Member States requested in Resolution 5/3 that UNEP’s Executive Director facilitate partnerships with collaborating centers. It is expected that GEO collaborating centers will support the core GEO-7 process by focusing on science and capacity building at various levels.
These strategic collaborations are strengthening GEO’s geographically, gender and expertise balanced and cost-effective scientific assessment process, governance and administration, supporting the credibility and relevance of GEO findings by enhancing its reach and impact.
GEO-7’s innovative and solutions-focused approach requires a broad range of expertise. UNEP has established a network of collaborating centres from all regions of the world, specifically, but not limited to, the following technical areas:
The following organizations have been selected to be collaborating centres and will be working alongside the Secretariat providing support on actions as varied as development of the GEO glossary, management of the GEO-READ review platform, making technical staff available to assist in expert reviews, modelling of future scenarios and outlooks and resource mobilization.
For further information on GEO collaborating centres: please contact: unep-ewad-geohead@un.org.