Building capacities on biodiversity and negotiation processes

• A Nordic youth kick-off meeting was held, with information about international cooperation on biodiversity conservation policy, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), biodiversity targets and their implementation, etc.
• To facilitate youth decisions on biodiversity, a TOOLKIT ‘Involving young people in setting targets for biodiversity, ecosystems and sustainable use’ was developed, which included the current status on biodiversity and background information as well as relevant questions relating to the development of a new global deal for nature and people, and was made available to young people and translated into all Nordic languages, including Sámi (Toolkit.pdf (fni.no).

• To support young people in the planning of youth consultations, a manual for organising youth consultations was developed and made available to young people and translated into all Nordic languages, including Sámi FULLTEXT01.pdf (diva-portal.org).
• A one-week EU youth workshop on biodiversity was held, organised by the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN).
• A webinar on biodiversity, with the support of the CBD secretariat and biodiversity experts.
• A webinar on coordination of international youth activities on biodiversity.
• Participation in the Trondheim Conference on the Global Framework on Biodiversity.
• A two-day Nordic capacity-building workshop was held in Stockholm. 
• International online meetings on the coordination of international youth activities.