Developing mainstreaming capacities, tools and solutions requires an understanding of what positive implementation looks like from different dimensions of development —economic, social and environmental. Discussing LAC progress to date, challenges, experiences and opportunities including national and subnational perspectives, as well as considering relevant stakeholder’s visions, increase the knowledge base supporting the transformation of the productive, economic and financial sectors, resulting in strengthen capacities for transformative change. 

To raise awareness of the role of biodiversity in the transition to a more sustainable development model ECLAC has developed a regional socioeconomic perspective of biodiversity’s state in LAC. Complementarily, after a series of high-level regional experts dialogues to reflect on ways to make progress on the Kunming-Montreal GBF targets in the LAC region,  and jointly with the Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework EU Support project, ECLAC has developed a digital toolkit that aims to provide curated resources on Targets 1, 6, 10, 14 and 18 that may serve to level the ground for key stakeholders from different sectors contributing to improving national and subnational policy design processes.

From an action-oriented perspective, this event will provide a space for sharing regional perspectives on biodiversity and socioeconomic development and current work  developing regional capacities for implementation of The Biodiversity Plan. It will also serve to present the main findings, lessons learned and recommendations from high-level experts that participated in the policy dialogues and in the toolkit developing process. The results, tools, recommendations and documents gathered in the toolbox will be presented and discussed by various key stakeholders and representatives of the CBD member states.