National Capacity Development Plans

As part of the process to develop and/or update their national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAP), some Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity prepared national capacity development plans or strategies to support implementation, either as a chapter / section within their NBSAP or as standalone documents.

Examples of capacity development plans and/or strategies embedded within NBSAP

1. Bangladesh: Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.90-98)
2. Belize: Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.120-125)
3. Bolivia: Development of Technical and Institutional Capacities (pg.78-79 and 99-114, only in Spanish)
4. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Capacity Development Plan (pg.142-150)
5. Botswana: Capacity Building Plan (pg.56-60)
6. Comoros: Capacity Development Plan (pg.61-71, only in French)
7. Democratic Republic of Congo: Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.79-81, only in French)
8. Guyana: Capacity Development Plan and Technology Needs Assessment (pg.73-79)
9. Indonesia: Capacity Building of Biodiversity Management Action Plan (pg.263-266)
10. Kiribati: Plan for Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.51-59)
11. Lao PDR: Capacity Development Plan for NBSAP Implementation (pg.119-123)
12. Lebanon: Capacity Development Strategy and Availing Technology Needs (pg.75-76)
13. Liberia Priority Capacity Development Plan (pg.70-76)
14. Malawi: Capacity Building Plan for Implementation of the NBSAP (pg.73-76)
15. Maldives: Capacity Development Plan (pg.58-63)
16. Mali: Capacity Building Plan for the Conservation of Biological Diversity (pg.105-126, only in French)
17. Mauritania: Capacity Development Plan for the Implementation of the NBSAP (pg.103, only in French)
18. Mauritius: Plan for Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.92)
19. Mexico: Priority Actions to Develop and Strengthen Capacities (pg.153-155, only in Spanish)
20. Morocco: Capacity Development for Biological Diversity (pg.76-77, only in French)
21. Nepal: Capacity Enhancement: Capacity Needs for NBSAP Implementation (pg.141-144)
22. Nicaragua: Action Plan to Strengthen National Capacities (pg.47-50, only in Spanish)
23. Niger: Capacity Development Plan (pg.114-129, only in French)
24. Nigeria: Plan for Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.69-72)
25. Niue: Capacity Development Strategy including Technical Needs (pg.110-113)
26. Palau: Capacity Development Framework and Action Plan (pg.121-140)
27. Rwanda: Capacity Building Plan (pg.84-98)
28. Saint Lucia: Plan for Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation, including Technology Needs Assessment (pg.115-121 and 191-212)
29. Samoa: Capacity Development for NBSAP Implementation (pg.60-63)
30. Sri Lanka: Plan for Capacity Development for the Implementation of the NBSAP (pg.179-185 and 259-296)
31. Suriname: Capacity Building Plan (pg.56-57)
32. Timor-Leste: Capacity Development Plan for Biodiversity (pg.53-59)

Examples of standalone capacity development plans and/or strategies

1. Burundi: Biodiversity Capacity Development Strategic Plan (available only in French)
2. Lao PDR: Building MoNRE Institutional Capacity Effectively, Efficiently and Sustainably (pg.28 and 41)
3. Nepal: Capacity Development Strategy: Enhancing MoPR Capacities to Effectively Deliver its Mandates
4. Samoa: National Environmental Capacity Strategy and Action Plan (complementary to NBSAP)

NBSAPs

To date, 194 out of 196 Parties have developed NBSAPs in line with Article 6 of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

A review of 177 NBSAPs shows that at least 55% explicitly highlight capacity development as a means of implementation.