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, Armenia, Bolivia, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda
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

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) - South Africa

Environment Protection Authority (EPA)

Federal Ministry of Environment - Nigeria

Ministry of Climate Change - Pakistan

Ministry of Development Planning - Bolivia

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) – Ecuador

Ministry of Environment (MINAM) - Peru

Ministry of Environment - Panama

Ministry of Environment - Sri Lanka

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change - Somalia

Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) - Mexico

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MinAmbiente) - Colombia

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - Madagascar

Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development - DR Congo

Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture (MoEPA) - Georgia; Ministry of Land and Environment - Mozambique; Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Environment and Conservation - Vanuatu; National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) - Uganda
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

Membership has expanded to 93, adding 21 new members (9 countries, 4 institutions and 8 non-state actors).
The MatchMaking Mechanism has continued expanding in 2025, with requests totaling 58 from than 30 countries. To date, the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership has indicative or full support for 47 of its matches which is a success rate of 81%. Updated version of dashboard has been launched with multiple improvements. (nbsapaccelerator.org/…)
NBSAP AP coordinated with Co-Chairs (Colombia, COP16 Presidency, and Germany) and partners (RSPB, UNDRR, GIZ, N4C, ENACT, SCP, Rio Impact, NDC Partnership) on synergies events for UNGA, SBSTTA, COP30, and UNEA.
Facilitator Programme: (nbsapaccelerator.org/…)
- Ten of the first cohort of twelve facilitators have completed their workplans and budgets. Countries to host facilitators of the first cohort are Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mozambique, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and shared facilitator between Vanuatu and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP).
- Activities include capacity building workshops on thematic areas such as nature-based solutions, access-benefit sharing, Rio convention synergies and civil society inclusion.
- Facilitator Programme has held two virtual quarterly global events to support knowledge exchange.
- The recruitment for the second cohort of twelve facilitators is ongoing with expected start dates for all in Q4 2025. Countries to host facilitators of the second cohort are Armenia, Bolivia, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, and the CBD subregional center CCAD (Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo).
During CBD COP16, the partnership hosted a donor roundtable, where the Matchmaking Mechanism was presented to potential contributors.
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:
12/2025