Operationalizing the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership

The project supports the design of the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, which works to achieve the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity. It provides technical, financial and policy support to member countries to accelerate and scale up the implementation of their National Biodiversity Strategies and Biodiversity Action Plans (NBSAPs). In doing so, the project always promotes whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches in close coordination with the many other ongoing and emerging initiatives in this field. This includes matchmaking between the need and supply of funding for biodiversity conservation measures, as well as providing direct technical and financial support on the ground.

Project data

Countries: Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mozambique, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu
IKI funding: 30,000,000.00 €
Duration: 01/2023 till 12/2026
Status: open
Implementing organisation: United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)
Political Partner: Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) - Philippines

Ministry of Ecology and natural resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry (MECCF) - Kenya

Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE)

Ministry of Environment - Panama

Ministry of Environment - Sri Lanka

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) - Colombia

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - DR Congo

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MoEPA) - Georgia

Ministry of Land and Environment - Mozambique

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Environment and Conservation - Vanuatu
Implementing Partner: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) - Canada

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Online: https://nbsapaccelerator.org/

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State of implementation/results

The country and institutional membership of the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership grew to 51 members.
The first cohort of 12 countries to host facilitators who support with NBSAP implementation were officially announced during UNEA-6 in February 2024: Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mozambique, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka and, and shared facilitator between Vanuatu and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
In September 2023, the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership was operationally launched at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGEA).
The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership launched at CBD CoP15 under the political leadership of the Government of Colombia. 21 Governments and 8 supporting organizations joined the Partnership.

Latest Update:
11/2024