80 11 Monitori ng, docume ntation, pr otection, and edu cation English version of Cyber Dialogue Multistakeholder Approach of the Cyber Dialogue Entrenched in the Cyber Dialogue is the idea that ESD broadly invites any individual and group concerned by the unsustainable global trends of development to share their concerns and raise their voices, thereby calling the attention of the State Parties, the corporate sector, media, and research communities on various political-economic and socio-cultural dimensions that negatively impact or reduce cultural diversity and biodiversity (RCE Chubu, 2010). Thus, the Cyber Dialogue attempts to increase the level of engagement by many actors and stakeholders in order to represent the widest possible range of opinions and views from all the diverse sectors of the different societies. Three Stages of the Cyber Dialogue The concrete target which gave focus to the project towards CO P 10 was a draft declaration by civil society unveiled at CO P 10 and drafted through discussions on a SNS site of the Cyber Dialogue. The presentation of a report on CBD at the Hyderabad CO P 11 gives a similar target and focus for the second stage of the Cyber Dialogue. The 2014 conclusion of the UN Decade on ESD will provide a target for the third stage of the dialogue in 2013 and 2014. Prior to CO P 10, the Cyber Dialogue was divided into three phases: a preparatory phase from May to December 2009; a second phase from January 2010 to the beginning of CO P 10 where discussions were held with the Japan Civil Network for the Convention on Biological Diversity (JCNCBD); and a third wrap-up phase during CO P 10 during which there was a presentation of the outcomes. Phase 1: Preparation In the summer of 2009, the Cyber Dialogue did a test-run in Japan of both the SNS and the mailing lists. RCE Chubu created its own Cyber Dialogue SNS site using the Ning system, which was established in 2005 in the United States and is currently one of the most successful SNS service providers. RCE Chubu proposed the Biodiversity Cyber Dialogue Project to the global RCE network in 2009. RCE Chubu asked other RCEs, beginning with the ones in Asia, to recommend individuals as well as groups of individuals who might be interested in participating in the dialogue. Initially, topics were Cyber Dialogue Working Group in RCE Chubu. The group set the initial main themes of the discussion, such as Indigenous Peoples and Biodiversity, Gender and Biodiversity, Local Community Life and Biodiversity, and Traditional Wisdom and Biodiversity, among others Phase 2: “i-dialog” Apart from RCE Chubu, another Japanese network involving civil society as it relates to biodiversity was uniting together; the NGO Japan Civil Network for the Convention on Biological Diversity (JCN-CBD) was established in January 2009. The second phase of the project started in January 2010 when RCE Chubu, represented by one of its core members the Chubu RCEESD Promotion Network (CREPN), co-organised an ESD Global Forum with JCN-CBD and discussed a possible collaboration on the Cyber Dialogue Project. A Japanese version of the Cyber Dialogue (i-dialog) was created In April 2010. Since JCN-CBD had thematic working groups – such as a Working Group on Wetland Biodiversity, a Bioregion Working Group, Gender and Minority Working Group – each of the groups soon started using the Cyber Dialogue site for different purposes. Some groups used it to hold public discussions while others used it as a message board for its members. In spite of these self-imposed limitations, the i-dialog helped develop some interesting debates. As one important outcome of this engagement, JCN-CBD decided to publish a position paper to present at CO P 10. Some groups used the site as a discussion space for drafting the position paper. More than 130 people participated
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