The event will mark the official launch of the RCMRD's role as a sub-regional technical and scientific support centre, as well as the establishment of its steering committee.
The workshop is co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Representatives from countries covered by RCMRD, in its function as subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centre, as well as representatives of other support centres (https://www.cbd.int/tsc/tscm/subregionalcentres) in Africa are invited to participate in the workshop.
The workshop supports the participating countries to accelerate monitoring and reporting on ecosystem restoration in the context of Target 2 of the Framework and offers the opportunity to share subregional, national and local experiences and challenges in this regard. The workshop includes a training of trainers for the representatives of the support centres of the African region. Furthermore, RCMRD will officially launch its role as subregional technical and scientific cooperation support centre and the establishment of its steering committee.