The Restoration Academy is a tailor-made and engaging workshop format that enables restoration implementers to contribute to and benefit from the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (UN Decade) and regional initiatives like the AFR100. The UN Decade (2021–2023) and its global movement #GenerationRestoration aim to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of our ecosystems around the world until 2030 – to improve people‘s livelihoods, combat climate change and halt the loss of biodiversity. The Restoration Academy will cover a range of topics crucial to the success of ecosystem restoration and FLR including communication, networking, sharing of best practices, gender, monitoring and access to funding. As a participant you will receive customized training and benefit from knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning in a diverse and interactive learning environment. So far, Restoration Academies have been successfully implemented among others in El Salvador, Togo, Rwanda and Nigeria.
The event will be two days workshop and one day field trip, expected to be held between 17–19 June 2024 (with arrival on 16 June and departure on 20 June 2024).
Selected participants are fully funded, including accommodation, meals and travelling costs. Successful participants must also engage in about 6 hours of Additional online sessions to prepare for on-site participation and continue virtual learning after the in-person meeting
It will provide training on topics crucial to the success of ecosystem restoration, including:
- Communication and awareness-raising
- Networking
- Sharing of best practices
- Gender
- Monitoring
- Access to funding
Applications are now open for interested participants that are:
- Working or volunteering for a local or national government agency, scientific institution, non-governmental organization (NGO) or a private enterprise
- Involved in ecosystem restoration with a focus on forest landscape restoration (FLR)
- Based in one of the 34 AFR100 partner countries (see full list here)
- Ready to share their expertise, present good practices from their work, and engage in a dialogue with other participants to contribute to the goals of the UN Decade