NBSAP Accelerator Partnership | Recent News

July 2025

As part of ongoing efforts to support NBSAP implementation in Kenya and the region, the NBSAP Accelerator Partnership in country facilitator, David Githaiga,met with the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) on 1 July 2025 in Nairobi. The meeting focused on opportunities for collaboration, particularly in geospatial data, capacity building, and technical support.

RCMRD, an intergovernmental organization serving over 20 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, was recently appointed by the CBD Secretariat as a Technical Support Component (TSC) under the Global Biodiversity Framework. The dialogue marked an important step in aligning efforts to strengthen technical support for biodiversity planning and implementation across the region.

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The NBSAP Accelerator Partnership is a country-led global initiative that supports the implementation of National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) to collectively achieve the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and, ultimately, the global vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050. It is co-chaired by Colombia and Germany and supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (BMUV) through its International Climate Initiative (IKI), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), through the global project “GBF Implementation,” implemented by GIZ. Its work is facilitated by a Global Coordination Unit (GCU) hosted by the Secretariat of the CBD, UNDP and UNEP.