Phase II of the TEEB study was delivered by two independent, but interconnected, working units: the overall co-ordination and oversight team; and core teams for deliverables (four reports and a web site).

TEEB’s study leader, Pavan Sukhdev, oversaw TEEB’s work.  TEEB’s Central Office was in Bonn and provided the administrative and communications hub for the study.  The scientific co-ordination team was based at UFZ in Leipzig. Each of the deliverables had a single or joint co-ordinator with responsibility for producing either the relevant report or the website.  This responsibility included supporting contributors, liaising with the scientific co-ordination team and other TEEB personnel, and being actively involved in the writing, editing and development of their particular deliverable. They also managed the Peer Review process. TEEB has also been supported by, and benefited from, the wealth of experience and expertise of the members of its Advisory Board.

 2011 - TEEB Phase III

After the successful launch of the TEEB series of reports at the CBD COP-10 meeting in Nagoya, Japan, we are pleased to provide you with the following informal update on TEEB activities. 

The TEEB Advisory Board met on 4 February 2011 in Brussels, Belgium to review proposals for the next stage of TEEB implementation (referred to as “TEEB Phase III”). Board members agreed to extend the TEEB initiative at least until the Rio+20 Conference and CBD COP-11 meetings in 2012.  They envisaged adding further members to the Board from business, communications and civil society sectors to enlarge its representation and expertise.  

For the upcoming TEEB Phase III, the Advisory Board recommended a “facilitation” approach whereby the TEEB office and partners would draw on the TEEB community of experts in order to respond to a range of end-user demands.

In particular, TEEB Phase III will focus on the following three areas: 
        Policy;
        Business;
        and Communications/outreach.

The objective of Phase III would be to mainstream TEEB beyond the biodiversity policy sphere while ensuring scientific credibility.  Regarding structure, it was agreed that a “distributed secretariat” would serve TEEB’s future best. Although the exact nature of this distributed secretariat is still to be determined, as a first step the TEEB Central Office will be moved to the UNEP Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) offices in Geneva, Switzerland on 31 May 2011.