This project plan is aiming at to cover these main steps, see this Section D. Operational structures, rules and procedures, and E. Process and timetable, below. In a Nordic Assessment, these roles have been translated into a corresponding but simplified set of organisational bodies, see Box 6 below. Since the Nordic countries do not have governance structures similar to the IPBES Plenary and Bureau, these functions are suggested here to be adapted to the possible circumstances in the Nordic context in a pragmatic manner. For the potential assessment to be able to be in line with IPBES Rules of Procedure this has to be defined, i.e. the authorising environment that has to approve the scope, give a mandate for the assessment and finally accept the assessment report.