<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All</div><div><br></div><div>We would like to invite you to a virtual meeting on <b>6th May at 10 am GMT+4 (SAST 4pm) to discuss the general contours of the global IYRP communications campaign that we will launch 1st january 2026. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>We have 8 months left to get it sorted. The meeting will be chaired by Igshaan and the agenda is as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>1. <b>Objectives and overall strategy</b> : What would the global campaign look like? What audiences are we trying to reach? How best can the key messages of the 12 global themes be disseminated on a monthly basis? What additional activities are the thematic Worklng Groups developing? How to bring the entire ISG membership of 370+ institutions into this process? What materials do we have and what might still be missing? </div><div><br></div><div>2. <b>Global to local and back again</b>: How to link the global campaign with the regional and local campaigns? What are the RISGs planning and how to coordinate between the global campaign and regional campaigns? </div><div><br></div><div>3. <b>Linking with other global campaigns:</b> Coordination between IYRP and FAO communication plans for IYRP. Are there other entities that we know of that plan to do a global campaign. How do we reinforce each other?</div><div><br></div><div>4. <b>Operational matters</b>: </div><div>a) establishing a global campaign team, leads/chairs</div><div>b) budget required - rough estimate for now; in-kind contributions vs centralized budget</div><div>c) working backwards from 1st January 2026, what are the deadlines we need to meet?</div><div><br></div><div>5. <b>AOB</b> - please feel free to add other items for discussion. </div><div><br></div><div><u>Igshaan will soon send out a link for the virtual meeting</u>.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to our discussions</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">*...*...*...*<div>Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Support the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 <a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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