Meeting
- COP-157 - 19 December, 2022Montreal, Canada
- Actors
- 25 5 Parties 1 Indigenous peoples and local communities 1 Relevant organizations 1 Youth 9 Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity 5 Stakeholder(s) 1 International organizations 1 Businesses 1 SBI
- GBF targets
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7

- GBF goals
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28




- Decision document
- 15/14Communication
- Outcomes
- 00628022 May, 2023Montreal, Canada00645222 May, 2024Montreal, CanadaSBI-0421 - 29 May, 2024Nairobi, KenyaSBI-074 - 12 August, 2026Nairobi, Kenya2026-040
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