Simon Peter Weredwong is a national facilitator with the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership, supporting Uganda in advancing implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and strengthening coordination across biodiversity-related policies and actors. With over 20 years of experience in biodiversity policy, environmental & natural resources management, climate change governance, Simon has worked with government institutions, civil society, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, the academia, UN agencies and other development partners to support inclusive, country-driven planning processes. In this role, Simon supports Uganda’s NBSAP national coordination processes, stakeholder engagement, technical inputs into match-making initiatives and capacity-building activities, helping translate global biodiversity commitments into practical, context-specific action at national and sub-national levels.